Organized By MICAH-Milwaukee
631 E Chicago St,Milwaukee (43.032572, -87.902153)
We at MICAH want to personally invite you to our annual MICAH banquet and gala celebration on Thursday, May 19 at 6 p.m at The Italian Conference Center 631 E. Chicago St. Doors open at 5 p.m. for a social hour and cash bar, with music featuring students of the Milwaukee Youth Orchestra. Our guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. Iva E. Carruthers, a nationally renowned social advocate, educator, and author. Dr. Carruthers is General Secretary of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference (SDPC), an interdenominational organization within the African American faith tradition focused on social justice issues. As founding CEO and a trustee of SDPC, she has steered the organization to become a unique, influential and esteemed network of faith based advocates and activists, both clergy and lay. Call Sahvana Williams at 414.264.0805 for tickets; or ask your MICAH Board of Directors representative. Our 2016 award winners being honored during the program are: To Do What is Just Award: Dana World-Patterson, chairperson of the Human Trafficking Task Force of Greater Milwaukee, an affiliate of the City of Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention Distinguished Leadership Award: Mark Rice, Chair of the Post-Release Issues Workgroup for WISDOM's ROC Wisconsin campaign and a member of EXPO (Ex-Prisoners Organizing), a group of formerly incarcerated individuals driving WISDOM's campaign to end mass incarceration in Wisconsin. Volunteer of the Year: Lester Williams, transit advocate for the new bus routes and a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Unsung Hero: Pete Koneazny, longtime advocate for justice as an attorney for the Milwaukee Legal Aid Society, secretary for Milwaukee ROC Wisconsin committee, advisor for the Safe Surrender project, MICAH board member, and a member of the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee. Tickets are $50 and can be purchased from the MICAH office Monday-Friday from 9-4 p.m. For additional information, call 414-264-0805.