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Annual YMCA Dr. King Breakfast

Annual YMCA Breakfast Honors Dr. King

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Newark Arts High School’s Advanced Choir sang “We Shall Overcome” to conclude the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast at the Robert Treat Hotel. Hosted annually for 49 years by the YMCA of Newark & Vicinity, the event raises funds for the organization.

Rutgers-Newark Vice Chancellor for External and Governmental Affairs Marcia Wilson Brown served as keynote speaker. Others who made remarks included Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. and Michael Bright, president/ CEO YMCA of Newark & Vicinity. —TPC Staff Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. Keynote Speaker Marcia Wilson Brown, Esq. L–R: Michael Bright, president and CEO, YMCA of Newark and Vicinity; with Willie Blalock, director, Business Banking, Industrial Bank

L–R: Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. and former NJ Assemblyman William D. Payne

L–R: Marcia Wilson Brown, vice chancellor for External and Governmental Affairs, Rutgers-Newark; George E. Shinhoster (retired) YMCA executive; and Adrienne Sneed-Byers, member YMCA Board of Trustees

L–R: Dr. Karma B. Warren, MD; and City of Orange, NJ Mayor Dwayne D. Warren, Esq.

Senior Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Chief of Staff at Rutgers University Peter Englot

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