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MetroWest Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast Committee presents:

Reclaiming Our Rights: Education & Activism

Monday, January 16th, 2023 – 9:00 AM

hosted by the Weston United Methodist Church
377 North Avenue, Weston, Massachusetts

in partnership with

the 53rd Annual
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast

Keynote Speaker:

Jelani Cobb

Writer for The New Yorker; Dean of the Columbia Journalism School; speaker on Race, History, Politics, and Culture in America.

The MLK Memorial Breakfast celebration aims to raise awareness about the essential significance of education as a tool in the pursuit of social justice. King reminds us that “The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.”

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Join us at Weston Methodist Church for a catered breakfast featuring a live stream of the Boston celebration’s opening program. Immediately following the keynote address, an in-person panel of local social justice and faith leaders will have a lively moderated discussion. Engage with them as they respond to the keynote and speak to the theme of education as a necessary tool for encouraging awareness and activism in our own communities.

Weston Panelists:

• Rabbi Jessica Lowenthal – Rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom, Melrose, MA
• Diliana De Jesus – Chief Development Officer, Casa Esperanza, Boston, MA
• Saadia Husain Baloch – Board Vice President and Educator, Islamic Center of Boston – Wayland

Moderator – Rev. Alicia Velez Stewart, Pastor, Weston United Methodist Church

Suggested donation is $25 per person, or a freewill offering of your choice. Tickets are limited; click here to order online or call 781-893-9595.

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Special thanks to the following sponsors and partners:

• Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast Committee of Boston
• Weston United Methodist Church – Weston, MA
• St. Julia’s Roman Catholic Church Social Justice Committee – Weston, MA
• Community United Methodist Church – Wayland, MA
• First Parish Unitarian Universalist – Weston, MA
• Weston Council on Aging Social Justice Committee
• Brother’s Catering – Weston, MA