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Barry Pack, Director of the Oregon Lottery presents a scholarship award to Jessica Isibor (Photo by Julie Keefe) 

View photos from the 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast. You may find a photo of yourself or your friends in our slideshow of images by Julie Keefe and Antonio Harris

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Photo by Julie Keefe 

Look for pictures of yourself or your friends in our slideshow of images by Julie Keefe and Antonio Harris

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On Memorial Day 1948, a dike broke on the Columbia River starting a flood that would leave 18,000 people homeless and altering race relations in Portland forever.  

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The Skanner Foundation congratulates all of this year's scholarship recipients.

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Attorney and author has been fighting for civil rights since 1963 

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Look for pictures of yourself or your friends in our slideshow of images by Intisar Abioto, Julie Keefe and Andre Clayton   

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Past speakers include Ellyn Angelotti of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg who showed us how the digital age makes it possible to make changes in the world; Robin Morris Collin the Willamette University law professor on Environmental Justice; Stephen Coleman the executive director of Washington Parks & People in Washington D.C.; Attorney General John Kroger who addressed civil rights issues in Oregon; Charles Ogletree faculty fellow emeritus at the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society at Harvard University who spoke about the need for reparations for slavery; and Luke Visconti co-founder and publisher of DiverstyInc magazine.

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To watch the 2010 Breakfast click here

To watch our Celebratory Video "35 Years in the Northwest" click here



The Skanner Foundation's 38th Annual MLK Breakfast