This Year's Breakfast
The General Mills Foundation and UNCF are pleased to present the
22nd 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 "Building Peace and Unity
within the Global Community."
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Keynote Speaker
Naomi TuTu
The challenges of growing up black and female in apartheid South Africa has led
Naomi Tutu to her present role as an activist for human rights. Her experiences
have taught her how much we all lose when any of us is judged purely on physical
attributes.
The third child of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, she was born in South
Africa and has also lived in Lesotho, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Invocation
Reverend Gloria Roach Thomas
Reverend Gloria Roach Thomas is an Ordained Clergy in the United Methodist Annual
Conference of Minnesota. For the past nine years Reverend Thomas has served as Senior
Pastor of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church in Saint Paul, Minnesota...
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Special Guest
The Steeles
The Steeles are a family group of brothers and sisters that consist of J.D., Fred,
Jearlyn, Jevetta, and Billy Steele. They have been singing together since they were
young children growing up in Gary, IN. They began to develop their style and soul
in Minneapolis, MN. They have recorded and performed with Prince...
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Special Guest
Walker West Music Academy
Located in the heart of the Rondo Community of Saint Paul, Walker West Music Academy
is a non-profit community school of music dedicated to instruction and performance
reflective of the African American experience. For over twenty years students of
all ages and backgrounds have gathered at the academy to celebrate individual expression
through music. The Academy employs more than twenty teaching artists who provide
musical education to over 200 students an annual basis.
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