“EMPOWERING OTHERS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES!!”
**FOUNDERS OF THE MLK HUMANITY PROJECT**
Ché Walton & Kerchinia Patton-Walton
Ché Walton & Kerchinia Patton-Walton
MEALS SERVED: 26,521
last Updated: 05/14/22
NEXT OUTING: 05/21/22 @ 11A
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” ... Martin Luther King Jr.
OUR MISSION AT THE MLK HUMANITY PROJECT
INSPIRED IN PART BY PERSONAL CHANGE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE'S FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM, FOUNDED IN OAKLAND BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN JANUARY OF 1969, THE MLK HUMANITY PROJECT IS COMMITTTED TO KEEPING THE RICH TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ALIVE AND THRIVING 50 YEARS LATER. “FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE”, IS OUR MANTRA, AND WITH FOOD, TOILETRIES, AND CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION AS OUR FOUNDATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES, AND EVEN THOSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER CAN. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS "EMPOWERING OTHERS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES". WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS BY FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WITH THE COMMON GOAL OF BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OURSELVES!!
INSPIRED IN PART BY PERSONAL CHANGE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE'S FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM, FOUNDED IN OAKLAND BY THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN JANUARY OF 1969, THE MLK HUMANITY PROJECT IS COMMITTTED TO KEEPING THE RICH TRADITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE ALIVE AND THRIVING 50 YEARS LATER. “FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE”, IS OUR MANTRA, AND WITH FOOD, TOILETRIES, AND CLOTHING DISTRIBUTION AS OUR FOUNDATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE WHO WANT TO HELP THEMSELVES, AND EVEN THOSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY NO LONGER CAN. OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS "EMPOWERING OTHERS TO EMPOWER THEMSELVES". WE BELIEVE WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS BY FORMING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, WITH THE COMMON GOAL OF BETTERING OUR COMMUNITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, OURSELVES!!
“Once you see a person in need of a helping hand. You can't unsee them”
- Che'Walton
You can't sperate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has freedom. -Malcolm X
The free breakfast for schoolchildren program was set up in Berkeley, California, in 1968 by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton. It was the first significant community program organized by the Panthers, and perhaps the most well known. By the end of 1969, free breakfast was served in 19 cities, under the sponsorship of the national headquarters and 23 local affiliates. More than 20,000 children received full free breakfast (bread, bacon, eggs, grits) before going to their elementary or junior high school.