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DR. NAOMI TUTU CELEBRATES DR. KINGS LEGACY AT 500 ROLE MODELS
EVENT
CONTACT: Dr. Henry C. Fraind
305-995-1206
January 14, 2000
Dr. Naomi Tutu will be the keynote speaker at the 500 Role Models of
Excellence Project's Seventh Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity
Scholarship Breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in the Hotel
Inter-Continental, 100 Chopin Plaza, Downtown Miami.
Dr. Tutu, daughter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond
Tutu, is the program coordinator for the Race Relations Institute at
Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn.
Presented by American Airlines and AT&T, the breakfast will be
co-hosted by NBC6 reporters Ed O'Dell and Willard Sheppard. The event
is the only fund-raiser for the Role Models project, which awards
college scholarships to hundreds of students each year. Featured
guests include Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas, City of Miami Mayor Joe
Carollo and Casual Cal DuPree, founder and ringmaster of UniverSoul
Circus.
For further information contact Dr. Frederica S. Wilson, at
305-995-2451.
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