Order tickets for the MLK National Holiday Community Breakfast

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Breakfast, Hosted by No Place for Hate – Falmouth

Keynote Speaker: Manuel Fernandez, Chief Equity Office, Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Cambridge Public Schools, on “Fostering Equity and Inclusion in the Community”

Special Presentation: to the Jewel Cobb Action Coalition, recipient of the No Place for Hate – Falmouth Civic Leadership Award

Community conversation, good food, live music
Welcoming and accessible to all
Monday, January 1 at 9:00 – 11:00 A.M.
Sea Crest Beach Resort, North Falmouth
$30 adults / $15 students / subsidies available to those who need them
Reservations are required & space is limited. RSVP by January 11

Purchase your tickets in advance at www.npfhfalmouth.org. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door for $35 adults / $20 students

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Everyone is invited to join in Falmouth’s community celebration of the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 2024 MLK National Holiday Community Breakfast. This event will be held at the Sea Crest Beach Resort in North Falmouth on Monday, January 15 from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. The morning will include a full breakfast, live musical entertainment, participation by Falmouth students, and will feature a presentation on “Fostering Equity and Inclusion in the Community” by keynote speaker Manuel Fernandez, Chief Equity Officer for the Cambridge Public Schools, with additional comments from Falmouth community organizations about their DEI engagement. No Place for Hate – Falmouth will also recognize the Jewel Cobb Action Coalition (JCAC) as recipient of its 2024 Civic Leadership Award.

Secure your tickets ($30 adults / $15 students) by the January 11 deadline at the No Place for Hate – Falmouth website: www.npfhfalmouth.org. There you can find instructions on how to order a ticket by mail. Please contact No Place for Hate – Falmouth at npfhfalmouth@gmail.com if you require financial assistance to attend. Additional donations are also accepted to help offset the cost of this event. Space permitting, tickets will be sold at the door at the cost of $35 for adults and $20 for students.

Our community is honored to welcome insights from Manuel J Fernandez, founding President of the Association of Massachusetts School Equity Leaders and the inaugural Chief Equity Officer for the Cambridge Public Schools. Mr. Fernandez is a second generation Cape Verdean American that identifies as a Black cisgender male. He is the founding Head of School of Cambridge Street Upper School and is a 40 year veteran educator who has served as a counselor, humanities teacher, middle school and high school principal and a K-8 assistant principal. Mr. Fernandez has over 25 years of experience as a skilled facilitator of equity related themes. He has consulted with public and independent schools, community groups and workplace institutions providing services to advance equity and inclusion. In 2018, he received the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Education Award from the Cambridge NAACP. Mr. Fernandez will be joined by representatives of several local organizations who will address how they are fostering equity and inclusion.

The 2024 Civic Leadership Award will be presented to the Jewell Cobb Action Coalition. Co-founded by Ruth S. Gainer and Paula Place, the JCAC initially started as a group of Woods Hole residents who initiated a community-wide campaign to change the name of what was formerly Agassiz Road to what officially became Jewel Cobb Road in November 2020. Their efforts emerged from revelations that the prominent scientist, Louis Agassiz, credited with inspiring the start of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) was a white supremacist who used his science in support of his racist theories. The group proposed that the street be renamed to honor and memorialize Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb, a distinguished cell biologist who worked at the MBL early in her career. Subsequently, she became Dean at several colleges and universities and President of California State University at Fullerton. She was most proud of her mentorship of aspiring young scientists, especially women and people of color. Since achieving the goal of renaming the street, JCAC has continued its civic efforts, addressing the lack of affordable housing as a significant barrier to equity, diversity and inclusivity in our community.

This breakfast is hosted and organized by No Place for Hate - Falmouth, which works to combat bias, build bridges, and promote respect for everyone in our community through advocacy and education, partnering with Falmouth Public Schools and other civic groups.