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Alumni Council, UNCF Host MLK Celebration

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Michael Sorrell is president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas./ Michael Sorrell is president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas./ Courtesy Photo

The Washington Inter Alumni Council and the United Negro College Fund will host 30th annual breakfast celebration for Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 21 at Martin's Crosswinds, 7400 Greenway Center Drive, Greenbelt, Md.

Michael Sorrell, the energetic president of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas, credited with steering the 146-acre historically black college from the brink of closing after taking the helm in 2007, will be the keynote speaker.

The breakfast, which is expected to attract some 1,000 leaders from the public and private sectors is also hosted by a group of Historically Black College & University (HBCU) alumni who serve as front line ambassadors in promoting the continued relevance and value of HBCUs. Event sponsors in the past have included Chevron; Exxon Mobile; Segue Technologies and the Washington Teacher's Union.

Dress is business attire.

For information please contact Meta Williams (202) 820-0332 or Henry Thompson (301) 829-5484 or (301) 910-2612

Last modified on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 17:25

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