Monday, January 18, 2010, 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.
Reverend Barber is the President of the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP since 2005 and a National NAACP Board Member since 2009. Since he became President he has lead the NAACP State Conference to national recognition when he accepted the 2006 Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Esq. Award for legal activism, the highest award in the NAACP for Legal Redress for Advocacy. The N.C. NAACP is the largest state conference in the south—third largest in nation. He fought and helped to secure over $200 million dollars for low wealth and disadvantaged students.
Dr. Barber joined with the Center for Civil Rights filing an amicus brief to the NC Supreme court and the US Legislative districts. Rev. Barber helped to win a minimum wage raise. He has lead Historic Thousands On Jones Street: Peoples Assembly a coalition of over 85 progressive organizations with over 1 million memberships to champion a 14 point anti racism, anti poverty, anti war agenda. He helped secure more than $2 million dollars to address Health Disparities, more than $19 million dollars for affordable housing, and win a moratorium on landfills in NC. Presented a final address to the 1898 Wilmington Riot Commission and laid out a clear agenda for redress and reparation.
He has developed project YESS: Youth Energized for Service and Success, a program designed to enable students who are failing at the sixth through the eighth grade level to achieve academically. In addition, has led in the efforts with other leaders in The Stop the Funeral Initiative and the Drug Dealer/Gang Member Redemption Conference. He is helping lead the fight against resegregation of public schools throughout North Carolina.
For over 16 years, he has been God’s servant as Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Goldsboro, N.C. He is Chairperson a non-profit organization, “Rebuilding Broken Places,” a community development initiative born out of a vision from God to build affordable single family houses, senior citizen housing, job training, affordable child care, and inner city revitalization in Goldsboro. Through this effort he has helped to develop homes for flood victims, first time home buyers, led the effort to secure a low moderate-income senior citizen’s complex, and the construction of a Community Development Resource Center. To date this has resulted in more than $7 million dollars of community development initiatives.
Dr. Barber graduated --cum laude from North Carolina Central University in Durham, N.C., receiving a B.A. in Political Science. Received a Master of Divinity degree from Duke University-- was a Benjamin Mays Fellow and a Dean scholar. Dr. Barber has a Doctoral degree from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, with a concentration in Public Policy and Pastoral Care.
He has served as the Executive Director of North Carolina Human Relations Commission. Dr. Barber has also served as an adjunct instructor at N.C. Wesleyan, North Carolina Central University and Duke Divinity School. He is currently the site Dean for Apex School of Theology. He was recently chosen for a Mel King Community Fellows fellowship. Dr. Barber’s membership affiliations have included Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and Prince Hall Mason, 32°.Scotish Rite, and a Shriner. He has served on the trustee boards of two colleges. He has received many awards for his work for justice, social change, and of speaking truth to power.