Former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett will be the keynote speaker at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Breakfast on Jan. 16, which will return in-person for the first time since 2020 with a corresponding virtual program.
The in-person event will be held at the Minneapolis Convention Center starting at 8 a.m.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law in 1983 and is observed each year on the third Monday of January.
The annual breakfast, which is in its 33rd year, is presented by General Mills Inc. and the United Negro College Fund and was created to honor the legacy of the civil-rights leader by fundraising for UNCF to…
