Images from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the Suburbs

Mawi Asgendom gives the keynote address at the 17th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast hosted by the College of DuPage and Benedictine University in Lisle on Monday. Asgendom fled civil war in Ethiopia and survived a Sudanese refugee camp before moving to Wheaton as a child. Asgendom graduated from Wheaton North High School and Harvard University and currently lives in Elmhurst.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Bernice Gomez, 15, center, hands off a box of apple sauce to Breanna Remack, 14, as they sort food collected in a week-long food drive at the Church of the Brethren in Elgin Monday as part of Elgin MLK Day Youth Day of Service. Bernice is from Elgin and attends Streamwood High School, while Breanna attends Elgin High School. Both are members of the Youth Leadership Academy.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Twelve-year-old Isaac Gonzalez of Elgin helps unload a truck with food donations from local grocery stores during the Elgin MLK Day Youth Day of Service at Church of the Brethren in Elgin Monday.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

DeShaun Binion, 12, of Elgin, totes a heavy bag of canned goods during the Elgin MLK Day Youth Day of Service at the Church of the Brethren in Elgin Monday. Binion attends Kenyon Woods Middle School.

Rick West | Staff Photographer

Mawi Asgendom gives the keynote address at the 17th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast hosted by the College of DuPage and Benedictine University in Lisle on Monday. Asgendom fled civil war in Ethiopia and survived a Sudanese refugee camp before moving to Wheaton as a child. Asgendom graduated from Wheaton North High School and Harvard University and currently lives in Elmhurst.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Mawi Asgendom gives the keynote address at the 17th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast hosted by the College of DuPage and Benedictine University in Lisle on Monday. Asgendom fled civil war in Ethiopia and survived a Sudanese refugee camp before moving to Wheaton as a child. Asgendom graduated from Wheaton North High School and Harvard University and currently lives in Elmhurst.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Rev. Dr. Tracy Smith Malone of the North Central College class of 1990 gives a passionate speech during the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer Breakfast at North Central College.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Rev. Dr. Tracy Smith Malone of the North Central College class of 1990, was the guest speaker at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer Breakfast at North Central College.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Rev. Dr. Tracy Smith Malone of the North Central College class of 1990, was the guest speaker at the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer Breakfast at North Central College.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Those attending the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer Breakfast at North Central College bow their heads in prayer.

Mark Black | Staff Photographer

Professor DuBoi McCarty of Harper College delivers the keynote address at the Cultural Awareness Commission of Hoffman Estates’ 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Sally Dorsey, left, of the Sears Holdings Gospel Choir, sings musical selections with her granddaughter China Orr during the Cultural Awareness Commission of Hoffman Estates’ 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

People introduce themselves during the Cultural Awareness Commission of Hoffman Estates’ 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast .

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Hoffman Estates Mayor Bill McLeod offers a welcome address at the Cultural Awareness Commission of Hoffman Estates’ 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Professor DuBoi McCarty of Harper College delivers the keynote address at the Cultural Awareness Commission of Hoffman Estates’ 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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