Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will be the keynote speaker at the 7th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at UMass Dartmouth on February 6.The event will also feature the presentation of the university’s Drum Major Awards to individuals and organizations who have answered Dr. King’s 1968 call for citizens to be “drum majors for justice.” This year’s honorees are:
Dr. Irving Fradkin, a Fall River native who founded Dollars For Scholars, which has blossomed into a nationwide scholarship program that has distributed more than $1.5 billion to more than 1.5 million students.
Carol Spencer, Director of the UMass Dartmouth College Now program, an alternative admissions initiative which has helped more than 1,000 students navigate the challenges of higher education and recently celebrated its 40th anniversary.
“It is our honor as a university to recognize these individuals who have dedicated their lives to creating opportunities for people,’’ UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack said. “These are individuals who have put Dr. King’s words into action. They are indeed drum major for justice, examples for us all to follow.”
