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News Keynote Speaker at ML King Breakfast I rma McClaurin Ph.D., who has blazed trails as an anthro- pologist, an author, poet and a university administrator, will give the keynote address at The Skanner Foundation’s 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast. “We are delighted to have a speaker of her caliber come to Portland to talk to us about the impact of broadband and what is happening in other parts of the country, and the world,” said Bernie Foster, publisher of The Skanner News. Among McClaurin’s many publications are: three books of poetry; “The Civil Rights Move- ment & The Future of Black America”; and “Women of Belize: Gender and Change in Central America”. McClaurin also edited the landmark antholo- gy: “Black Feminist An th ro - pology”. And as culture and education editor for www.insightnews.com of Minneapolis, McClaurin has written about everything from Michelle Obama to her travels in Paris. She’s also got more degrees than you have room on your wall to hang them. She earned her bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Grinnell College, then went on to graduate with an MFA degree in English followed by a master’s and doctorate in Anthropology, from the Universi- ty of Massachusetts, Amherst. McClaurin plans to talk about Dr. King and the struggle for equality in the age of broadband technology, at the Skanner Foun- dation’s 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at the Hilton Hotel in Portland, Jan. 21. For more information on how to get tickets, go to www.theskanner.com. Irma McClaurin 27 TH ANNUAL M ARTIN L UTHER K ING , J R . B REAKFAST Monday January 21, 2013 8:30-10:30 a.m. Hilton Portland Grand Ballroom 921 SW Sixth Avenue Portland, Oregon 97204 R Reserve a table: MLKBreakfast@theskanner.com Page 8 The Seattle Skanner December 19, 2012
