>> COVERAGE OF MINNESOTA'S 2012 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY BREAKFAST IS SPONSORED BY UNCF, UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND AND IS SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION.

FEATURING KEYNOTE SPEAKER NAOMI TUTU.

ALSO SPEAKING, THIS YEAR'S CHAIR OF THE 2012 MLK BREAKFAST COMMITTEE, KOFI BRUCE, AND MUSICAL SELECTIONS PERFORMED BY THE STEELES.

♪ MAY WE FOREVER STAND TRUE TO OUR GOD ♪ ♪ TRUE TO OUR DAY ♪ ♪ TRUE TO OUR GOD ♪ TRUE TO OUR DAY ♪ ♪ TRUE TO OUR GOD ♪ ♪ TRUE TO OUR NAME ♪ [ Applause ] >> GOOD MORNING.

AND WELCOME TO THE 22nd ANNUAL Dr.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HOLIDAY BREAKFAST.

MY NAME IS KOFI BRUCE, AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY UNCF AND THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION.

WE ARE EXCITED TO BE BACK TOGETHER AS ONE COMMUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR.

KING.

LET ME INTRODUCE OUR HEAD TABLE.

REVERAND GLORIA ROACH THOMAS, SENIOR PASTOR OF CAMPHOR MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ST.

PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SHARON SMITH-AKINSANYA, AREA DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR UNCF.

ELLEN GOLDBERG LUGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION.

AND, TODAY'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER, NAOMI TUTU.

[ Applause ] IN THE AUDIENCE ARE SEVERAL DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, INCLUDING GOVERNOR DAYTON, U.S.

SENATORS KLOBUCHAR AND FRANKEN, U.S.

REPRESENTATIVE ELLISON, MAYORS RYBAK AND COLEMAN, AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

KEN POWELL, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF GENERAL MILLS, LEADERS FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND CORPORATIONS IN THE TWIN CITIES AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS YEAR'S BREAKFAST COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO PUT IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY OVER SEVERAL MONTHS TO ORGANIZE THIS EVENT.

THEIR REMARKABLE COMMITMENT HAS MADE THIS GATHERING POSSIBLE!

EYE ASK THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND OTHER BRANCHES OF SERVICE HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY WOULD STAND AND THEN I ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO THOSE PATCHING IN FROM AFGHANISTAN.

I'D ASK THE MEMBERS TO STAND SO THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE SACRIFICE YOU'RE MAKING ON OUR BEHALF.

[ Applause ] TRULY AN INSPIRATION TO COMMIT AND TO SERVE.

BUILDING PEACE AND UNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS OUR THEME TODAY THAT AND WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO REFLECT AGAIN ON Dr.

KING'S INSPIRATION, HIS LEGACY AND HIS CHALLENGE TO US.

WHAT BEGAN 22 YEARS AGO WITH 800 PEOPLE, HAS NOW BLOSSOMED TO NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE AND CONTINUES TO BE AN INSPIRATIONAL EVENT WE LOOK FORWARD TO EACH YEAR.

AND WE REJOICE AT THE REACH OF THIS EVENT.

TO OUR 6 NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKFAST LOCATIONS ACROSS ST.

PAUL, MAHTOMEDI RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN AND DULUTH, MINNESOTA, AS WELL AS OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE ON TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION.

WE SEE IN DR.

KING A CHALLENGE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A LARGER COMMUNITY, A BELOVED COMMUNITY AS HE CALLED IT, ONE IN WHICH REDEMPTION WILLS OUT OVER RETALIATION, UNDERSTANDING OVER HATRED, AND NON-VIOLENCE OVER AGGRESSION.

JUST AS MARTIN LUTHER KING REMAINS A BEACON FOR THOSE SEEKING A PEACEFUL PATH TO END OPPRESSION, HE TOO, WAS INFLUENCED BY SOME CRITICAL GLOBAL FOREBEARS, NAMELY, MOHATMA GHANDI, WHO LED THE PEACEFUL STRUGGLE FOR INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE FROM COLONIALISM.

LARGELY THROUGH NONVIOLENT, NONCOOPERATION.

THUS INSPIRED, HE PUT AS A CENTRAL ORGANIZING TENET IN HIS THINKING THIS CONCEPT.

HE WROTE, "THERE IS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT MUST BE PRESENT IN OUR STRUGGLE THAT THEN MAKES OUR RESISTANCE AND NONVIOLENCE TRULY MEANINGFUL.

THAT ELEMENT IS RECONCILIATION.

OUR ULTIMATE END MUST BE THE CREATION OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY."

THIS CONCEPT OF RECONCILIATION BRINGS US TO OUR SPEAKER TODAY, WHOM DR.

LOMAX WILL INTRODUCE, NAOMI TUTU.

SHE COMES OUT OF A COUNTRY WHOSE TORTURED APARTHEID PAST AND ITS SCARRED SOULS BROUGHT TO LIFE THE MEANING OF RECONCILIATION, A COUNTRY WHOSE OWN HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES STOOD ON DR.

