Martin Luther King Breakfast

Date: Monday, January 16, 2012 at 8:30-10:00 AM
Location: Sun Life Financial Plaza
Sponsored by: World of Wellesley, Interfaith Community for Action in Wellesley and Sun Life Financial.

Tickets ar $25 and are available at the door or by sending a check made payable to the World of Wellesley, P. O. Box 812381, Wellesley, MA 02482. Read about the MLK Breakfast here.

The World of Wellesley (WOW) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this October. Its mission is to bring the Wellesley community together, celebrating cultural similarities and differences within the town. The organization sponsors a variety of events throughout the year with a diversity theme, including a series of programs co-sponsored by the Wellesley Free Library. WOW also recognizes local businesses and other organizations for actions in support of diversity. One of the World of Wellesley traditions is the annual Martin Luther King Breakfast.

This year, Dr. Fayneese Miller will be the guest speaker at the Martin Luther King Breakfast. She is dean of the College of Education and Social Services and professor of Human Development, Educational Leadership and Social Policy at the University of Vermont. Prior to her appointment as dean at UVM, she was associate professor of education and human development and a past director of the Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity in America at Brown University. Dr. Miller developed and chaired the first Ethnic Studies Program at Brown University. Dr. Miller is a social psychologist who specializes in the psychosocial development of youth, with special emphasis on such topics as alienation, social identity, and cross-racial friendships. She has conducted research on black males that was funded by the Eli Lily Foundation. Dr. Miller serves on the U.S. Department of Justice's National Truancy Prevention Association (NTPA) Board. Her work includes a study on perceptions of racial/ethnic bias for the Rhode Island Supreme Court and a project on school-based truancy courts for the Rhode Island Family Court. In collaboration with NTPA, she recently completed a benchbook on truancy for family court judges. Dr. Miller has been a visting associate professor at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and was a National Science Foundation and Salzburg Fellow. She was a member of the American Council of Education (ACE) 2004-2005 Fellow's class -- a Washington-based fellowship program that prepares future senior executives in higher education. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science Task Force on diversity in higher education and the Annie Casey Foundation and Joint Center for Political Studies focus group on reproductive health. Dr. Miller is a member of the Vermont State Board of Education.

Last updated: 1/6/2012