Dr. Alveda King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is set to be featured as the keynote speaker at the 14th annual Santa Clarita Valley Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this week.
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Residents are invited to Kelly’s Banquet Hall in Santa Clarita on May 3 to join the community and elected leaders in breakfast and communal prayer.
Those who attend the event are expected to enjoy a complete breakfast provided by the Diako Group, including musical entertainment.
Since 2004, the Santa Clarita Valley has continued a tradition stemming back from the first National Prayer Breakfast held by President Eisenhower in 1953.
Every year, many local businesses and organizations partner up to present the Santa Clarita Valley Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast in order to bring the event to the community.
Santa Clarita Valley Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast events in the past have featured influential keynote speakers to inspire residents to support civic leaders in making the valley a safe and prosperous place to thrive, according to officials.
This year, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has been invited to lead the prayer breakfast by speaking to the audience about her challenges, triumphs and testimonies as an African American woman.
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Alveda King currently advocates for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, sharing her testimony of two abortions, God’s forgiveness and healing.
King grew up during the civil rights movement led by her uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Birmingham, Alabama.
When she was young, her family home in Birmingham was bombed, as was her father’s church office in Louisville, Kentucky.
Alveda was jailed during the open housing movement and continues to be a force in the the pro-life movement, according to officials.
Kelly’s Banquet Hall is located at 26453 Friendly Valley Parkway in Santa Clarita. For more information or to purchase tickets to the event, click here.
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Something left over from the Red Scare-McCarthyism era. Communists were officially atheists so Right Wingers decided we had to be officially religious, (Constitution be damned!) to counter the Rooskies. Please pray for sanity and don’t spend one nickel of public money for this silliness.