The NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday Jan. 26 in MTSU's James Union Building.
The theme is "Do Justice, Love Mercy and Walk Humbly!" Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for students, and Table of 8 for $220. Deadline for tickets is Friday, Jan. 18. Tickets available at Eventbrite or Carolyn Cox cdc4c@att.net 615-969-5994
The keynote speech will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey N. Leath, 128th Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Leath currently serves the 13th Episcopal District in Kentucky & Tennessee.
He is a graduate of Yale College, Yale Divinity School (Master of Divinity) and United Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio) - Doctor of Ministry. Leath is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and he is a 33rd Degree Prince Hall Mason.
Humanitarian Award
Noah Gaines (above with Vice Mayor Madelyn Scales Harris), “Noah’s Heart Ministry”
Attends Scales Elementary School, 6th grade
Mission Project at Allen Chapel AME Church for the Homeless
Rhonda Alley (above), Youth Move K.H.R.O.M.E. (Kids Helping Rutherford County and Others Morph Into Excellence).
Focus: Bullying and Teen Suicide Prevention
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund of Rutherford County, Inc.
Jerry Anderson Hero Award
Murfreesboro Police Department
Officer Albert Miles III, Officer Zachary Ferrell, and Sergeant Harry Haigh (Pictured above)
Officer Jeffrey Pulford
Officer Terry Spence
Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department
Karl Daigle and Matt Young, Ladder 9
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office
RCSO Deputy Chris Beach (above, left)
RSCO Lt. Phillip Davis (above, right)
Sponsorship and Advertising Opportunities
Murfreesboro Branch NAACP is a 501c4 tax status under the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People.
Platinum Sponsor - $2,000
Full page advertisement and listing as a sponsor in the MLK Breakfast Celebration Program
Special recognition at the event
Premium table of 8 guests with company name displayed on table
Diamond Sponsor - $1,000
Full page advertisement and listing as a sponsor in the MLK Breakfast Celebration Program
Special recognition at the event
4 guest tickets at Preferred table
Gold Sponsor - $500
Half page advertisement and listing as a sponsor in the MLK Breakfast Celebration Program
Silver Sponsor - $250
Quarter page advertisement in MLK Breakfast Celebration Program
Recognition during breakfast.
Bronze Sponsor - $100
Name listed in the MLK Breakfast Celebration Program
Patron Ad - $50
Name listed on the patron page in the MLK Breakfast Celebration
Checks can be sent to National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Murfreesboro Branch, P.O. Box 371 Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37133-0371
For more information visit naacpmurfreesborotnbranch.org