05 Nov The Links, Incorporated – Greater Miami (FL) Chapter and ColorComm Miami
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Monday, November 5, 2019
5:30PM-7:30PM
Books and Books Coral Gables
265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Contact: LaToya Stirrup: Latoya.Stirruup@gmail.com
WHO: The Links, Incorporated – Greater Miami (FL) Chapter and ColorComm Miami
WHAT: Linked in Action: What’s At Stake for the 2020 Election
WHEN: Tuesday, November 5, 2019, 5:30-7:30PM
WHERE: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134
CORAL GABLES– The Links, Incorporated ~ Greater Miami (FL) Chapter in partnership with ColorComm Miami will host Linked in Action: What’s At Stake for the 2020 Election. The event will feature a frank in depth discussion about the road ahead and preparing our community for the upcoming election year. There will also be an excerpt reading from Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America, the insightful book by MSNBC Contributor Karine Jean-Pierre to be released on November 5th.
The evening will be engaging, with conversations led by panelists Ruben Roberts, President, Miami-Dade Branch of the NAACP; Melanie McRae, Electoral Field Director, New Florida Majority, and; Geraldine Rocker, Co-Chairwoman, National Trends & Services, Greater Miami (FL) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.
Ms. Jean-Pierre is the featured author at the chapter’s upcoming Linked in Action Book and Author Luncheon on Sunday, November 17, 2019 at the JW Marriott Marquis in downtown Miami. She will have a powerful and timely message for attendees, and through her book, offers a blueprint for anyone who wants to have an impact on the political landscape.
The Links, Incorporated, established in 1946, is an international, not-for-profit organization comprised of nearly 15,000 professional women of color in 288 chapters across 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. It is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of women who are committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
The Greater Miami (FL) Chapter was organized in 1955 and has made significant contributions to the South Florida community and beyond through its transformational programming in five facet areas: Services to Youth; The Arts; National Trends and Services; International Trends and Services; and, Health and Human Services.
ColorComm is a national organization founded in 2011 that caters to women working in various areas of communications. Its mission is to personally connect women with other like-minded individuals and to build a strong network of leaders by creating mentors/mentees, business relationships and friendships. Miami is ColorComm’s ninth chapter and its only chapter in Florida.
For more information on both events, visit greatermiamilinksinc.org