The 29th Anniversary Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Award Breakfast, will take place on Monday, 19 January 2026, at 7:30 a.m., at the Augusta Marriott Hotel at the Convention Center with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. International First Vice President Charletta Wilson - Jacks as the keynote speaker.

The Breakfast sponsored by the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Alpha Chi Lambda Chapter and the Phil H. Waring Memorial Education Foundation (501©3 certified), honors the life, legacy and memory of an American icon whose fight for freedom and equality changed the course of race relations in this nation and the world.

During the Breakfast, we will award our Bert T. Thomas Unity Award to a citizen or community organization that has promoted brotherhood/sisterhood, racial justice and racial harmony throughout the preceding year and our Lee N. Beard Humanitarian Award to a citizen or organization, who has exhibited Brother Beard's humanitarian and leadership traits.