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Honored Guests and Speakers announced for EEP MLK Day Rally

on Jan 14, 2009 by EEP Blog Team

We are thrilled to share the list below of honored guests and speakers for our MLK Day Rally. The commitment to education reform from such a wide audience is testament to the utter importance of our mission -- closing the achievement gap.

EEP co-founders Reverend Al Sharpton and New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein invite supporters to join them at the King Day Rally on Monday, January 19th at 12:30pm in Washington, DC.

The event will be held at Cardozo High School, located at 1300 Clifton Street, NW in Columbia Heights. (A short walk from the Columbia Heights metro.) Doors open at 10am and the National Action Network will have a pre-rally at 11am.

Confirmed honored guests and speakers include:

  • Andres Alonso, CEO, Baltimore City Public School System
  • Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City
  • Mayor Cory Booker, Newark
  • Eli Broad, The Broad Foundation
  • Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children’s Zone
  • Kevin Chavous, National school reform leader
  • Mayor Adrian Fenty, Washington, DC
  • Speaker Newt Gingrich
  • Walter Isaacson, President & CEO, Aspen Institute
  • Kevin Johnson, Mayor-elect Sacramento
  • Jason Kamras, 2005 National Teacher of the Year, DC Public Schools Director of Human Capital Strategy Management
  • Lisa Graham Keegan, former Arizona State Superintendent of Schools
  • Martin Luther King III, Realizing the Dream
  • Chancellor Joel Klein, NYC Public Schools
  • Marc Lampkin, Strong American Schools
  • Michael Lomax, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
  • Senator John McCain, Arizona
  • Mayor Michael Nutter, Philadelphia
  • Chancellor Michelle Rhee, DC Public Schools
  • Governor Roy Romer, Strong American Schools
  • Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network
  • U.S. Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings
  • Joe Williams, Democrats for Education Reform 

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