KING'S SHOULDERS AS HE STOOD ON GHANDI'S.

A COUNTRY THAT TURNED A PAGE ON ITS MOTTLED PAST, IN LARGE PART, THROUGH A VERY PUBLIC EFFORT, THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSIONS, TO AIR ALL OF THE TRANSGRESSIONS AND GRANT FOREGIVENESS TO THEIR PERPETRATORS.

THERE IS IN SOUTH AFRICA, A CONCEPT THAT SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT OUR VALUE AS HUMAN BEINGS DERIVES FROM OUR CONNECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THIS CONCEPT IS CALLED UBUNTU, AND IS ONE TO WHICH KING LIVED HIS LIFE, EVEN IF NOT CONSCIOUSLY SO.

THIS SPEAKER IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO HELP LINK KING TO THE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLE HE HAS INSPIRED IN PLACES AS AMERICAN AS SELMA AND AS GLOBAL AS SOWETO TOWNSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA.

FOR HE BELONGS NOT ONLY TO THIS NATION BUT ALSO THE WORLD HE INSPIRED.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT DAY TODAY!

THANK YOU.

>> DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO!

THAT THEIR BUSINESS OF OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS FOR VARIOUS REASONS REFUSE ARE CAN'T TAKE A STAND OR HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH ADMINISTRATION, THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS.

BUT I'M AFRAID NOT.

[ Applause ] THAT I KNOW THAT JUSTICE IS INDIVISIBLE.

INJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS A THREAT TO JUSTICE EVERYWHERE.

>> WANTS TO SAY IS HOW GREATLY WE'RE INSPIRED BY WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE, HOW WE USED TO SEEING -- WE USED TO SING "WE SHALL OVERCOME" AS WELL, HAVING BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE EXPERIENCES.

IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU HAD A CONSTITUTION THAT SAID YOU ARE ALL EQUAL.

SO, IT WAS A CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE.

WITH US, WE HAD A CONSTITUTION THAT SAID YOU ARE NOTHING.

>> OUR DEEPEST THANKS TO ARCHBISHOP TUTU FOR REMINDING US OF THE ENDURING POWER OF DR.

KING'S LEGACY THAT CONTINUES TO SHAPE MOVEMENTS FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD.

ON BEHALF OF THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TODAY, AS WE CELEBRATE THE GLOBAL REACH OF DR.

KING'S WORK.

BUILDING ON THIS SPIRIT, EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED THE CELEBRATING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR GRANT PROGRAM.

TO DATE, WE'VE AWARDED $3.5 MILLION TO 250 LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT ARE STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM UNTIL FEBRUARY 1.

GENERAL MILLS' COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITIES IS LONGSTANDING AND DEEP.

FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS, THE FOUNDATION HAS NOURISHED LIVES THROUGH GENEROUS GIVING AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY BUILDING, INVESTING NEARLY $500 MILLION HERE AT HOME AND AROUND THE WORLD.

ONE OF OUR MOST TREASURED ASSETS ARE OUR EMPLOYEES, WHO ALSO HELP US STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY VOLUNTEERING TO SHARE THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS.

GLOBALLY, ABOUT HALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES VOLUNTEER AND CLOSER TO HOME, MORE THAN 80% OF OUR EMPLOYEES DONATE THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO WE CALL LOCAL AND EMERGING LEGENDS.

LET'S LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S HONOREES, WHO EACH AND EVERY DAY ARE NOURISHING LIVES SO PLEASE TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS.

>> V.J.

SMITH IS BEST KNOWN AS THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CHAPTER OF MAD DADS AND HE WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE GROUP'S NATIONAL PRESIDENT.

MAD DADS WAS FORMED TO MOBILIZE DRUG-FREE MEN OF FAITH TO RECLAIM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BY REACHING OUT TO YOUTH ON THE STREETS.

V.J.

IS A TURNAROUND SPECIALIST WHO NOT ONLY TURNED AROUND HIS OWN LIFE, BUT WAS ALSO PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING TURN AROUND THE LIVES OF AT-RISK MINNEAPOLIS YOUTH.

HE'S DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.

BEYOND HIS ROLE WITH MAD DADS, HE WORKS AS AN ON-CALL CHAPLAIN WITH THE MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS A MINISTER AT SHILOH TEMPLE INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES AND SERVES AS A CHAIR AND FOUNDER OF THE MINNEAPOLIS CARES MENTORING INITIATIVE AND MUCH MUCH MORE.

HE ALSO DIRECTS A GROUP ATTENDED BY 70 FAMILIES EACH WEEK.

THE GROUP PROVIDES A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ESCAPE NEGATIVE INFLUENCES AND FIND SUPPORT FROM OTHERS WHO ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR LIVES.

FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN HIS COMMUNITY, THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION AND UNCF ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE V.J.

SMITH AS A 2012 LOCAL LEGEND.

MARY TESHBOLD HAS MADE HE TAKING CARE OF OTHERS A ATOP PRIORITY.

