Monday, January 17, 2011, 8:00 AM
SHERATON IMPERIAL HOTEL, RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK
RALEIGH, NC
Intro
This Annual Prayer Breakfast has evolved into the flagship event to
start the MLK Holiday activities in the area. The Prayer Breakfast is free and open to the public. Doors open @ 7:15 AM. First come, first served. Order of program shown below.
PRESIDING OFFICER
The Reverend Dr. Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Pastor
First Baptist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina
Chairman, North Carolina Martin Luther King Commission
(Confirmed)
PROCEDURAL BLESSINGS
The Very Reverend Monsignor Thomas P. Hadden
Bishop's Vicar
Catholic Diocese Of Raleigh
(Confirmed)
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE LIFT EVRY VOICE & SING
All Please Stand
WELCOME
Mr. David G. Prince, Vice Chairman
Raleigh Martin Luther King Committee
Member, N.C. Martin Luther King Commission
(Confirmed)
MUSICAL SELECTION
Laviticus Gospel Rap
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
FROM GANDI TO KING
Mr. Jawahar Muniyandi, President & CEO
ISHA Developments
Cary, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE
The Reverend Dr. David D. Mitchell, Pastor
Mt. Gilead Baptist Church
Durham, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
GREETINGS FROM ORANGE COUNTY
The Honorable Valerie Foushee, Chairwoman
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
GREETINGS FROM DURHAM COUNTY
The Honorable Michael D. Page, Chairman
Durham County Board Of Commissioners
Durham, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
GREETINGS FROM WAKE COUNTY
The Honorable Tony Gurley, Chairman
Wake County Board Of Commissioners
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
OUR PRAYER FOR THE LESS FORTUNATE
The Reverend Dr. J.R. Manley, Pastor
First Baptist Church
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
SPECIAL YOUTH WORD
Mr. Evan Haynes, 8th Grade Student
St. Timonthy's Episcopal School
Participant, Clarence Lightner Youth Leadership Academy
(Confirmed)
GREETINGS FROM NORTH CAROLINA
The Honorable Beverly E. Perdue, Governor
State Of North Carolina
(Confirmed)
PRAYER FOR EQUALITY & RECONCILIATION
Rabbi Lucy H.F. Dinner
Temple Beth Or Synagogue
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
RECOGNITION OF CLERGY & ELECTED OFFICIALS
The Honorable Ralph Campbell, Jr.
Former Auditor, State Of North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
PRAYER TO STRENGTHEN FAITH & JUSTICE
The Reverend Dr. Earl C. Johnson, Pastor
Martin Street Baptist Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
MUSICAL SELECTION
Ms. Lynnette Barber
Lincoln Park Holiness Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Mr. James F. Goodmon, President
Capitol Broadcasting Company
Raleigh, North Carolina
(Confirmed)
SPECIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS
The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II, Pastor
Greenleaf Christian Church Of Christ, Goldsboro, N.C.
President, North Carolina Conference NAACP
(Confirmed)
BENEDICTION AND GO FORTH
The Reverend Portia W. Rochelle, Pastor
Word For Transformation Church, Raleigh, N.C.
President, Raleigh-Apex NAACP
(Confirmed)
THE PARTNERSHIP GROWS
This breakfast is free and open to the public. Our sincere gratitude to Capitol Broadcasting Company for twenty years of continuous sponsorship of the Triangle Martin Luther King Interfaith Prayer Breakfast.
President, AT&T North Carolina
Cynthia G. Marshall is President, AT&T North Carolina, and responsible for the company's regulatory, legislative and community affairs activities in the state. She was previously senior vice president for regulatory and constituency relations for AT&T California. Cynthia has 26 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, joining Pacific Bell in 1981 as a group manager in operator services. Since then she has held a variety of line management and staff positions in the following departments: operations, human resources, network engineering and planning, and regulatory/external affairs.
Nationally, she serves on the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, and is a vice chair of the National Utilities Diversity Council. She previously served as vice-chair of the California Utilities Diversity Council, a committee of the California Public Utilities Commission.
Within North Carolina, Marshall serves on Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the North Carolina State Chamber, the Board of Trustees of the N.C. Museum of Art, the CEO Advisory Council of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, the CEO Forum of the McColl School of Business at Queens University, the Steering Committee of the 2007 Triangle Heart Walk and is a member of The Women’s Forum of North Carolina.
Marshall is committed to advocacy for children in need of adoption or in need of support in foster care situations. She joined the Board of the North Carolina Children’s Home Society in October 2009. In California, she was on Board of Directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Contra Costa County and served as a trainer and spokesperson for the Contra Costa County Social Services Department’s Foster Care/Adoption program.
Marshall announced two $100,000 contributions to education advocacy groups in Wake and Mecklenburg counties soon after arriving in North Carolina – within a month of each other. In California, she was instrumental in AT&T contributing approximately $3 million over three years to support the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program, an initiative that assists educationally disadvantaged students.
The fourth of six children, Marshall grew up in Richmond, California., and resides in Cary, North Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she attained degrees in business administration and human resources management. She is married to Kenneth Marshall. They have two children, Anthony, 15, and Shirley, 12. In her faith community, she enjoys being active with youth programs, including conducting a variety of workshops and seminars and teaching a Sunday School class. A self-professed sports nut and soccer mom, her favorite movie is Brian’s Song. She has a passion for her work, enjoys being busy and loves working for AT&T.