WVU to host annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast

The WVU Center for Black Culture will host the 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) in the Mountainlair Ballroom. (WVU Photo/Derek Artimez)

WHAT: The West Virginia University Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast hosted by the WVU Center for Black Culture

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 17, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Mountainlair Ballroom

WHO: Members of the University and Morgantown communities

NOTES: The event is free, but tickets must be reserved to attend. Find the reservation link.

Jack S. Monell, professor of justice studies at Winston-Salem State University, will be the keynote speaker. Monell is a distinguished academic and practitioner with more than 31 years of experience in social work, criminal justice, sociology and human services.

Read more about the keynote speaker.

Monell and Javier McCoy, interim director of the WVU Center for Black Culture, will be available to talk with members of the media at 9:15 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) near the event entrance. Media availability after that time will be limited.

During the Unity Breakfast, the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and Achievement Awardwill be presented, recognizing students and individuals in West Virginia for their commitment to human rights, civil rights and social justice.

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