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A Note on Diversity
Get On Board!
2008
UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY
SPONSORSHIP
OPPORTUNITY
The 2008 Unity In The Community
celebration is once again upon us. This eagerly anticipated biggest
multi-ethnic cultural event in the Inland Northwest will be held on August 16,
at our beautiful Riverfront
Park. This year’s team will be “Connecting
Communities.”
For 13 years, this event has been
very successful and garnered the support of the entire community. Last year, it
drew over 6500 people from our diverse population. We are once again asking you to join us to
ensure further success and expansion.
Your financial sponsorship is key our success:
Here are
your sponsorship opportunities:
Platinum Corporate Sponsor level for
$1500.00. As a Platinum Corporate Sponsor, you company
will receive a complimentary booth, recognition in all promotional releases, a
stage presence (Banners, brief statement of support)
Gold Corporate Sponsor level for
$1000.00. As a Gold Corporate Sponsor, you company will
receive a complimentary booth and
recognition in all promotional releases and stage recognition.
Corporate Sponsor level for $500.00.
As a Corporate Sponsor, you company will receive a complimentary booth
and recognition in all promotional releases.
As you know, Unity In the Community is a special day for our children
and their families to honor and enjoy the rich heritages that make our
community great. This is a special day
where children can hear dozens of different languages, and meet other children
and adults who've come here from ethnic/cultural and racial communities all
over the world. This is a day of playing
games, learning from one another, and an opportunity for sharing different cultures.
This wonderful festival at the Riverfront Park with the theme “Connecting
Communities” will feature diverse entertainment, cultural village displays,
games, arts, food, and many other activities for children and adults, including
a job/Career fair, health screening and more.
As always, most of our proceeds go
to worthy causes providing school supplies, safety helmets to our kids and
scholarship dollars to support and encourage our students of color to stay to
the path of education.
The operational budget for the Unity
In the Community Project is $14,000.
Most of these funds are generated from the generous sponsorships and donations
of our community members and businesses.
Thank you so much for your consideration
and support.
2008 UIC Organizing Committee
MEETING SCHEDULES:
SCHEDULES OF MEETINGS: Last Thursday of Every Month at 5:30 PM
: Mar 27, April 24 May 29
All meetings will be held at the CME
Conference Room at W 25 Main
Street Ste. 310 3rd Floor of the Saranac Building
Comments/Questions are welcome. Email Ben Cabildo at
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or
call me at 509 209 2634.
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December 18, 2007
BUILDING COMMUNITY-BASED
ECONOMIES
AHANA &
COMMUNITY-MINDED ENTERPRISES PARTNER
AHANA is pleased to announce a new partnership with
Community-Minded Enterprises. In joining with
Community-Minded Enterprises,
AHANA has teamed up with an organization who is committed to the same
vision
and mission of improving the economic status and quality of life of those who
are marginalized and
under-represented.
AHANA
is a non-profit economic development organization focused on the mission to
improve the economic
status and enhance the quality of life of the
African-American, Hispanic, Asian and Native American
communities
through the development of business and employment opportunities. For the past
eight years,
AHANA has become the single most significant resource for
addressing problems faced by minority businesses
and professionals in
the Inland Northwest.
Community-Minded
Enterprise is a community development organization focused on building sustainable
communities through economic
development, diversity and equity, and health and wellness for all.
Community-Minded Enterprises has brought more than $25 million to the
Spokane region to fuel collaborative
community-based solutions to larger national and international issues.
“This
partnership allows AHANA to be more effective at running its program. It opens up Ben Cabildo to spend
more timeworking on AHANA’s future,” says Allen Battle, President of AHANA.
Community-Minded Enterprises sees AHANA’s
work of supporting minority-owned businesses of tremendous value to the future
economic well being of the greater
Spokane area and believes
that a vibrant economy includes a rich diversity of entrepreneurs and small business
owners. “We need to mount a broader campaign to stimulate the grassroots
economy, which means micro-enterprise, micro-lending, all forms of entrepreneur
development at the neighborhood level. This partnership is a strong step in
that direction,” says Dan Baumgarten, Executive Director at Community-Minded
Enterprises.
Community-Minded Enterprises hopes to
provide AHANA with greater access to financial and staffing resources and an
established organizational infrastructure to allow for broader economic development
activities. “We hope to enrich and expand AHANA, not change it,” says
Baumgarten.
Community-Minded
Enterprises, along with AHANA will be hosting a public forum entitled,
“Building Community-Based Economies: Envisioning AHANA’s future.” The event
will be held January 24 at the Magic Lantern Theater located in the
Community
Building at:
25 West Main Avenue, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. The event will be filmed by
Community-Minded Television (CMTV – Cable Comcast Channel 14).
“The forum
is an opportunity for the community to help us define AHANA’s ongoing role and
needed support for our region. This creates the vital synergy needed to
facilitate AHANA’s forward motion in fulfilling our mission,” says Ben Cabildo,
Director of AHANA.
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For more information on
this event or to schedule an interview please contact:
Juliet Sinisterra
Community-Minded
Enterprises
Tel: (509) 209-2859
Email:
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