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This Year's Breakfast
The General Mills Foundation and UNCF are pleased to present the 20th Annual Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast. The Holiday Breakfast is an opportunity
to celebrate the life and legacy of the man and movement that not only changed civil
rights laws for all Americans but set in motion the drive for human rights reform
worldwide. The theme of this year's Holiday Breakfast is "Dream from the Mountaintop: Share the Legacy, Shape the Future."
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Keynote Speaker
Reverend Dr. Joseph E. Lowery
When Ebony Magazine named Joseph E. Lowery one of the nation’s "15 Greatest Black Preachers," he was described as the "consummate voice of biblical social relevancy, a focused prophetic voice, speaking truth to power."
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Special Guest
Dr. Michael L. Lomax
is the president and CEO of UNCF—the United Negro College Fund—the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization.
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Musical Performers
The Ladies of Jazz Project
MN Artists for youth in the Arts featuring Timotha Lanae, Gwen Matthews, Debbie Duncan and Thomasina Petrus.
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Invocation
Pastor Dennis M. Oglesby, Jr., The Park Avenue United Methodist Church
The Park Avenue United Methodist Church story began in 1893 at the corner of 35th Street and Chicago Avenue and later that year moved to the corner of 34th Street and Park Avenue. Today, Park Avenue Church continues to fulfill its call to serve the Central community of South Minneapolis.
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