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The Infamous Unstoppables, award winners: Photos from the 2023 MLK Breakfast

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By One United Lancaster - January 17, 2023

Members of the Infamous Unstoppables Drill Team stand at attention before beginning their routine at the 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Millersville University on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)

Members of the Infamous Unstoppables Drill Team stand at attention before beginning their routine at the 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Millersville University on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)
Members of the Infamous Unstoppables Drill Team stand at attention before beginning their routine at the 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Millersville University on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (Photo: Tim Stuhldreher)

Crispus Attucks Community Center and Community Action Partnership of Lancaster County debuted a new award at Monday's 35th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast: the Roses Award, denoting an individual "whose personal or professional work has advanced equity for Black and Brown individuals in Lancaster County."

It went to Damaris Rau, who retired as superintendent of the School District of Lancaster in June 2022.

It was among an array of awards, whose presentation was overseen by CAP CEO Vanessa Philbert and Crispus Attucks Director Joshua Hunter.

The annual breakfast also featured speeches, prayers and a performance by the Infamous Unstoppables, Crispus Attucks' award-winning drill team and drum squad.

Photos

Vanessa Philbert looks on as Joshua Hunter presents the inaugural Roses Award to former School District of Lancaster Superintendent Damaris Rau.
Ruby Payne Cook Award winners Sandra Logan, second from left, and Akeem Baylis, second from right, are flanked by presenters Vanessa Philbert and Joshua Hunter.
Receiving the Essence of Humanity Award are the Rev. Louis Butcher, second from left, and Lisa Parker, third from right. Presenters are Vanessa Philbert, left, Joshua Hunter, right, Darryl Gordon of the High Cos., third from left, and Robin Stauffer of the High Foundation. (Photo: Brian Nguyen | CAP)
Youth Essay Contest winner Sunshine Whittington of Landisville Middle School.
Youth Essay Contest winner Layle Ruhle of Brecknock Elementary School.
Hundreds of people attended the breakfast.
The Infamous Unstoppables Drill Team performs on stage.
The Infamous Unstoppables Drum Squad.
Honorary Event Chair Pedro Rivera, president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. He encouraged the audience to reflect on those who fought for equity, past and present. "Let's remember where we started," he said, "but most importantly, where we need to go
State Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El makes a fundraising appeal on behalf of Crispus Attucks Community Center. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that the true goal of education is intelligence plus character, and that's what Crispus Attucks nurtures, he said.
Michael Badriaki, superintendent of Lancaster Mennonite School, was born in Kenya and raised in Uganda. He played a drum rhythm that symbolizes the question, "How are the children?" and is pointing to the audience for them to clap, which indicates the answer, "They're well."
Jeremy Jenkins, master of ceremonies for the breakfast. Jenkins, an anchor at WGAL, paid tribute to two Black trailblazers who preceded him at the station, Ron Martin and Danielle Woods.

(Photos by Tim Stuhldreher | One United Lancaster unless otherwise noted)

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