Fw: Please Contribute to the Leaders Network on Giving Tuesday

[Ira Acree]

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Creating flourishing communities with independent leadership, economic justice and equal educational opportunities for all. View this email in your browser Dear Leaders Network Members and Supporters, Let's give a huge standing ovation to our Co-Founders and Co-Chairs - Pastor Ira J. Acree, Pastor Marshall E. Hatch and Pastor Cy Fields for their lifelong commitment to racial, social and economic justice. Our dream of a launching a credit union on the west side will become a reality in 2023. Our largest gift was an anonymous donation of $100,000, bringing us to a total of $311,213 in funds raised.  We give a enthusiastic thank you to everyone who has joined our Founders Circle, a group of people who give or raise at least $5,000.  We appreciate all of our contributors who have given any amount to enable us to surpass our initial goal.  The extraordinary leader of our credit union work is retired banker and outstanding Leaders Network member, Michelle Collins. Let's keep the fundraising going.  Can we reach $400,000?  Below is the list of the first 28 Founders Circle members. Rev. Marshall Hatch & New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church                                  Rev. Ira Acree & Greater St. John Bible Church                               Rabbi Max Weiss & Oak Park Temple                                               John Hillman & St. Christopher's Church                                         Madeleine Van Hecke                                                                           Pastor David Lyle & Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church              Michael McGonigal                                                                               Pastor Julie Jane Capel                                                                       Carla Land & PCC Wellness                                                                Sheila Dugan                                                                                        Maurice Gaiter                                                                                      Marshall Hatch Jr. & MAAFA Redemption Project     John Hillman & Chicago Youth Centers                                               Rev. Colleen Vahey & Third Unitarian Church                                  Rachelle Zola                                                                                         Rev. Joe Morrow & Fourth Presbyterian Church                               Darcie Adams                                                                                        Dorie Blesoff                                                                                          Marc Blesoff                                                                                           Rev. Alan Taylor                                                                                     Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation                                                    Anonymous                                                                                            Ricard Pokorny                                                                                    Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church                                            Rev. J.D. Kelley (posthumous)                                                                                   Patty Ringo                                                                                              Anonymous                                                                                         Mothers On A Mission                      Please join this group of generous contributors who will be immortalized as the original members of the Founders Circle of the Leaders Network Credit Union.  We need 2 more people and/or organizations to bring this illustrious group to 30 members.  Please use the link below to contribute or mail a check to our address: Support the Leaders Network Community Credit Union Checks can be made out to the Leaders Network and sent to this address: Leaders Network 22 North Kildare Avenue Chicago, IL  60624 We have also had an amazing year with our monthly meetings.  When the pandemic shutdown started in the spring of 2020, we went virtual and continued our meetings with guest speakers over Zoom.  We resumed our in-person meetings last April at the Columbus Park Refectory and have gone hybrid with continuing to simultaneously stream our meetings on Zoom.  Our in-person meetings always begin with the inspirational Prophetic Challenge and our guest speakers are prominent leaders in education, health, politics and community activists working to improve lives for the people in our communities.  Please join our next meeting on Tuesday, December 13 at 9:30 am at the Columbus Park Refectory at 5701 West Jackson Blvd. We also stood with victims of violence from Garfield Park to Oak Park to Highland Park - and for shooting victims in Buffalo, New York. Please join the Leaders Network today and/or renew your membership with the below link: Become a Member — The Leaders Network Thank you in advance and Happy Holidays! David Cherry President Leaders Network Become a Member of the Leaders Network

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