The 35th annual Crispus Attucks Community Center MLK Breakfast will be held from 7 to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 16, returning to an in-person gathering at Millersville University with the addition of a livestream option. The event will be held at Marauder Courts at the Student Memorial Center on Shenks Lane. The event's master of ceremonies will be Jeremy Jenkins from WGAL-TV. Pedro Rivera, president of Thaddeus Stevens College, is this year's honorary event chair.

The event is a time for the community to come together, to foster relationships, to dialogue around the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., and to confront issues of inequity and injustice. This event, the center's largest fundraiser, annually raises $100,000 - nearly one-third of the center's yearly budget.

Marc Lamont Hill, who previously spoke at the 2018 MLK Breakfast, will present "And How Are the Children ... Now?" "And how are the children?" is a traditional greeting passed amongst the Masai in Kenya. The greeting acknowledges the high value of children and their well-being, and it acts as a measure of how the community and society is faring. The goal is to always be able to answer the greeting with "All the children are well." Hill will speak about how people can collectively work to build a better community and world, one where they can say, "All the children are well."

A Philadelphia native, Hill is currently the host of BET News and a political contributor for CNN. He has received numerous awards from the National Association of Black Journalists, GLAAD, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. He is the Steve Charles Professor of Media, Cities, and Solutions at Temple University. Prior to that, he held positions at Columbia University and Morehouse College. He is a founding board member of the nonprofit organization My5th, as well as a board member and organizer of the Philadelphia Student Union. Hill also works closely with the ACLU Drug Reform Project, focusing on drug informant policy. He received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, and he is the author or co-author of several books.

New this year, three ticket options will be available in the spirit of access and inclusion. These ticket options are an in-person ticket, a discounted livestream ticket, and a pay-what-you-will in-person ticket.

To purchase tickets, visit http://www.caplanc.org/MLK or contact Kristy Aurand at kaurand@caplanc.org or 717-299-7388, ext. 3032. Sponsorships are also available; for details, contact Aurand.