Hunger Free America is hosting its annual Martin Luther King Serve-A-Thon from Jan. 12 to 16. The multi-day event will consist of events, workshops, and panel discussions aimed at honoring King’s legacy of fighting hunger and poverty.
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This year’s panel will highlight the historic role that the King – and the Poor People’s Campaign that he founded – played in prompting the federal government to enact polices that slashed hunger and reduced poverty domestically. The panel will feature: Jonathan Eig, noted biographer of Muhammad Ali, Lou Gehrig, and Jackie Robinson and author of the upcoming King: A Life; Isaac Newton Farris Jr., nephew of King and a Senior Fellow of the King Center, where her continues to write, research and lecture on the life, philosophy, and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr; and Joel Berg, a long-time social justice activist and author who is CEO of Hunger Free America.
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