KING BREAKFAST RETURNS WITH JOHN LONGVILLE AS SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
ONTARIO, CA –The 11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast Tribute returns on Monday, January 16th, 2012, with Share the Dream Honoree & Special Guest Speaker John Longville and Share the Dream Honoree Gary George of Verizon, amongst special musical performances and features. The event will be held from 8:30AM-10:30AM at the Ontario Airport Doubletree Hotel, with doors opening at 8:00AM.
Performances will be presented by Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Ontario and Inland Conservatory of Performing Arts Community Choir. Special guest speaker and Share the Dream Honoree, John Longville has had a special history with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday as member of the City Council of Rialto. In addition, as a California State Assemblymember, he led the establishment of the Juneteenth National Freedom Day Observance, that will have arrive on its 10th Anniversary in July 2012. Currently Longville serves as a San Bernardino Community College District Trustee and on the San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District Board of Directors. The annual breakfast event has been a tradition in the Inland Empire, for the community to acknowledge diversity and American heritage, between dignitaries, professionals, community leaders and families looking to celebrate the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement.
“Longville has served the local community well through his record of support and acknowledgement of the Dr. King,” says John H. Thompson, Sr. Founder/CEO of Juneteenth America, Inc. “His activism on this holiday, and the Juneteenth National Freedom Day, will be a part of his long-standing legacy, in addition to his numerous other stances on civil rights and diversity in California.”
Sponsors and advertisement opportunities are available for this event. Tickets are currently $25 for General Admission, $30 after January 8th, 2011. For more information on the event, or to purchase tickets directly, visit www.juneteenthamerica.us, call (909) 621-9707 or e-mail jai@juneteenthamerica.us.
Juneteenth America Incorporated (JAI) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, that has
produced community events and programs since 1995 to educate the public about the significance of “Juneteenth” or “June 19th,1865” and promote the observance of the California Juneteenth National Freedom Day. For more information about Juneteenth America, Inc., please visit www.juneteenthamerica.us.
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Leslie Fountain
Leslie:
My name is Renee Barbee. I am the advertising manager for La Nueva Voz. Jeff Schenkel and myself covered the MLK Jr. Day this morning at the Double Tree hotel in Ontario. We were asked to attend and cover by Stephen VanCleef. Jeff, the publisher of our paper would like to invite you to please send us any press releases and any other info that you feel important that would be “newsworthy” to place in our paper, “La Nueva Voz” Pomona’s ONLY Community Paper!!! We will have pictures and caption info, plus a story on this wonderful event in our January issue which publishes on the 26th of this month. Thank you, Renee