December 8: The Salon of the Year!

[Rodney Nickens]

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From: Uplifting Change <uplifti...@libertyhill.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Subject: December 8: The Salon of the Year!
To: Rodney Nickens <rod...@jordanrustin.org>

If you can only attend one event before the end of the year, make it this one. Individuals and communities throughout the African Diaspora have a long tradition of philanthropy. Elders in Kenya bequeath cattle to support scholarships for children to attend school. Caribbean émigrés in the U.S. send billions to the homelands through remittances. Many African-Americans form giving circles to support community projects. Join us for a reception and conversation to deepen our collective understanding of how philanthropy looks in our communities so we can harness the power of our dollars to advance social justice and community change. December 8, 2010 5:00PM - 7:30PM at Derrick's Jamaican Cuisine 6806 La Tijera Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90045-1905 This reception is generously hosted by Fran Jemmott and Bernie Rollins and the Jemmott Rollins Group, Inc. Special Guests: Jackie Copland-Carson Expert on Philanthropy in the African Diaspora Lola Smallwood Cuevas Black Worker Center Gerald Lenoir Black Alliance for Just Immigration Kindly RSVP to Anthony Foster at 310.453.3611 x113 or afo...@LibertyHill.org Space is limited P.S. Please save February 18, 2011 for the Uplifting Change Summit. Liberty Hill Foundation, 2121 Cloverfield Blvd., Suite 113, Santa Monica, CA 90404  310.453.3611   |  fax 310.453.7806  |  in...@libertyhill.org  |  Privacy  |  Unsubscribe

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