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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 06:25 administrator
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Democrats for Life of America
Hosts its annual
Pre-March for Life Breakfast
with Dr. Alveda King
Monday, January 23, 2006
9:30 am- 11:30 am
served in the Sky Room

Hotel Washington
15th and Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004


Cost of Breakfast: $30/person

Join your fellow pro-life Democrats for a hearty breakfast and an inspiring program that will invigorate you for the march to the Supreme Court!

March For Life BreakfastCostQuantity
Purchase tickets to the March For Life breakfast. $30.00




About the speaker:

Dr. Alveda King is a civil rights activist, speaking out on issues that face society today. She is a minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, former college professor and an author. She has served on the boards of numerous community organizations, the Georgia State House of Representatives for four years, and is an accomplished actress and songwriter. Alveda is the grateful mother of six children and she is a doting grandmother.
During the years of the Civil Rights Movement, led by her Uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Alveda's family home was bombed in Birmingham, Alabama. During the heat of the struggle. "Daddy's house was bombed, then in Louisville, Kentucky his church
office was bombed. I was also jailed during the open housing movement," she recalls.
Alveda's Doctorate of Laws was conferred by Saint Anslem College. She has served as a Senior Fellow of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute. She has also served on the boards and committees of numerous organizations, including the SILENT NO MORE
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, COALITION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PASTORS, and the JUDEO-CHRISTIAN COALITION FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL RESTORATION.

Read Dr. King's personal testimony about her own experience with abortion here. (link "here" to: http://www.kingforamerica.com/adkfoundation_article2.htm)

About the location:

Just a few minutes’ walk from the White House, Hotel Washington is the oldest continually operating hotel in D.C. Visitors flock to marvel at the unexcelled view of the city from the Sky Room and open air Sky Terrace atop the Hotel Washington.

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