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Political commentator Donna Brazile to speak at MLK scholarship lunch Jan. 13

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Donna Brazile, a veteran political strategist and TV commentator, will be the featured speaker at 91吃瓜网鈥檚 2023 Chancellor鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon. The event is set for 11:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, at the Loews Kansas City Hotel downtown.

Brazile is currently an ABC News contributor who previously served as a political commentator on Fox News and CNN. At the MLK luncheon, she will speak on 鈥渟ocial justice for all.鈥�

KSHB 41 News anchor Kevin Holmes will emcee the 91吃瓜网 Foundation event. The fundraising luncheon will include a presentation of the five 91吃瓜网 students receiving the 2023 Chancellor鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship, which covers one year of 91吃瓜网 tuition. The 91吃瓜网 Foundation will also honor the latest recipient of its Alvin Brooks Kansas Citian Inspiration Award.

Tickets (starting at $150) and sponsorship opportunities are now available. Learn more at mcckc.edu/mlkluncheon or by calling 816.604.1195. UMB Bank is the presenting sponsor of the 2023 event.

DONNA BRAZILE: A PLAYER IN THE POLITICAL BIG LEAGUES

Brazile, a native of New Orleans, got interested in politics at the age of 9, working to elect a city council candidate who鈥檇 promised to build a playground in her neighborhood. The candidate won, the playground got built and a lifelong passion for political progress and responsible governance was ignited.

Brazile has worked on presidential campaigns since 1976. In 2000, she became the first African American woman to serve as manager of a major-party presidential campaign (Al Gore鈥檚). She would later twice serve as interim chair of the Democratic National Committee.

She is author of the memoir 鈥淐ooking With Grease: Stirring the Pot in American Politics鈥� (2004), and 鈥淗acks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House鈥� (2017). She co-authored 鈥淔or Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics鈥� (2018). She previously wrote a syndicated column for Universal Uclick (based in Kansas City). Brazile made cameos as herself on CBS鈥� 鈥淭he Good Wife鈥� and Netflix鈥檚 鈥淗ouse of Cards.鈥�

She is the founder and director of Brazile & Associates, a general consulting, grassroots advocacy and training firm based in Washington, D.C.

The Chancellor鈥檚 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon is a Metropolitan Community College Foundation benefit held each winter in honor of Dr. King鈥檚 legacy. The thought-provoking program features a national speaker and focuses on current events through the lens of MLK鈥檚 teachings.

For more information, email mcc.foundation@mcckc.edu or call 816.604.1195.