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The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Family Care Legacy Health Slayden/Sundt Joint Venture Thank You to All Who Attended The Skanner Foundation 2013 Martin Luther King Jr.Breakfast Group AGB ALL PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE ARE BY THE SKANNER STAFF Home Forward PriceWaterhouseCooper Mother Lorene Wilder Valarie Pearce with happy kids throw down a challenge. And this year I have a challenge that you can rise to today. Dr. King fought many battles and one of his battles was to end POVERTY and make sure every family has a roof over their heads, food on That’s not because we don’t want to build wealth, put in an honest day’s work or send our children to college. It’s because America has not lived up to its promise of equal opportunity for all. That’s why we’re asking President Obama to take action to right this wrong. After World War 2, the Mar- shall Plan rebuilt much of Europe. What we need is A MARSHALL PLAN FOR BLACK AMERICA.So this morning –On Dr Martin Luther King’s holiday and Pres- ident Obama’s inauguration we put up a petition on the White House, “WE THE PEOPLE” website. And if we get 100,000 signatures in the next 30 days, we will get the president’s attention. 10:32 Bernie Foster: Sign our petition on the We The People website.... We need a Marshall Plan for Black America. Sign it... it’s a bit like voting in Florida... you have to be persistent but it works. ... “We want to remind everyone that the World Arts Foun- dation’s “KEEP ALIVE THE DREAM” tribute to Dr. King will be starting at 11a.m. in a new venue: the New Beginnings Conference Center on NE 172nd Place (off Sandy Blvd.)And the Red Cross is holding its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blood Drive today from 1:30 PM at the Donor Center on North Vancouver Ave. 10:35 Oregon Lottery gives out prizes. 10:38 Benediction and close. In the words of Martin Luther King, “Keep us we pray in perfect peace” Blog continued from page 6 and served on the governing boards of many nonprofit organizations. A few years ago under his management POIC extended services to students up to age of 25 with new programs for college support. Two years ago POIC won funds to offer more services to the families of stu- dents and work trainees, to advocate for a better level of support at home. This year, the POIC is building a second center in East County.The Skanner News 2013 Drum Major for Justice is Joe McFerrin of the Portland Oppor- tunities Industrialization Center and Rosemary Anderson High School. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands at times of comfort and convenience,,, 10:21Bernie Foster wraps up event: Talks about Chuck Washington of the Portland Observer, who passed away last month. Thanks everyone who came today. You could have been anywhere but you came here. Thank you. “Thanks Joe McFerrin. Thanks to you. Because of you many young people will go to college. Thanks sponsors for supporting students. Thanking staff, media partners, PCM and KBOO. Last, but not least, I want to thank our accomplished speaker Dr. Irma McClaurin who gave us something to think about and work on as we go forward. 10:24 Announces the Skanner will soon have a new website. 10:30 Bernie Foster throws down a challenge: “Anyone who’s been here before knows I always like to Page 8 The Portland Skanner January 23, 2013 Dr. King fought many battles and one of his battles was to end POVERTY and make sure every family has a roof over their heads, food on their tables and a chance to be successful in life. Well, we know that battle is still going on. —Bernie Foster their tables and a chance to be successful in life. Well, we know that battle is still going on. For Black Americans, the wealth gap, unemployment rates and poverty have gone UP –not down –during the last few years.
