MLK DAY
January 16th, 2023
Welcome to the Watertown Annual
MLK Day Unity Breakfast
Monday, January 16, 2023 @ 10am
Each year, the residents of Watertown Massachusetts come together to celebrate civil rights and to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders by recommitting to foundational principles of racial, social and economic justice.
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The past several years have been challenging ones for our country and our community. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought heartbreak and hardship to people in all walks of life and exacerbated the staggering economic inequality that plagues our country. The ongoing police violence against black and brown people has fractured communities, laid bare the racism that still profoundly afflicts our country and galvanized millions to demand justice and racial reckoning. In this difficult climate, our community Unity Breakfast is more important than ever.
Please join us on MLK Day as we reaffirm our shared values, celebrate our differences, honor those who have made our community stronger and re-commit ourselves to ending prejudice, racism, and economic injustice in our city.
Keynote Speaker
Chaplain Clementina M. Chéry
Chaplain Clementina Chéry is the founder, President and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute (LDBPI), a center of Healing, Teaching, and Learning for families and communities impacted by murder, trauma, grief and loss. Chéry founded the LDBPI in 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts after the murder of her 15-year-old son Louis. For more than 25 years, Chéry has used her experience as a survivor to serve families impacted by murder, advocate for survivors of violent crimes, and develop best practices for homicide response.
Additional program information is forthcoming.
introducing the Unity Breakfast scholarship funds
Beginning in 2023, we are proud to announce the creation of a scholarship fund for two recipients designed to support extraordinary young people in the Watertown community who show immense promise as agents of change.
The two Visionary Awards will be given to high school or middle school students who present their compelling vision for a more just and equal future in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr and other civil rights leaders. Their vision can be demonstrated through practical action or expressed in prose, poetry, visual or performing art, film etc.
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Join us on January 16th, 2023, MLK Day! Due to the ongoing pandemic, the 2023 Unity Breakfast will be a virtual event. While the breakfast is free to attend, we ask that you consider making a donation to support our work and the establishment of the Unity Breakfast Scholarship Funds. Donations can be made below. Thank you.
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Invest in our community and in the exceptional young people who will become the future leaders of community. Your contribution will support our annual Unity Breakfast and Scholarship Funds.