THIS SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR, SPEAKER, AUTHOR AND HUMANITARIAN IS BETTER KNOWN AS MARY T. AS ONE OF MINNESOTA'S LEADING FEMALES IN BUSINESS, SHE'S MADE A CAREER OF CARING FOR OTHERS.

HER BUSINESS, MARY T., INCORPORATED, PROVIDES PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

IN HER COMMUNITY OF COON RAPIDS, SHE HOLDS AN ADAPTIVE OLYMPICS PROGRAM FOR SENIORS EACH YEAR.

SHE HAS ALSO CREATED HOUSING FOR WOMEN SEEKING SHELTER FROM ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

BUT MARY T.

'S EFFORTS GO BEYOND HER IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

INSPIRED BY HER DESIRE TO HELP CHILDREN IN CAMEROON BUILD A BETTER FUTURE, MARY T. FOUNDED AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR 120 CHILDREN.

SHE BELIEVES IN NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE AND SPEAKS PASSIONATELY ABOUT HER VISITS TO REFUGEE PROGRAMS AROUND THE GLOBE.

THROUGH HER WORK ON THE BOARD OF THE AMERICAN REFUGEE COMMITTEE.

IN RECOGNITION OF HER DEDICATION TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS, THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION AND UNCF ARE PROUD TO HONOR MARY T. AS A 2012 LOCAL LEGEND.

[ Applause ] KNEW AT A YOUNG AGE THAT HE HAD TO HELP OTHERS IN HIS COMMUNITY.

AT THE TENDER AGE OF 6, HIS ACTIVISM BEGAN WHEN HE SLEPT OUT IN A TENT WITH HIS DAD AND HIS CUB SCOUT PACK TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BY THE TIME PETER WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, HE WAS SLEEPING OUTSIDE FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS EACH WINTER.

THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS SLEEPOUT CAMPAIGN, AN ANNUAL EFFORT TO HELP FUND THE 1,400 HOUSING REQUESTS THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVES EACH YEAR.

PETER'S IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY HAS NOT ONLY HELPED FAMILIES BUT HAS ALSO INSPIRED OTHERS.

HE'S ENCOURAGED MANY OTHER YOUTH TO SLEEP OUTSIDE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR IOCP.

PETER IS NOW A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS SLEPT OUTSIDE FOR MORE THAN 300 NIGHTS, RAISING OVER $400,000.

TO QUOTE PETER, AT SOMETIME YOU'LL GET CALLED.

IT'S WHETHER YOU'RE LISTENING OR NOT.

THIS IS WHAT I WAS CALLED TO DO.

BECAUSE IF I DON'T DO IT, WHO WILL?

THE GENERAL MILLS FOUNDATION AND UNCF ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE PETER LARSON AS A 2012 EMERGING LEGEND.

[ Applause ] >> THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR LOCAL AND EMERGING LEGENDS WHO REMIND US OF THE DIFFERENCE WE EACH CAN MAKE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS.

THE WORK OF DR.

KING AND ARCHBISHOP TUTU MAKES IT CLEAR THAT EACH OF US HAS THE ABILITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM TO TAKE ACTION IN WAYS BOTH GREAT AND SMALL, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY, TO PROMOTE PEACE AND UNITY.

ON YOUR WAY OUT, INSPIRE US WITH A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING YOUR COMMUNITY FOR ALL ITS MEMBERS.

RECORD YOUR COMMITMENT ON THE CARD AT YOUR TABLE AND LEAVE IT WITH THE USHERS AT THE EXITS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU IN THE TV AUDIENCE, PLEASE PLEDGE ONLINE TO ASSIST YOUR COMMUNITY AT WWW.MLKBREAKFAST.COM.

CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SHAPED AND INSPIRED BY THE LEGACIES OF GREAT LEADERS SUCH AS DR.

KING AND ARCHBISHOP TUTU.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO ABSORB THEIR WORDS AND THOSE OF OUR SPEAKER THIS MORING AND TAKE YOUR OWN ACTIONS THAT WILL BUILD A FOUNDATION FOR A GLOBAL COMMUNITY AT PEACE.

THANK YOU.

[ Applause ] ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ WHOO, GONE LET IT ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ OH, YEAH ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ OH, IN MY HOME ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ OH, IN MY HOME ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ ALL IN MY HOME ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ SEE, EVERYWHERE I GO ♪ ♪ EVERYWHERE I GO ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ EVERYWHERE I GO ♪ ♪ EVERYWHERE I GO ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ EVERYWHERE I GO ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ WHOA THIS LITTLE LIGHT ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE NOTE ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE NOTE ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ SOMETHING GOT AHOLD OF ME ♪ IS NOT SOMETHING GOT AHOLD ♪ ♪ RIGHT AHOLD ♪ ♪ OF ME ♪ ♪ OH, YES, IT DID ♪ ♪ I SAID, SOMETHING ♪ ♪ GOT AHOLD ♪ ♪ OF ME ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH ♪ ♪ I WENT TO ONE NIGHT ♪ ♪ AND MY HEART WASN'T RIGHT ♪ ♪ SOMETHING GOT AHOLD OF ME ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY CLAP YOUR HANDS NOW ♪ ♪ SOMETHING ♪ ♪ GOT AHOLD ♪ ♪ OF ME ♪ ♪ OH, YES, IT DID ♪ ♪ I SAID, SOMETHING ♪ ♪ GOT AHOLD ♪ ♪ Dr.

