community development consultant Tania Jackson nominated for "In Her Honor"

This is FYI.

This is Tania Jackson.  

To: GA_Ave_Community_Development@yahoogroups.com; taskforce@ecacollective.org
From: sylvia@ecacollective.org
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:59:57 -0500
Subject: [LeDroitPark] 'In Her Honor' - A Community Celebration March 25th

The Emergence Community Arts Collective presents:
            

In Her Honor:

The Fourth Annual Celebration Of the Service Of Women In Pleasant Plains / Park View

                  

The unique history of our center at 733 Euclid St. NW featured prominent women that housed and educated Black women and children since 1863.  Today there are still many women committed to service work that often go unrecognized.  With this in mind, In Her Honor will celebrate ECAC's ancestral connections to the National Association for the Relief of Destitute Colored Women and Children founded 151 years ago to rescue formerly enslaved people from the streets of Washington DC.  We will also recognize six contemporary women who are dedicated to our community.   This year’s honorees, nominated and selected through a community process, will be:

                 

Shirikiana Aina, Film producer and manager of Sankofa Video & Books

Rev. Dr. Shirley B. Cooper, Pastor, Park Road Community Church

Maria Gomez, President, Mary’s Center

Tania Jackson, Community Development Consultant

Lori Kaplan, Director, Latin American Youth Center

Maria Tukeva, Principal, Columbia Heights Education Campus

                 

We will also recognize one young woman who has demonstrated leadership in the community.  This year’s young woman honoree will be LaDonna Smith, community organizer and tutor.

                

We hope you will support this landmark event to help further our mission to maintain a sustainable community center, affordable activities and empowered community members.  You can find out more at www.ecacinherhonor.org .

             

The specifics: 

                    

Date: Tuesday March 25, 2014

Time: 6:00pm

Location: The Howard University Blackburn Center Ballroom

Dress: Business casual

Food: Lite Fare

Cost: $25 before March 1; $35 after March 1; Students $25

        

          There are no ticket sales at the door

              

Purchase tickets online at www.ecacinherhonor.org  or send a check made out to ECAC to 733 Euclid St. NW, Washington DC 20001.  For questions call (202) 462-2285.

            

Thanks for your support – you won’t be disappointed!

                                             

Sylvia