2007 More than 900 guests attended UPO's 23rd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast held in January where Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Senior Pastor of Trinity Church in Chicago was keynote speaker. Proceeds from the annual Breakfast endow the UPO/Joseph A. Beavers Scholarship Fund which has helped many District of Columbia high school graduates and G.E.D. recipients to seek higher education.
For more information on the UPO/Joseph A. Beavers Scholarship Fund, contact Cynthia Y. Johnson, Scholarship Coordinator at (202) 238-4629, or e-mail to: cjohnson@upo.org .
Rev. Dr. Wright delivered a memorable keynote address before those in attendance. Click start button to begin viewing program. (Note: UPO videos are posted on Google and YouTube servers).
UPO Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast
Keynote Speakers in Order of Appearence
Rev. Thomas Skinner - 1985 *
Rev. Lewis M. Anthony - 1986
Wiley Branton, Esq. - 1987 *
Elane Jones, Esq. - 1988
Honorable Charles Rangel - 1989
Vernon Jordan, Esq. - 1990
Thomas Todd, Esq. - 1991
Honorable William Gray - 1992
Rev. Dr. Benjamin Hooks - 1993
Ms. Marion Wright-Edelman - 1994
Elaine Jones, Esq. - 1995
Rev. Jesse Jackson - 1996
Rev. Dr, H. Beecher Hicks, Jr. - 1997
Bryan A. Stevens, Esq. - 1998
Rev. Barbara Williams Skinner - 1999
Randall Robinson, Esq. - 2000
Rev. Dr. Alvin O. Jackson - 2001
Rev. Lewis M. Anthony - 2002
Gwendolyn E. Boyd - 2003
Dr. Johnetta B. Coles - 2004
Dr. Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. - 2005
Honorable Eleanor Holmes-Norton - 2006
Rev. Dr. Jerehiah A. Wright - 2007
Mr. Joe Madison - 2008
* deceased