KING ♪ ♪ OF ME ♪ ♪ I WENT ONE NIGHT ♪ ♪ AND MY HEART WASN'T RIGHT ♪ ♪ SOMETHING GOT AHOLD OF ME ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH ♪ ♪ WHOA, WHOA, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO ♪ ♪ I'M GOING TO LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ I'M GONNA LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ LET IT SHINE ♪ ♪ YEAH, YEAH, ♪ [ Applause ] >> WHOO!

GOOD MORNING.

YEAH.

MY NAME IS SHARON SMITH-AKINSANYA, AND I AM THE AREA DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR UNCF.

AS KOFI BRUCE TOLD US EARLIER, UP UNTIL LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON, UNCF PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

Dr.

MICHAEL LOMAX HAD PLANNED TO BE HERE THIS MORNING WITH ALL OF US, BUT A LAST-MINUTE CANCELLATION BY THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT OUR D.C.

AREA MLK CELEBRATION REQUIRES Dr.

LOMAX TO REMAIN IN D.C.

Dr.

LOMAX LOOKS FORWARD TO THIS BREAKFAST EVERY YEAR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY IT PROVIDES TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS, WHO SHARE THE VALUES THAT Dr.

KING TAUGHT AND WHO SHARE UNCF'S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION.

HE HAS ASKED ME TO EXTEND HIS REGRETS AND TO DELIVER TO YOU THE MESSAGE THAT HE HAD PREPARED FOR THIS MORNING.

SO, ON BEHALF OF THE 60,000 STUDENTS, WHOSE EDUCATION WE SUPPORT, I'D LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE FOR THE SUPPORT THAT GENERAL MILLS AND THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY PROVIDES THROUGH UNCF TO HELP OUR STUDENTS GET TO AND THROUGH COLLEGE.

DR.

KING GRADUATED FROM ONE OF OUR MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE IN ATLANTA, WHICH IS MY ALMA MATER AS WELL.

DR.

KING'S LAST FOUR YEARS WERE MY YEARS AT MOREHOUSE.

HE READ ABOUT HIM IN THE NEWSPAPERS, WATCHED HIM ON TELEVISION AND SAW HIM ON CAMPUS.

WHEN HE DIED, LATE IN Dr.

LOMAX'S SENIOR YEAR, HE AND HIS CLASSMATES ASKED THEMSELVES THE QUESTION, THE QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ASKING OURSELVES THIS MORNING, WHAT CAN WE DO?

WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WOULD BE WORTHY OF Dr.

KING'S LIFE AND HIS LEGACY?

THE PAST THAT Dr.

LOW -- THE PATH THAT Dr.

LOMAX CHOSE WAS EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AND STUDENTS FROM LOW- TO MODERATE-INCOME FAMILIES, IN PARTICULAR.

IT BECAME HIS LIFE'S WORK.

AS A PROFESSOR, AS A COLLEGE PRESIDENT, AND FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AS PRESIDENT OF UNCF.

UNCF'S CORE MISSION, ENSURING THAT EVERY AMERICAN, NOT JUST SOME AMERICANS, BUT EVERY AMERICAN SHOULD HAVE AN EDUCATION THAT BEGINS IN PRESCHOOL AND DOESN'T END UNTIL AT LEAST GRADUATION FROM COLLEGE HAS BECOME NATIONAL POLICY.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS COMMITTED THE NATION TO REGAIN WORLD LEADERSHIP IN THE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WITH COLLEGE DEGREES.

THE DEMAND FOR EDUCATED AMERICANS IS HIGH.

EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY COMMUNITY, AND THE NATIONAL ECONOMY NEED COLLEGE-EDUCATED PROFESSIONALS.

BUT THE SUPPLY OF EDUCATED AMERICANS LAGS.

IN A NATION TRENDING TOWARD A MAJORITY-MINORITY POPULATION, WE ARE NOT PROVIDING STUDENTS OF COLOR, OUR NEXT GENERATION OF TEACHERS, OUR NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS, OUR NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS WITH THE EDUCATION THEY NEED BEFORE COLLEGE SO THEY CAN SUCCEED IN COLLEGE.

IN THE FACE OF INCREASING TUITION LEVELS AND FLAT, AT BEST, FAMILY INCOMES, WE ARE NOT PROVIDING LOW-INCOME AMERICANS THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO ATTEND AND COMPLETE COLLEGE.

AND BY NEGLECTING THESE CRITICAL NATIONAL PRIORITIES, WE ARE RENEGING ON OUR OBLIGATION TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE OBLIGATION EXPRESSED IN UNCF'S MOTTO, "A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE."

