Montford Point Marine Association
Chicago Chapter 2
Invites You to Our
ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY PARTY
December 18, 2016
5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
7011 S. Vincennes
Chicago, Illinois
All Veterans, Family, Friends & Supporters are Welcome
Please Bring a Wrapped Unisex Gift of $5.00 value for Community Grab Bag
Please Donate $35.00 to Our Christmas Baskets for Veterans &
the Needy Families by December 15, 2016
Food, Raffles, Fun
MPMA Chicago is a 501c3 Organization, all donations are tax deductible
Adults Only
It’s not too late to register for the J4J Conference in Chicago. Register now! Come learn from ED justice organizers, parents, youth & teachers from around the globe!
http://ow.ly/idM630jGgGR
J4J Conference Info
Opening Keynote:
Nina Turner
President | Our Revolution
Nina Turner is the president of Our Revolution. She is a former Ohio State Senator, college professor, public speaker, frequent media commentator and author, and was a national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary. She has been the host of the Nina Turner Show on the Real News Network.
Closing Keynote:
Dr. Yohuru Williams
Professor of History | Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at
University of St. Thomas
Historian, professor, education activist and author .Dr. Williams is a professor of History Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas and was previously a professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University and former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Dr. Williams is an education activist and noted scholar about the Civil Rights Movement and Black Power movement. Diverse magazine named Williams one of its Top 10 Emerging Scholars under 40 in 2009.
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We need your help to restore and repair the Montford Point Marine Association (MPMA) Veteran Center located at 7011 S. Vincennes, Chicago, Illinois 60621.
We are asking for at least 50 volunteers to help work in our veteran center on November 11, 2019. We have a partnership with Rebuilding Together, a nonprofit with a Heroes at Home Program and Sears, our benevolent donor who will supply funding for some of the internal repairs, if MPMA finds the volunteers.
If you are interested in volunteering. Please sign up at the Rebuilding Together link https://form.jotform.com/92934088640161 and email your name and phone number to Chris Lacey at MPMACorrespondenceOfficer@gmail.com.
We will add you to our master list of volunteers.
The deadline to sign up is November 8, 2019.
Thank you in advance.
For a more detailed explanation of the volunteer event on November 11, 2019, see below.
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New Date! October 24
Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the date of the VFW Benefits workshop was changed to Saturday, October 24.
- When Saturday, October 24, 2020, 0900-1500 Sign in Breakfast 0800-0900
- Where VFW Post 1197 645 S. River St., Batavia, IL 60510
- Cost Registration $20 Includes Continental Breakfast & Lunch
Pay by Mail?
Make Check to VFW Post 1337
PO Box 24
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Limited seating
please register early at http://www.vetworkshop.org/register.html
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Saturday, May 10 at 11 a.m. at Hines VA Hospital in Maywood to stand up for veterans and the workers who care for them!
