The 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast
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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”
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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
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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.