IN ENSURING AN EDUCATION FOR ALL, DR.

KING'S LEGACY REQUIRES US TO FOCUS NOT ONLY ON MOVING THEM TO AND THROUGH COLLEGE, BUT TOO ON THE CONTENT OF THE EDUCATION WE GIVE THEM.

AN EDUCATION THAT PREPARES THEM FOR CAREERS, YES, BUT THAT PREPARES THEM AS WELL TO BE GOOD CITIZENS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES, OF THEIR COUNTRY, AND OF THE WORLD.

AN EDUCATION THAT ANSWERS DR.

KING'S CLARION CALL FROM THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL, FOR PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER AT THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD.

MAKING THAT DREAM OF DR.

KING'S INTO A REALITY HAS BEEN THE LIFE'S WORK OF OUR GUEST TODAY, MS.

NAOMI TUTU.

BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND EDUCATED IN SWAZILAND, THE U.S.

AND ENGLAND, NAOMI TUTU HAS BEEN A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD.

SHE IS AN AMBASSADOR OF JOIN MY VILLAGE, AN INNOVATIVE, ONLINE SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE THAT SEEKS TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

JOIN MY VILLAGE IS FACILITATED BY THE HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION CARE WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM TWO UNCF PARTNERS, GENERAL MILLS AND MERCK.

BUT IF SHE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVIST, SHE HAS ALSO BEEN A TEACHER.

SHE HAS BROUGHT HER MESSAGE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITIES OF HARTFORD AND CONNECTICUT AND BREVARD COLLEGE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

AND SHE HAS SERVED AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR PROGRAMS ON RACE AND GENDER AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN EDUCATION AT THE AFRICAN GENDER INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN, AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS AT TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE, AND AS PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR THE RACE RELATIONS INSTITUTE AT UNCF MEMBER INSTITUTION FISK UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE.

PLEASE WELCOME NAOMI TUTU.

[ Applause ] >> YOU KNOW I HAD TO THROW THAT IN.

YOU KNOW I HAD TO THROW THAT IN.

♪ >> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING.

>> IT IS REALLY AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE HERE AS THE SPEAKER FOR THIS MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT FEELS TO ME AS THOUGH MINNEAPOLIS HAS BECOME MY WINTER HOME.

[ Laughter ] AND I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND EACH TIME I'M INVITED HERE, I SAY TO MY HOSTS, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO INVITE ME IN THE SUMMER?

[ Laughter ] BUT NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION.

EACH TIME I AM INVITED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO MANAGE TO GET ME HERE IN THE SUMMER WAS THE PAN AFRICAN WOMEN'S NETWORK, AND I REALIZED THAT IT WAS AFRICAN WOMEN -- [ Laughter ] -- WHO WERE IN SYMPATHY WITH ME.

[ Applause ] BUT I AM HONORED, TRULY HONORED, TO BE HERE TODAY TO CLAIM THE LEGACY OF Dr.

KING.

TO CLAIM BEING PART OF THOSE WHO DREAM AND WORK TOWARDS THE BELOVED COMMUNITY THAT HE SPOKE OF.

WHEN I FIRST BECAME AWARE OF ALL THE CONCEPT OF THE BELOVED COMMUNITY AND LISTENED TO WHAT IT ENTAILED, THAT IT ENTAILED A COMMUNITY, A SOCIETY THAT RECOGNIZED THE INFINITE VALUE OF EVERY MEMBER OF THAT COMMUNITY, THAT SAW IN EACH PERSON A HUMAN BEING, A GIFT TO THE REST OF US.

THAT SAW AND SOUGHT TO MEET EVERYONE'S NEEDS, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, EDUCATIONAL.

THAT SOUGHT TO CHALLENGE AND BRING OUT THE BEST IN EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

IT STRUCK ME AS BEING VERY FAMILIAR.

AND IT WAS VERY FAMILIAR BECAUSE IT WAS THE VERY SAME COMMUNITY THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT FROM MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AT HOME.

WHO SPOKE ABOUT A SOCIETY, A COMMUNITY BASED ON UBUNTO.

UBUNTO, WHICH REALLY ONLY MEANS HUMANITY.

THAT IT'S NOT SOME, YOU KNOW, STRANGE AND EXOTIC KIND OF POLITICAL OR SOCIAL THEORY.

IT'S A VERY BASIC IDEA, THE IDEA OF OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

AND I USED TO, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY GRANDMOTHERS WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY AND THEY'D SAY, HEY, UBUNTO, AND THAT MEANS, HEY, THAT PERSON IS A HUMAN BEING.

OKAY.

AREN'T WE ALL HUMAN BEINGS?

HOW CAN THAT BE A COMPLIMENT THAT YOU'RE PAYING SOMEBODY?

[ Laughter ] YOU KNOW, REALLY, I MEAN, THAT MUST BE A REALLY LOW BAR.

[ Laughter ] YOU KNOW?

THAT IS A HUMAN BEING.

