The Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce will host its 23^rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 8 at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.

Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, the breakfast will feature keynote speaker Rodney L. Hurst Sr., author of  It Was Never about a Hot Dog and a Coke (WingSpan Press, 2008).

The annual breakfast is hosted by the City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Jacksonville Urban League, NAACP – Jacksonville Branch, and Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

Sponsors for the event include:

• Presenting sponsor: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida;

• Speaker sponsor, Clockwork Marketing Services;

• Gold sponsors, Lee Printing, PRI Productions Inc., Publix, and St. Vincent’s Healthcare;

• Silver sponsors, CSX, Fidelity Investments, Jacksonville Aviation Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority, JAXPORT, VyStar Credit Union, Wachovia, and Waste Management.

Tickets for the breakfast are $20 per person. Corporate tables of 10 are $250 per table.

More information about the 23rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and the Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce is available online at www.myjaxchamber.com or by calling (904) 366-6600, ext. 7606. To register for the event, call (904) 366-6600 ext. 7606 or email events@myjaxchamber.com.