UNCF (the United Negro College Fund), the nation’s largest and most effective minority education organization, is proud to announce that Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson will once again serve as host of the Gary, Indiana UNCF Mayor’s Breakfast on Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, the 8th President of Tennessee State University, will be the keynote speaker. Mayor Freeman-Wilson will be joined as host by the UNCF Northwest Leadership Council. The event will take place at the Genesis Convention Center in Gary, IND. at 8:00 AM. The breakfast will bring together hundreds business, civic and education leaders in support of UNCF’s work to create a college ready culture that provides students with the support they need to get to and through college.
“I am so excited to once again host the Mayor’s Breakfast so that we can showcase our community’s commitment to the work UNCF is doing through its Northwest Leadership Council which directly impacts educational outcomes in our city,” said Mayor Freeman-Wilson. “We are eager to host Dr. Glover, because she well knows the importance of strengthening our historically black colleges and universities and ensuring that more African American students are graduating from college.”
The UNCF Northwest Leadership Council was formed in 2007. Over the past eight years, it has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of scholarships for Northwest Indiana students and operating support for UNCF Member Institutions. The Northwest Leadership Council works in partnership with the community-at-large and statewide partners, including the City of Gary, USA Funds, NIPSCO, Majestic Star, United Water, and the John W. Anderson Foundation. The investment of time and energy by supporters has enabled the Northwest Leadership Council to award more than 50 scholarships averaging $3,000 per recipient.
For more information on sponsorship opportunities or tickets to the UNCF Mayor’s Breakfast in Gary, please contact Cloteal LaBroi at (219)-881-1302 or via email at clabroi@ci.gary.in.us.