AND, YET, AS THEY EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT IT MEANT FOR THEM TO SEE SOMEONE AND TO SAY THAT A PERSON, UBUNTO, IT MEANT A PERSON WHO LOOKED AT ANOTHER AND SAW A BROTHER OR A SISTER.

IT MEANT A PERSON WHO INVOLVED THEMSELVES IN THEIR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE.

IT MEANT SOMEONE WHO LOOKED AT THOSE WHO OPPRESSED AND DEMEANED THEM AND REFUSED TO SIMPLY SEE AN ENEMY, BUT, RATHER, TO SEE SOMEONE WHO NEEDED THEM, TO LEAD THEM BACK INTO THE PATH OF THEIR OWN HUMANITY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS INDEED THE BELOVED COMMUNITY OF WHICH Dr.

KING SPOKE.

IT IS ABOUT A CHALLENGE TO EACH OF US WHERE WE ARE.

IT IS ABOUT WHO ARE WE GOING TO BE IN THIS WORLD.

ARE WE GOING TO BE THOSE WHO USE THE GIFTS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THE LOT OF THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE ARE?

OR ARE WE SIMPLY GOING TO USE THE GIFTS WE HAVE TO ENRICH AND SOFTEN OUR OWN LIVES?

THAT IF WE SAY WE ARE THOSE WHO ARE STRIVING FOR THE BELOVED COMMUNITY, IF WE SAY WE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE UBUNTO, THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BE THOSE WHO RAISE OUR VOICES FOR HEALING, TO BE THOSE WHO RAISE OUR VOICES FOR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT THE OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTIC OF UBUNTO, OF A REAL HUMAN BEING, IS THAT ONE WHO IS ABLE TO STAND IN THE FACE OF OPPRESSION AND VIOLENCE AND RESPOND WITH RESPECT AND NONVIOLENCE.

THE MAN WE CELEBRATE TODAY IS ONE WHO SAID THAT PEACE IS NOT THE OUTCOME THAT WE SEEK.

PEACE IS ALSO THE WAY THAT WE SEEK THAT OUTCOME.

WE CELEBRATE TODAY A HUMAN BEING WHO REFUSED TO LOOK AT THOSE WHO OPPRESSED HIM AS SIMPLY OPPRESSIVE, AS SIMPLY HATERS -- AS SIMPLY OPPRESSORS, AS SIMPLY HATERS, AS SIMPLY THAT OTHER.

WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING ONE WHO SAID WHEN HE LOOKED AT THOSE WHO OPPRESSED HIM, I SEE A FELLOW HUMAN BEING OF INFINITE WORTH AND VALUE, IN GOD'S SIGHT AND, THEREFORE, IN MINE.

NOW, I KNOW THAT WE ALL PROBABLY HAVE FAVORITE STORIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT Dr.

KING.

AND I HAVE ONE IN PARTICULAR.

AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STORY PROBABLY SAYS MORE ABOUT THE KIND OF PERSON I AM, THAT WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL STORIES THERE ARE ABOUT Dr.

KING, THIS WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD STAND OUT FOR ME.

AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS STORY, ACTUALLY, SOON AFTER I HAD STARTED WORKING WITH A SPIRITUAL DIRECTOR.

AND ONE OF THE FIRST LESSONS SHE TAUGHT ME WAS THAT HOW YOU DO ANYTHING SPEAKS TO HOW YOU DO EVERYTHING.

AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, I WAS, LIKE, OH, LORD.

[ Laughter ] DOES THAT MEAN HOW I TALK TO MY CHILDREN IS GOING TO BE SOMEHOW -- AND THEN THIS STORY OF Dr.

KING AND, I SAID, THIS IS WHAT THAT MEANS.

BECAUSE THE STORY IS NOT ONE OF HIS WONDERFUL SPEECHES, BUT IT IS FROM HIM TRAVELING BETWEEN SPEECHES AND WAS TRAVELING WITH HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHO WAS DOING THE DRIVING, AND THEY WERE DRIVING AT NIGHT FROM ONE SITE TO THE NEXT.

AND AS THEY WERE DRIVING ALONG THE HIGHWAY, HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW STARTED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ONCOMING DRIVERS, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AS HE WAS DRIVING WHEN HE SAW A CAR COMING, HE WOULD DIM HIS HEADLIGHTS OFF FROM BRIGHT, BUT OVER AND OVER, THE ONCOMING DRIVERS WOULD NOT DIM THEIRS, AND HE WAS GETTING FRUSTRATED.

AND HE FINALLY SAID SOMETHING TO Dr.

KING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES ALONG AND DOESN'T DIM THEIR LIGHTS, I'M NOT GOING TO DIM MINE EITHER.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND Dr.

KING SAID, NO.

PLEASE, YOU HAVE TO DIM YOUR LIGHTS.

BECAUSE WE NEED AT LEAST ONE PERSON ON THIS ROAD ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY, EVEN IF THAT ONE PERSON IS NOT YOU.

AND, TO ME THAT IS PART OF THE ESSENCE OF UBUNTO.

