Keynote speaker Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith of Harvard University, who specializes in youth
violence, will talk about "non-violence in a violent time."

The 23rd annual Martin Luther King, Jr. City-Wide Memorial Scholarship Breakfast will be held at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at the Sheraton Springfield Hotel. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Deborah Prothrow -Stith, professor of Public Health Practice and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at the Department of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University.

The theme for 2005 is "Together, we must learn to live as brothers/sisters or together we will be forced to perish as fools" (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.).

Tickets are available at Wesley United Methodist Church, 741 State Street, Springfield, MA from 9 am.-1 pm , Monday through Friday, or by calling (413) 734-3233 or (413) 782-3779 or (413) 732-0097. Student advance admission is $20; Senior citizen advanced admission is $20 and regular advanced admission is $22. All admissions at the door are $25. Parking is included.

This year's scholarship recipient will be announced at the Breakfast. The Scholarship and Breakfast is sponsored by the Wesley United Methodist Church.

Contact:
Rev. Cordella J. Brown
Wesley United Methodist Church
741 State Street Springfield, MA 01109
(413) 734-3233 or (413) 732-2622