Colleges of the Fenway MLK Breakfast Speakers History
1999 State Representative Byron Rushing
2000 Charles Willie, Harvard Graduate School of Education
2001 City Counselor Charles Yancey
2002 Reverend Canon Ed Rodman, President of MA Council of Churches
2003 Reverend Elizabeth Walker, Roxbury Presbyterian Church
2004 Attorney Pierre Monette Jr., Suffolk University
2005 Reginald Lindsay, U.S. District Court
2006 Richard Louis O’Bryant , Northeastern University
2007 MassArt Performance Art – Dancers, Singer, Narration of MLK Speech
2008 Representatives from each college
Dr. Jean Joyce-Brady, Dean of Students & Francisco Grajales, Graduate Student, MPCHS
Mr. Bill Norris, Maintainer, MassArt
Ms.Lisa Smith-McQueenie, Assistant Dean for Student Life/Director of Multicultural Affairs, SC
Ms.Regine Joseph, Dissertation Fellow in the Department of Foreign Languages, EC
Mr. Jim Levesque, Director, Office of Student Life, WIT
Ms. Diana Cutaia, Director of Athletics, WC
2009 Representatives from each college
Mr. Jamahl Jackson, Assistant Director of Athletics/ Head Men’s Basketball Coach, EC
Mr. Marlin Nabors, Director, Office of Community Standards, WIT
Mr. Gary Bailey, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, SC
Ms. Gamalia Pharms, Department Assistant, Studio Foundation, MassArt
Ms. Dien Ho, Ph.D., Assistant Professor , Philosophy and Healthcare Ethics, MCPHS
Mr. William Thompson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education and Child Life, WC
2010 Stephen J. Pemberton, Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion, Monster.com
2011 William H. Smith, Executive Director, National Center for Race Amity, Wheelock College
2012 Climbing Poetree, Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman
2013 Jane Sapp, Singer, Songwriter, Cultural Activist
2014 Reverend Brandon Crowley, Myrtle Baptist Church
2015 Dr. David Canton, Connecticut College
2016 Leslie Morris, Women of the Dream founder
2017 Representatives from each college
Jeffrey Smith Jr., Director of Diversity & Inclusion/Multicultural Programs, EC
Judith Anderson, Chair, Department of Industrial Design, MassArt
Paul Notar, Associate Director of International Admission, MCPHS
Lena Zuckerwise, Assistant Professor, Political Science & Intr. Rel, SC
Leland Clarke, Professor of Arts, School of Arts and Sciences, WC