We Have a Dream Celebration 2025
We Have a Dream Celebration Agenda:
8:30am Doors open - Breakfast served
9:00am Welcome, Start of Program
9:05am Invocation
9:35am Inspiration from the Heart
9:50am Introduction of Keynote
9:55am Featured Keynote Speaker
10:15am Call to Action
- Walé Elegbede, President, Rochester Branch NAACP
10:25am Closing Remarks
Walé Elegbede - President, Rochester Branch NAACP - Walé is focused on ensuring social justice, equity, inclusion, diversity, and civil rights is achieved by advancing the strategic focus areas of Health Equity, Education, Economic Stability, Public Safety, Voting Rights, and Youth Engagement. Walé also serves as Director of Strategy Management Services (SMS) at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota where he oversees the Innovation pillar of SMS in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and leads efforts in the strategic execution of disruptive technologies. A servant leader and change maker, Walé believes in the power of human connection and ideas, and that connections and bridges must be made to improve our world. He is an internationally recognized TED Talk , Rada Distinguished Alumni of the University of Wisconsin La-Crosse, and keynote speaker who regularly speaks on leadership, community, social justice issues, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and strategy execution.
Additional Community-wide activities hosted by the Rochester Branch of the NAACP
10:30am – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom March Rally (First Floor of the Mayo Civic Center)
11:30 a.m. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom March
12:00 p.m. – Community Peoples Program (Rochester Civic Theater)
2:30pm - Commemorative Celebration and Birthday Party (Rochester Civic Theater)
Date and Time
Monday Jan 20, 2025
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM CST
The date, time, location, and agenda of this event noted is subject to change. All attendees will be made aware if anything changes.
Location
Mayo Civic Center
Ballrooms 2 & 3
30 Civic Center Dr SE
Rochester, MN 55904