Continue Dr. King’s dream, diversity breakfast speaker urges

YOUNGSTOWN — “Dreams never die but may be delayed,” the Rev. Dr. Valentino Lassiter told the 300 people assembled for the seventh annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Diversity Breakfast 2009 at Kilcawley Center.

The assistant professor of religious studies and pastor in residence at John Carroll University in Cleveland said he specifically encouraged the young people in the audience that included clergy, community leaders and Youngstown State University staff “to continue what the dream is all about” and heed the words and vision of Dr. King.

He titled his talk, “Deferred Dreams.”

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