CAIR-MI 10th Anniversary Banquet March 28th, 2010

 

March 28th, 2010
CAIR-MI 10th Anniversary Banquet


Hyatt Regency
600 Town Center Drive,
Dearborn, Michigan


CAIR-MI is holding its 10 Year Anniversary Banquet on March 28, 2010. Join us in recognizing 10 years of civil rights advocacy work at the Hyatt Regency, 600 Town Center Dr. Dearborn, MI. Our keynote speaker is the founder of the RainbowPush Coalition and world renowned civil rights activist Jesse Jackson.

TICKETS 

$50 General Admission

$30 Students


REGISTRATION and PRAYER    1 - 2:00 pm

PROGRAM                                 2:00- 4:30  pm    

 

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Rosa Sparks Scholarship

 

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"I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move."


Rosa Parks, the "mother of the civil rights movement" was one of the most important citizens of the 20th century. Mrs. Parks was a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama when, in December of 1955, she refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. She was tried and convicted of violating a local ordinance.  Her act sparked a citywide boycott of the bus system by blacks that lasted more than a year. The boycott raised an unknown clergyman named Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence and resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation on city buses. Over the next four decades, she helped make her fellow Americans aware of the history of the civil rights struggle. This pioneer in the struggle for racial equality was the recipient of innumerable honors, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her example remains an inspiration to freedom-loving people everywhere. (Academy of Achievement)

               

 In honor of the legacy of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, the Council on American Islamic Relations - Michigan (CAIR-MI) will award (2)  $500 scholarships this year sponsored by U of M-Dearborn to two 12th graders who consider furthering their education and plan on attending UofM-Dearborn. The essay should describe how the actions & legacy of Rosa Parks are relevant in today's society, & what lessons we can use in the current civil rights' challenges.  We will look for practical ideas that can be or have been implemented by the individual author.