Renee Graham To Speak At Martin Luther King Virtual Community Breakfast On January 18 2021

Press release from Belmont Public Schools:

December 16, 2020

Belmont’s 27th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Virtual Community Breakfast

Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 9:00 AM through Belmont Media Center

Belmont’s Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast will be held virtually on Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 9 am through Belmont Media Center.

The featured speaker, Renee Graham, Boston Globe Associate Editor and Op Ed Columnist, will address “Rejecting ‘Normal’, Embracing Radical Change: Can we build a democracy that finally lives up to its ideals?” Ms. Graham reflects articulately and powerfully in her column on many contemporary issues - from voter suppression, to institutional racism, to LGBTQ issues, to politics, and to other social justice issues.

The event is co-sponsored by Belmont Human Rights Commission, Belmont Against Racism, and Belmont Media Center. We hope you will put this event on your calendar.

Registration

Admission is FREE and open to the public. To register, go to Eventbrite at: bit.ly/Register-2021MLK

For more information, contact Belmont Human Rights Commission by email to Belmont.hrc@gmail.com or call 617-993-2795.

Belmont School's METCO Support Fund

The event is free of charge but donations to the Belmont METCO Support Fund are greatly appreciated. Please consider a donation to the Belmont Schools' METCO Support Fund for late day transportation for our Belmont METCO students participating in sports, arts and clubs at Belmont High School and for programs across all of the Belmont Schools with the goal of providing an equitable and inclusive community for our students. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Breakfast is the main fundraising event for this fund.

Contributions may be made by cash or check to Belmont Against Racism, re METCO Support Fund, PO Box 649, Belmont 02478 or on line at belmontagainstracism.org at the “donate” button.

This press release was produced by the Belmont Public Schools. The views expressed here are the author’s own.