THAT IT IS TO GIVE THE OTHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE UP TO WHO THEY CAN BE, TO BELIEVE THAT IF THE OTHER DOES NOT, THAT DOES NOT RELEASE YOU FROM YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO BE FULLY HUMAN.

[ Applause ] AND I KNOW, I KNOW THAT THAT IS A CHALLENGE, A CHALLENGING THING THAT WE ARE CALLED TO.

AND I WENT FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, DURING APARTHEID, WE WOULD BE LIVING IN STATES OF EMERGENCY.

AND I REMEMBER ONE IN PARTICULAR WHEN I HAD BEEN WORKING IN HARTFORD AND HAD GONE HOME AND FOR THE FIRST TIME HAD A CREDIT CARD.

WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO THAT ANY FURTHER.

[ Laughter ] AND A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

AND, SO, DECIDED THAT I WAS GOING TO RENT A CAR AND GO AND SHOW OFF TO MY COUSINS THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, I'VE MADE IT.

AND, SO, WAS DRIVING FROM SOWETO TO MONTEVILLE WHERE THE REST OF MY FAMILY LIVED.

AND CAME UP ON A MILITARY ROADBLOCK.

NOW, WE, DURING APARTHEID, HAD MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE TRIED TO SHOW OUR RESISTANCE TO APARTHEID.

AND SOME OF THEM WERE VERY SMALL.

AND ONE OF THOSE WAS WHEN YOU WERE STOPPED AT A ROADBLOCK THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE ATTITUDE.

SO, YOU NEGOTIATION WHEN THE SOLDIERS -- SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE SOLDIERS STOPPED BY CAR AND ASKED ME TO STEP OUT, I STEPPED OUT LIKE THIS.

[ Laughter ] AND STOOD BY THE SIDE OF MY CAR LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE, REALLY, YOU ARE BORING ME.

I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE DOING WITH MY LIFE.

AND I HAPPENED TO LOOK AT THE YOUNG MAN SEARCHING MY CAR.

AND HE, YOU KNOW, WAS A YOUNG SOLDIER, YOUNG WHITE SOLDIER.

AND WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM, I REALIZED HE LOOKED TERRIFIED.

AND, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST THING IS, WHY WOULD YOU BE TERRIFIED, YOU'RE THE ONES WITH THE GUNS.

[ Laughter ] YOU KNOW?

BUT THEN I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING WHAT IT IS HE MUST HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WOULD MAKE HIM BE THERE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT SEARCHING CARS OF BORED YOUNG WOMEN, YOU KNOW, I RECOGNIZED THAT HE HAD BEEN TRAINED TO FEAR US.

AND, SO, I THOUGHT UP A CONVERSATION WITH HIM, NOTHING REALLY DEEP, I SAID SOMETHING, LIKE, OH, YOU MUST LEAD A REALLY BORING LIFE.

HERE YOU ARE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT SEARCHING CARS.

AND WE TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES.

NOW, IF THE STORY WAS GOING TO BE REALLY POWERFUL, I WOULD NOW BE TELLING YOU THAT I AM NOW THE GOD PARENT OF HIS CHILDREN.

[ Laughter ] AND WE GO ON VACATION EVERY OTHER YEAR AS FAMILIES.

NO.

YOU KNOW?

I DROVE AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS, WHERE HE IS.

[ Laughter ] HE PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA WHO I AM.

OKAY?

BUT FOR THOSE FEW MINUTES, I SAW ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, NOT SIMPLY AN APARTHEID SOLDIER.

AND I BELIEVE HE SAW ANOTHER HUMAN BEING AND NOT SIMPLY A POTENTIAL TERRORIST.

AND WE ARE CALLED TO BE THOSE WHO SET UP THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO RECOGNIZE OUR COMMON HUMANITY.

WE WHO SAY WE BELIEVE IN JUSTICE, WE WHO SAY WE BELIEVE IN THE DREAM ARE CALLED TO BE THOSE WHOSE LIVES, WHOSE EVERY ACTION, WHOSE ANY ACTION SPEAKS TO OUR BELIEF IN THAT POSSIBILITY.

WE ARE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING Dr.

KING'S BIRTHDAY.

AND THIS WONDERFUL BREAKFAST IS A GREAT CELEBRATION.

BUT I BELIEVE THE TRUE CELEBRATION OF Dr.

KING'S BIRTHDAY HAPPENS WHEN WE STEP OUT OF THESE DOORS AND WE TAKE IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE THOSE WHO ACT FOR JUSTICE.

Dr.

KING SPOKE OF REACHING THE PROMISED LAND.

HE SAID, I KNOW WE WILL GET THERE.

THE TRUTH IS, WE ARE FAR FROM THAT PROMISED LAND.

AND, SO, THAT MEANS WE EACH HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE US CLOSER.

WE ARE FAR FROM THAT PROMISED LAND BECAUSE WE STILL LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE MANY CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DO NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATION.

WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WHAT WE IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD USE TO BUY ICE CREAM EACH YEAR COULD ENSURE CLEAN WATER FOR EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING ON THIS PLANET.

AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE SO MEANS WE ARE FAR FROM THE PROMISED LAND.

[ Applause ] WE LIVE, WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE IN MANY COMMUNITIES GIRLS STILL HAVE NO ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

WHERE THE FAMILY PLANS FOR THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE TO MARRY THEM OFF AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.

WHERE WE HAVE CHILD BRIDES AS YOUNG AS 9 YEARS OF AGE.

AS LONG AS THAT IS TRUE, WE ARE FAR FROM THE PROMISED LAND.

WE LIVE IN A WORLD IN WHICH JUST AFTER CHRISTMAS IN THIS CITY A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY, TERRELL MAYES, WAS SHOT IN HIS OWN HOME.

AS LONG AS OUR CHILDREN ARE NOT SAFE, WE ARE FAR FROM THE PROMISED LAND.

[ Applause ] AND, YET -- AND, YET, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN MOVE US AND OUR WORLD CLOSER TO THAT PROMISED LAND BECAUSE AS WE LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM THIS MORNING, WE KNOW THAT 50 YEARS AGO A GATHERING SUCH AS THIS WAS SIMPLY A DREAM AND, YET, HERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO, WE KNOW THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS HAD IT IN US TO MOVE US FORWARD.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DREAM AND WORK FOR A BETTER WORLD.

WE KNOW THAT IN OUR COMMUNITIES TODAY THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THOSE WE JUST HONORED, THE LOCAL LEGENDS AND UPCOMING LEGENDS, WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO MAKING THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR NATION, THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THAN THAT WHICH THEY FOUND.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GATHERED HERE THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE BELIEVE, ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM, THAT CHANGE IS POSSIBLE AND IS IN OUR HANDS.

WE LOOK AROUND THIS ROOM AND WE SEE IN HERE PEOPLE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS DEALING WITH GANG VIOLENCE IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, PEOPLE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING TO EDUCATE WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, THAT WE SEE IN THIS ROOM PEOPLE REPRESENTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SIMPLY ENCOURAGING US TO BE FULLY HUMAN BEINGS.

THAT WE ARE HERE THIS MORNING CHEERING ONE ANOTHER ON, CHALLENGING ONE ANOTHER TO BE THOSE WHO LIVE UBUNTO, TO BE THOSE WHO OTHERS WILL SAY WHEN THEY SEE HOW WE LIVE, HOW WE ACT, HEY, UBUNTO.

THAT IS A TRUE HUMAN BEING.

WE ARE THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT THE BELOVED COMMUNITY IS NOT SOME DREAM BUT A GOAL THAT WE CAN REACH.

AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THIS MORNING WITH A SHORT POEM.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP HATING POETRY.

[ Laughter ] IT WAS -- AND I THINK THAT'S THE FAULT OF THE BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM.

[ Laughter ] THEY HAD US DOING ALL KINDS OF WEIRD THINGS TO POEMS, PAUSE, SPLIT, MAKE THE WHATEVER WHATEVER.

[ Laughter ] AND JUST CONFUSED ME.

AND, SO, TO BE AN ADULT AND TO FIND POEMS THAT TOUCH AND MOVE AND CHALLENGE ME HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS.

AND THIS IS A POEM BY HOWARD THURMAN.

IT IS CALLED "I WILL LIGHT CANDLES THIS CHRISTMAS" BUT WHEN I FOUND IT, I THOUGHT, NO, IT SPEAKS NOT JUST OF LIGHTING CANDLES FOR CHRISTMAS, IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE SONG WE JUST HEARD, "THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE."

FOR IT SPEAKS, I WILL LIGHT CANDLES THIS CHRISTMAS.

CANDLES OF JOY, DESPITE ALL SADNESS.

CANDLES OF HOPE, WHERE DESPAIR KEEPS WATCH.

CANDLES OF COURAGE, FOR FEARS EVER PRESENT.

CANDLES OF PEACE, FOR TEMPEST TOSSED DAYS.

CANDLES OF GRACE TO EASE HEAVY BURDENS.

CANDLES OF LOVE TO INSPIRE ALL MY LIVING.

CANDLES THAT WILL BURN THE WHOLE YEAR LONG.

THANK YOU.

[ Applause ] >> THANK YOU, MS.

TUTU.

YOUR COMMENTS HAVE LAID DOWN A CHALLENGE TO US AS WE LEAVE THIS HALL TO OUR MANY INDIVIDUAL LIVES, A CHALLENGE TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING AN INTERCONNECTED LIFE.

ALSO, THANK YOU TO SHARON SMITH-AKINSANYA FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, IN PARTING, I WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE BREAKFAST COMMITTEE WHO MADE TODAY'S BREAKFAST A SUCCESS AND TO ALL OF YOU IN THIS HALL WHO CAME TO CELEBRATE WITH US.

AS IS TRADITION, WE WILL CLOSE OUT THIS 22ND ANNUAL DR.

MARTIN LUTHER KING BREAKFAST WITH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DR.

KING.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

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