ESU Hosts Largest Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast in History

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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania celebrated the 18^th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast with the largest crowd in history on Monday. David Crosby Jr., founder and lead pastor of Community Church in Tobyhanna, Pa. and the keynote speaker for this event, addressed a crowd of approximately 430 people. The recipients of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards and the Gertrude Mary Smith Boddie Scholarships and the winners of the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest were announced at the breakfast.

mlk2 From left to right at ESU’s 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast on Monday, January 19, are the Boddie Scholarship winners: ESU Marisa Pagan- Figueroa, a senior major in English and Spanish and International Studies minor from Bethlehem, Pa.; Raymond Ocasio, a senior biology major from Allentown, Pa; President of East Stroudsburg University Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.; and Aalih Hussein, a senior majoring in social work and sociology with a minor in women’s studies from East Stroudsburg, Pa.

mlk4 From left to right are the Julianna V. Bolt Art Contest Winners: Pleasant Valley High School’s Kristan Lai, who finished first; East Stroudsburg University President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D.; Stroudsburg High School’s Sierra Davis, who finished second; and Pleasant Valley High School’s Shannon Simpson, who finished third.

mlk3 From left to right are the MLK award winners: Kevin Hughes, East Stroudsburg University President Marcia G. Welsh, Ph.D., Atiba Khan, who accepted the award for her sister Sarah Khan and Faith Waters Kimes, Ed.D.