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Martin Luther King Breakfast at UMaine Jan. 19

December 29, 2008
Contacts: Diane Khiel (dkhiel@adelphia.net); Joe Carr (joecarr@maine.edu) 

ORONO -- The Greater Bangor NAACP and the University of Maine will host the annual Martin Luther King Breakfast Celebration on Monday Jan. 19 at UMaine's Wells Conference Center.  Doors will open at 8 a.m., with the two-hour event scheduled to begin at 8:30.

Outgoing Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe will provide the keynote address.  Rev. Dewey Fagerburg, a longtime NAACP member, will offer remarks reflecting on the national NAACP's 100th anniversary on Feb. 12, 2009.  The program will also feature perspectives on the 2008 presidential election and President-elect Barack Obama, who will be inaugurated the day after the UMaine celebration.

Those who wish to purchase tickets should call 581-1428.  They cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors citizens 65 and over, $10 for high school and college students w/ID, and $10 for children 12 and under.