Over the last few months I’ve had the privilege to become friends with Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter. We’ve talked about change and hope and what it means to grow up with a father who leads a nation through both. We’ve talked about a man who became an activist and a scholar in forty short years. We’ve talked about what it really means to have freedom and justice for all.

I’ve learned a lot from our conversations but perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned is the value of remembering. Of not letting moments from the past disappear. I’ve learned that we need to remember our heroes and teach new generations about the leaders who changed our generation.

I attended three Martin Luther King Jr. events this weekend and the more I learn, the more my respect and admiration grows. I don’t know how you’ll spend today, but I hope you’ll spend it remembering. Remembering the sacrifice and hope that a man named Martin Luther King Jr. inspired in all of us.