MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION BANQUET

The Abilene Black Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating its 31st annual Martin Luther King Jr. banquet on January 20, 2025, at the Abilene Convention Center located at 1100 N. Sixth St.  We will have a Meet and Greet beginning at 6:00 PM and the program starts at 6:30 PM.  Our theme this year is “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” (1963)

Our speaker this year is Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, CEO Carmell Corporation.  She is the Founder and CEO Emeritus of Brain Trust which encompasses Brain Trust Agency, Brain Trust Founders Studio, and Brain Trust Fund I.  Kendra is the author of The Beauty of Success: Start, Grow and Accelerate Your Brand and the host of the Business of the Beat podcast. She was born in Augsburg, Germany but spent her formative years here in Abilene, starting with Day Nursery of Abilene to Taylor Elementary School before a promotion took her parents to the Austin, Texas area.  Her bachelor’s degree is from Purdue University and her MBA from Keller Grad School of Management DeVry University.  We are excited to have Mrs. Kendra Bracken-Ferguson as our speaker.

Seating and table information are as follows:  Individual tickets:  $40.00                       Table for 10:  $400.00

For ticket information, please call (325) 829-5585 or (325) 665-1400 or email 1975abcc@gmail.com.  No tickets will be sold at the door.