38th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast Committee will hold its 38th annual breakfast honoring community leaders Monday, January 21, 2019 at the La Fontaine Bleue, 7514 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the program begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. The theme of this year’s breakfast is “Realizing the Dream: The Time is Now ”

The keynote speaker Michelle Asha Cooper, president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, is one of the nation’s most effective voices in championing access and success for all students in post-secondary education. A well-respected practitioner, researcher, and policy advocate, Cooper serves as a national thought leader and discourse contributor to critical issues in higher education including college affordability and financial aid policy, institutional accountability, data quality and transparency, and diversity and equity.

Prior to joining IHEP, Cooper held various leadership positions at the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance at the U.S. Department of Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Council for Independent Colleges, and King’s College.

The event honors eight community members who best represent the spirit of the late Dr. King and also works to reinforce Dr. King’s message of promoting non violent direct action to accomplish change in our community, state and nation.

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Tickets for the breakfast are $35. They are available on Eventbrite; just type in the number 38 in the event section, or by contacting Eugene Peterson at 301-538-0887 or Erica Matthews at 443-761-9734. Make checks payable to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Committee and mail to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Committee, Attn: Erica Matthews, P.O. Box 6412, Annapolis, MD 21401.