The annual WVU Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast, hosted by the WVU Center for Black Culture, will be held in the Mountainlair Ballrooms from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 18). The event is free, but tickets are required. (WVU Photo)
WHAT: The West Virginia University Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Breakfast hosted by the WVU Center for Black Culture
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 18, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
WHERE: Mountainlair Ballrooms
WHO: Members of the University and Morgantown communities
NOTES: The event is free, but tickets must be reserved here to attend.
Tiffany Dena Loftin, a union leader and community organizer, will be the keynote speaker for the 2025 WVU MLK Unity Breakfast. As the AFA-CWA senior campaign lead, she currently oversees the campaign to unionize 28,000 Delta Airlines flight attendants and serves as the higher education lead for the Debt Collective.
Read more about the keynote speaker.
Loftin will be available to talk with members of the media at 9 a.m. Saturday (Jan. 18). Media members are asked to RSVP to Shauna Johnson via email, sjohns13@mail.wvu.edu, for meeting place details.
During the Unity Breakfast, the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship and Achievement Award will be presented, recognizing students and individuals in West Virginia for their commitment to human rights, civil rights and social justice.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Shauna Johnson
Director of News Communications
WVU Strategic Communications and Marketing
304-293-8302; sjohns13@mail.wvu.edu
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