Dream Makers award winners honored in Donora

Award recipients pose following the Mon Valley Minority Initiatives Group’s inaugural Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Makers Award event Monday at Donora Public Library. Seated, from left, are Melanie Sandrock, Niiesha Davis and Trudy Taylor. Standing, from left, are McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Donald MacFann, Larry Price, Karl Jackson and Tommy Thompson. At right is Mon Valley Minority Initiatives Group founder and president Roderick Wilson. Other awards recipients not pictured are former Donora police Superintendent James Brice, California Charter School Superintendent and CEO Heather Nicholson, Anita Burton, Lt. Robert Williams and Alan Duncan Sr. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent