Governor Baldacci Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Governor Baldacci Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Governor John E. Baldacci celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday morning in Orono, at the 11th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast. The breakfast is put on by the Greater Bangor Area NAACP Chapter and the University of Maine Human Rights Coalition.

"Maine has never been bashful about tackling any discriminations or injustices," said Governor Baldacci. "When it happens in our state - whether it was with the white supremacists who wanted to come into our state or with the recent incident in Hancock County - Mainers come together, stand strong and remember what Martin Luther King Jr. taught us about living peacefully amongst one another."

Governor Baldacci joined President Robert Kennedy of the University of Maine; Senator Susan Collins; NAACP Greater Bangor Chapter President Emeritus, James Varner; and other dignitaries at the breakfast, held at Stodder Commons on the University of Maine Campus.

The keynote address was delivered by Reverend Professor Forrest M. Pritchett. Professor Pritchett is the Program Director for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program at Seton Hall University.

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