Holy Eucharist Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join us in-person or online as the Cathedral hosts a special Sunday Holy Eucharist in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO, National Council of Negro Women, will preach. The service will include music and prayers honoring Dr. King’s life and legacy. All who seek a deeper relationship with God in Christ are welcome to receive Communion.
Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Presider: The Rev. Canon Jan Naylor Cope
Guest Preacher: Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO, National Council of Negro Women
Join us in-person, or watch the livestream on our Holy Eucharist page or on the Cathedral’s YouTube channel. ASL interpretation is offered for this service.
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about the guest preacher
Shavon Arline-Bradley is the president and CEO for the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and brings 23 years of experience in healthcare, diversity, equity, & inclusion (DEII), government affairs, and executive leadership. She is also the founding principal and CEO of R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions, a public health, advocacy, and executive leadership firm promoting DEI, political and organizational strategy, risk management, government affairs, and technical assistance. Prior to starting R.E.A.C.H., she served as senior advisor and director of external engagement during the Obama Administration in the Department of Health & Human Services for the 19th U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy. Before her tenure in the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) headquarters, Shavon served as the executive vice president of strategic planning & partnerships, as well as the former chief of staff.
She is a community advocate serving in a leadership capacity in the following organizations: Delta for Women for Action, NAACP Board of Directors Health Committee, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, National Social Action Commission, and Oprah Winfrey Network initiative “OWN Your Health.” In addition, she is an active member of American Public Health Association, Links, Inc., and Jack & Jill of America, Inc., just to name a few. In 2024, Shavon became the youngest to keynote the Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Commemorative Service, the world-renown annual celebration of Dr. King’s birthday, organized by the King Center. Further in 2024, she was one of 25 women to be named “Women Who Mean Business” by the Washington Business Journal, an honor is bestowed upon women that are considered the most influential business leaders in the Greater Washington, D.C. area.
A southern New Jersey native, she earned her undergraduate degree in exercise science and master’s in public health from Tulane University in New Orleans, La. She also graduated from the Samuel Dewitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University with a Master of Divinity, where she too became an ordained minister. Shavon completed an Executive Certificate of Business Management from Howard University and an Executive Certificate in Diversity & Inclusion from Cornell University. In December 2024, she received an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Livingstone College.
Shavon is a lover of all-things sports and music and also an avid resort traveler. Most important to her are her faith and family, as she enjoys being a wife to Andrew Bradley and mother of two children.