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11th Annual Otis Young Motivational Speak-off to be held Saturday, May 8


Please plan on attending the 11th Annual Otis Young Motivational Speak-off which will be held 9 a.m. – noon, Saturday, May 8 in the Brighton Campus Theatre, Bldg. 4. Each MCC student contestant will give a 5-7 minute original motivational speech. This year’s nine competitors are: Christine Azbill, Xiangguo “Jack” Che, Rafael Delgado, Kendra Fee, Ceearria Gomez, Judy Levy, Chad Peters, Jayson Cruz Santiago and Megan Scott.

Otis Young, the first black actor to co-star in a TV western series – The Outcasts – was also an MCC faculty member. He died in 2001, two years after his retirement from VaPA. Each year, his memory is honored with the Otis Young Motivational Speak-off.

Janet Ekis
College and Community Relations
04/28/2010