Join us in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with special guest speaker Robert L. Woodson, Sr., American civil rights activist, community development leader, author, and founder and president of the Woodson Center.

The luncheon will be on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Ballroom at Bayou Place, 500 Texas St.

Downtown Rotary Club of Houston members are entitled to one (1) free ticket per paid member. Corporate members are entitled to five (5) tickets. Visitors and guests must purchase a ticket at $50.

All credit cards and PayPal are accepted. Valet parking is included. Dress is business attire.

*** If you are ordering more than one (1) ticket, please ENTER EACH ATTENDEE’S NAME for faster event check in the day of the event. ***

About Our Guest Speaker

Robert L. Woodson, Sr. founded the Woodson Center in 1981 to help residents of low-income neighborhoods address the problems of their communities. A former civil rights activist, he has headed the National Urban League Department of Criminal Justice, and has been a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Foundation for Public Policy Research.

Referred to by many as “godfather” of the neighborhood empowerment movement, for more than four decades, Woodson has had a special concern for the problems of youth. In response to an epidemic of youth violence that has afflicted urban, rural and suburban neighborhoods alike, Woodson has focused much of the Woodson Center’s activities on an initiative to establish Violence-Free Zones in troubled schools and neighborhoods throughout the nation.

He is an early MacArthur “genius” awardee and the recipient of the 2008 Bradley Prize, the Presidential Citizens Award, and a 2008 Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Manhattan Institute.

For information about the Woodson Center, go to woodsoncenter.org.