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Power To End Stroke "Igniting the Power" Weekend

Saturday, May 05, 2007 - Sunday, May 06, 2007

Atlanta

Detailed Event Schedule:

Power Networking Luncheon

11:30 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Ritz Carlton, Ballrooms 2, 6, 7 & 8
Ambassadors will have the opportunity to get together and network, talk about Power To End Stroke activities and best-practices, share ideas, and learn how ambassadors can propel the Power To End Stroke movement to the next level. There will be a moderated panel discussing different aspects of the campaign, areas of concern, and challenges ambassadors face.

Power Awards Gala

Cocktail Reception
Location: Ritz Carlton Foyer
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Dinner/Awards Presentation
Location: Ritz Carlton, Ballrooms 1, 2, 6, 7 & 8
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm

During the Awards Gala, we will honor a few of those that done tremendous work for the Power To End Stroke movement throughout the year.

National Honorees are:
Yolanda King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King
Will Downing, contemporary jazz musician
Mary Ida Vandross, mother of Luther Vandross
Mark McEwen, television weatherman and anchor, stroke survivor
Dr. Edgar Kenton, neurologist and American Stroke Association volunteer
Pastor Rudolph McKissick Jr., Pastor of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville, Florida

American Heart Association and American Stroke Association affiliates will also recognize one or two ambassadors, per affiliate, during the gala.

Strategic Alliances will also present two Strategic Alliance recognition awards. One is for an affiliate-nominated alliance organization and the other will be for a national alliance organization.

Power Sunday

May 6, 2007

Location: Ebenezer Baptist Church
11:00 am – Approx. 1:30 pm
Ms. Yolanda King (daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King) will speak at her father’s church in her own words about what Power To End Stroke means to her. Power Sunday will be observed in churches nationwide on this day in remembrance of congregation members who have died or suffered from stroke.
 

For more information and to register, please visit:

https://www.seeuthere.com/rsvp/invitation/invitation.asp?id=/m2c72a-885843504347

 

Meet and Greet Ronda Racha Penrice, Atlanta resident and author of African American History For Dummies, on the following dates:

May 5, 2007
4pm-6pm
Barnes & Noble Camp Creek
Camp Creek Market Place
3685 Market Place Blvd
East Point, GA 30344
404-349-0359
 
May 9, 2007
5:30pm-7:30pm
Starbucks 14th Street
21 14th Street NE 
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-892-4588
 
May 10, 2007
5:30pm-7:30pm
Starbucks Cascade
3660 Cascade Road SW
Atlanta, GA 30331
404-699-1093
 
May 12, 2007
1pm-3pm
Borders Douglasville
6594 Douglas Blvd.
Douglasville, GA 30135
770-577-9787
 
May 26, 2007
5pm-7pm
Waldenbooks Cumberland Mall
1000 Cumberland Mall SE
Atlanta, GA 30339
770-435-2206
 

Freelance writer and African American history enthusiast Ronda Racha Penrice has written for a diverse array of publications as well as held key editorial positions at the Quarterly Black Review of Books, Rap Pages and Upscale. The Chicago native (with deep Mississippi roots) and Columbia University graduate has covered everything from music, film, sports and travel to books, theatre, fitness and current events for publications such as Essence, Essence.com, Africana.com, Vibe.com, The Source, The Crisis, Jewel, Honey, EURweb.com, AOL Black Voices, Urban Network, The Atlanta Voice, The Jackson Advocate, Creative Loafing, UPTOWN, OverTime and NiaOnline.

 

 

Voices From the Civil Rights
Conversations on Civil Rights
May 7, 2007

Join the Atlanta History Center after hours as we discuss the Civil Rights Movement and meet some of its participants.

This program features some of the best known figures in the Civil Rights Movement including Georgia Supreme Court Justice Robert Benham and Xerona Clayton and others.

Doors open at 6:00 pm; Program begins at 7:00 pm

Light refreshments and a cash bar available at each program.

This program is free to the public. Space is limited, so make your reservations today by calling 404.814.4051.

For more information or updates on programming, please call 404.814.4114.
 
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