REAL DUBUQUE NEWS (RDN)
Multicultural Family Center sets Ruby Sutton Day Dinner for Nov. 13
LOCAL NEWS WIRE • October 30, 2026
The free family dinner honoring the late civil rights advocate runs 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Ruby Sutton Building, 1157 Central Ave.; registration is open online.
KEY FACTS & RECORD HIGHLIGHTS
- The Multicultural Family Center's Ruby Sutton Day Dinner is Friday, Nov. 13, 5:30 to 7 p.m., at the Ruby Sutton Building, 1157 Central Ave.
- The dinner is free and open to all; registration is online at mfcdbq.org (per the center's website).
- The dinner honors Ruby Sutton: 36 years as outreach manager of Operation New View Community Action Agency, 21 years on the Dubuque Human Rights Commission; died in 2015 at age 82.
- The city-owned building at 1157 Central Ave. was renamed for Sutton and dedicated Oct. 20, 2016 (Encyclopedia Dubuque).
- Date verified against the center's own website and its Oct. 15, 2026 Facebook event flyer; Radio Dubuque's Oct. 30 report listed Nov. 15.
- Photo: Multicultural Family Center community event photo, via mfcdbq.org.
REAL DUBUQUE NEWS (RDN)
The Multicultural Family Center will host its annual Ruby Sutton Day Dinner on Friday, Nov. 13, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Ruby Sutton Building, 1157 Central Ave., according to the center's website and event flyer. The dinner is free and open to all; attendees are asked to register online at mfcdbq.org.
The dinner celebrates the life of Ruby Sutton, who served 36 years as outreach manager of Operation New View Community Action Agency and 21 years on the Dubuque Human Rights Commission. Sutton died in 2015 at age 82. The city-owned building housing the center was renamed in her honor and dedicated Oct. 20, 2016.
Editor's note: Radio Dubuque reported the dinner date as Nov. 15; the center's own website and its Oct. 15 Facebook event flyer list Friday, Nov. 13.