Chicago will mark the MLK Day holiday with a day of service to honor the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday's Push Excel Scholarship Breakfast marks the 33rd year thousands have come together to help young students achieve their academic dreams on MLK Day.Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quotes: Remembering the civil rights leader with his own words
Push-Excel, a nonprofit founded in 1975 by Reverend Jesse Jackson Senior, inspires students across the country to strive for academic excellence, regardless of personal hurdles on the homefront. "At Push-Excel, we took that storm and turned it into a blessing," Dr. Sonya Whitaker, PUSH-Excel national education and policy director, said. "When we couldn't get to educators, when we couldn't get to parents or community members, we went back into the room and figured out how are we going to work on behalf of black and brown children even during this storm."
Hope for the future could be found seated right in the ballroom with a group grateful for the historic work of Dr. King and the work still to be done to improve the lives of young people.
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