State Of Black CT Alliance, Inc. Cordially Invites You To Our First Building Blocks of Educational Excellence

State Of Black CT Alliance, Inc.
Cordially Invites You To Our First
Building Blocks of Educational Excellence
VIP Reception
Cocktails & Hors D 'Oeuvres
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 16, 2010,Hilton Stamford Hotel

One First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT

Dinner and Program – 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Guest Speakers

Congressman Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania, Chair of Congressional Urban Caucus, Sponsor of GEAR UP program—a $2 billion-plus effort to improve college awareness and readiness among low-income students, backed passage of the College Retention Program, which offers financial assistance to low-income college students.

Steven J. Simmons, Chair, Commission on Educational Achievement and Chairman and CEO of Simmons/Patriots Media and Communications

Dudley N. Williams, Jr., Director of District Education Strategy, GE Asset Management Group, Co-Chair Policy Committee on Education of Governor Elect  - Dan Malloy Transition Team

State Representative Gary Holder- Winfield, 94^thDistrict in New Haven Connecticut.

Sonia  BasSheva Mañjon, PhD, Vice President for Institutional Partnerships and Chief Diversity Officer at Wesleyan University in Connecticut.

Honoree of The Evening: State Representative Jason Bartlett

For more information, to RSVP tickets @ $125.00 , or for sponsorships,  please contact ros@stateofblackct.org   Mobile: 203-843-7272.