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students of color to pursue higher education and advance the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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44th Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony

October 23, 2025

Foxwoods Resort Casino


The Scholarship Trust Fund empowers students of color to pursue higher education, and understand and advance the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. These impressive local students have been selected for their community engagement, leadership, academic excellence, and financial need. Come celebrate their academic journey while enjoying good company and delicious dinner at world-class venue. 

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'Standing up and speaking up: Twelve honored at 43rd Annual MLK scholarship awards'

By Elizabeth Regan, The Day, October 22, 2024

Layan Faraj had a lot to say as a kindergarten student new to the United States. So she said it in Arabic.

Now a senior at Marine Science Magnet High School in Groton, she recalled the immediate problem: that those in school didn’t understand her, and she didn’t understand them. She ran into the rows of cubbies and cried into her father’s chest.

“I did not want to be the kid who was always quiet,” she said...

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Trust Fund

P.O. Box 1308

New London, CT 06320

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