Sunny Hostin - 2026 MLK Luncheon Speaker

Peoria, IL – Public Employees for Community Concerns has chosen Sunny Hostin, Co-Host of
ABC’s ‘The View’, to give the keynote address at the January 19, 2026, Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Celebration Luncheon. The luncheon takes place in the Peoria Civic Center Ballroom with
the doors opening at 11 a.m., and the luncheon beginning at Noon. Tickets are $65 per person
and tables of 10 can be purchased for $650. Tickets can be purchased on the website at
www.mlkluncheon.com or at Peoria City Hall, City Clerk’s Office Room 401. Checks can be
made payable to Public Employees for Community Concerns and mailed to P.O. Box 11411,
Peoria, IL 61612.

Naomi Tutu  - 2025 MLK Luncheon Speaker

We are excited to announce that our guest speaker for the 2025 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon is Nontombi Naomi Tutu. The daughter of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu has in recent years emerged from her father’s considerable shadow to gain recognition in her own right as a tireless fighter for human rights.

2024 Speaker Dr. Henry Louis Gates


Emmy and Peabody Award-Winning Filmmaker, Literary Scholar,
Journalist, Cultural Critic, and Institution Builder
- New York Times Bestselling Author of Over 30 Books, including
'Stony the Road' and 'The Black Church'
- Host, 'Finding Your Roots' on PBS
-Alphonse Fletcher University Professor & Director of the Hutchins
Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University

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