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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
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Reserve a table: MLKBreakfast@theskanner.com
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