The 56th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast
Monday, January 19, 2026
The Westin Copley Place Ballroom
We’re proud to be part of MLK Boston Weekend in partnership with Everyone250, Embrace Boston, Boston Children’s Chorus, and Project 351.
Keynote Speaker
Nikole Hannah-Jones
Speaker on Democracy, Civil Rights, and American History | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Creator of The 1619 Project | Executive Producer of the Emmy Award-Winning 1619 Project Hulu Docuseries | MacArthur Genius
On Monday, January 19, 2026, we will gather as the Beloved Community for the 56th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast.
This year of commemoration, celebration, and activation carries additional historical resonance: 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s founding. In this milestone year, we remember Dr. King’s call to shape not only a more perfect union, but also a radically just and compassionate society.
So we will gather boldly inspired and galvanized by the theme “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Revolutionary Love, Liberation, and Joy.” The 2026 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Breakfast will be an opportunity to reflect on this revolutionary spirit — past, present, and future.
Our keynote speaker will be Nikole Hannah-Jones. A MacArthur Genius, one of TIME‘s most influential people in the world, and a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Ms. Hannah-Jones is a leading voice on our democracy, our civil rights, and how our country’s history can help us strengthen both. She created The 1619 Project (the #1 New York Times bestselling book and Emmy Award-winning Hulu docuseries) and is a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine. As we look to the path ahead for our country and our democracy, Nikole helps us to understand the history we need to know — and the future we’re fighting for.
Stay tuned for more information about our exciting program!
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Thank you to our Sponsors!
Premiere Sponsor
MathWorks
Media Sponsors
Boston Neighborhood Network
WCVB
Lead Sponsors: $10,000
Action for Boston Community Development
Bay State Banner (in-kind)
Cabot Corporation
Denny and Miles Families
Fidelity Investments
Liberty Mutual Insurance
The Wu Committee
Rise Sponsors: $5,000
Babson College
Boston Medical Center Health System
The Boston Foundation
Cambridge Housing Authority
Cambridge Savings Bank
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts
Justice Resource Institute
King’s Chapel
Martin Richard Foundation
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
NAACP, Boston Branch
Point32Health
Reparations Task Force of the City of Boston
TJX Companies, Inc.
UHM Properties
YMCA of Greater Boston
Hope Sponsors: $2,500
AFT Massachusetts
Anonymous
Boston Teachers Union
Boston University School of Theology
Central Boston Elder Services
David and Sharon Jackson
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
New England Conference of The UMC
Office of the Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden
Someone Else’s Child
Spencer Preservation Group
Stone & Company, LLC
Trinity Church in the City of Boston
UHM Properties
United Methodist Foundation of New England
Dream Sponsors: $1,000
Babson College
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
Greater Boston Interfaith Organization
Committee for the Status and Role of Women, New England Conference of The UMC
William James College
Advocate Sponsors: $500
Longfellow Clubs
Preachers’ Aid Society of New England
Rockland Trust Bank
Zen Center Northshore
Equity Sponsors: $150
Calvary Church, UMC
Committee to Elect Ruthzee Louijeune
Denton Crews
Dr. Joyya Smith
Kathe German
Mary T. Bassett
Museum of African American History
Nancy Krieger, Ph.D.
Papercuts Bookshop
Radhika Nagpal and Quinton Zondervan
Registrar of Probate Stephanie L. Everett, Esq.
The Reverend Dr. Charlene Zuill
The Williams Agency
aPlus Management
Institutional Partners
BC High
Boston College
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston
Celebrity Series of Boston
Committee to Elect Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll
Curry College
Desiree Patrice
Dr. Albert D. Holland High School of Technology
Embrace Boston
Harvard Extension School
Lynn Community Health Center
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Northeastern University
Sheriff Steven Tompkins
The Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities at Wellesley College
Tufts Medicine
UMass Boston
The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Wellington Management