Annual NAACP breakfast to feature 2019 Conn. Teacher of the Year

Sheena Graham is the keynote speaker at this year's NAACP scholarship breakfast. | NAACP photo

Posted By: Staff January 13, 2024

The keynote speaker for this year’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. E.C. Whitehead Scholarship Breakfast will be the 2019 Connecticut Teacher of the Year Sheena Graham.

Graham, whose works have been performed locally as well as at the Kennedy Center and the White House, began teaching while also giving workshops on music literacy, connecting parents and teachers, and creating teaching tools for colleagues.

Aside from being recognized in Connecticut, Graham received the Teacher of the Year Award from the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women and the NAACP. Her topic will be “Preparing Minds for the Future.”

The scholarship breakfast will be held at Bristol Eastern High School, on Monday, Jan. 15, at 8 a.m. Tickets are for adults, $20, for child 10 and under, $10.

For tickets, call Greater Bristol NAACP Office, (860) 973-4921 or Patricia Bentley, breakfast chairperson: (860) 637-3964.

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