| The 22nd Annual Fellowship Dinner |  |
| Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Founded by the United Community Gospel Singers of Bloomington and Normal, co-sponsored by Illinois Wesleyan University Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall Free Admission For more information, contact Rev. James Sims, executive director, at (309) 828-4602 or Carl Teichman, Illinois Wesleyan University's Director of Government and Community Relations, at (309) 556-3429 Presser Hall (No. 26 on the campus map) is located on the west side of Park Street. To access free parking across the street behind the Minor Myers, jr. Welcome Center, turn east on University Avenue | Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Dinner Co-sponsored by Illinois Wesleyan and the United Community Gospel Singers of Bloomington and Normal, Illinois Speaker Young Main Lounge, Memorial Center Fellowship Dinner Tickets Tickets available until January 20, 2012 Purchase tickets through By phone: Carl Teichman at (309) 556-3429 or | |
| Persons with disabilities requiring any auxiliary aids, services or special arrangements for either event should contact the University at (309) 556-3429 | ||
Founded by the United Community Gospel Singers of Bloomington and Normal and co-sponsored with Illinois Wesleyan University, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Gospel Festival annually honors King with hours of gospel music by choirs from Chicago to Springfield, Ill. The festival was launched in 1991 by Corine Sims of Bloomington, who died in 2007.
King himself visited Illinois Wesleyan twice, in 1961 and 1966. A transcript and audio recording of King's 1966 speech at Illinois Wesleyan are available online. The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fellowship Dinner, offered each year in connection with the festival, has brought a host of inspiring speakers to Illinois Wesleyan during its history. |
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| 2011 | Bob Zellner, Civil Rights Scholar and Author |
| 2010 | Thomas N. Todd, Civil Rights Attorney |
| 2009 | Jerome Ringo, Environmental Pioneer and President of the Apollo Alliance |
| 2008 | Rev. Michael Pfleger, Pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church Chicago, social activist |
| 2007 | Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Methodist Minister |
| 2006 | Keith Beauchamp, Documentary Filmmaker: “The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till” |
| 2005 | The Honorable Wade McCree III, 3rd Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan |
| 2004 | Jesse White, Illinois Secretary of State |
| 2003 | Randell Osbourne, SCLC Foundation Executive Director |
| 2002 | Dorothy Cotton, Cornell University professor and civil rights activist |
| 2001 | Roger Wilkins, professor, journalist, SCLC leader. |
| 2000 | Thomas Todd, Chicago Civil Rights Attorney |
| 1999 | Doug Wilder, Former Governor of Virginia |
| 1998 | Morris Dees, Founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center |
| 1997 | Yolanda King, daughter of MLK |
| 1996 | Judy Richardson, co-producer “Eyes on the Prize” |
| 1995 | Vernon King, cousin of MLK |
| 1994 | Vernon King, cousin of MLK |
| 1993 | Bernice King, daughter of MLK |
| 1992 | Bernice King, daughter of MLK |
| 1991 | Martin Luther King III, son of MLK |
