Vineland African American CDC Announces 25th anniversary MLK Day Celebration
Courtesy of Vineland African American CDC
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BY CLYDE HUGHES | AC JosepH Media
VINELAND – Dr. Kevin Beckford, a former Obama White House appointee and nonprofit leader, will be the keynote speaker at the Vineland African American CDC Black and Latino Institute 25th annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration on Monday, Jan. 19.
The two-event celebration, under the theme “It’s a Family Reunion,” will take place at the Academy Ballroom, 17 East Landis Avenue, in Vineland. The Breakfast event will begin at
8 a.m. while the afternoon event starts at 3 p.m.
READ: MLK Events Scheduled Throughout South Jersey
Organizers have invited past community award honorees from the Vineland African American CDC to return to the events. Names of past honorees have been posted on the organizations Facebook page.
Beckford is an education advocate, racial equity practitioner, and social entrepreneur. In his current role as senior associate at the Pretrial Justice Institute, he is focused on pretrial system reform. He co-founded and serves on the board of The Hustlers Guild, a nonprofit that uses hip hop to expand access and opportunity to Black and Latinx youth from low-income households in partnership with violence prevention organizations, detention centers, celebrities, pro-athletes, and Fortune 500 companies.
He previously worked as an advisor to Secretary Julian Castro at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; in the White House Presidential Correspondence Office and as a high school and middle school history teacher in Philadelphia.
Beckford earned his Bachelor of Arts in African-American Studies and Political Science from Yale University, his Master of Philosophy in African Studies from the University of Cambridge, and his Master of Science in Education from the University of Pennsylvania.
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