BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140429T203000Z DTEND:20140429T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Excellence through Equity Awards Dinner and Celebration DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first annual Excellence Through Equity Awards Dinner and Celebration\,as our community and schools come together for an inspiring evening to honor and celebrate excellence through equity in Ithaca and Tompkins County. \n\n \n\nThe evening will feature a keynote by Dr. Pedro Noguera one of our nation's leading education experts and tireless advocate for equity.\n\nA highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the first Excellence Through Equity Awards to honor and appreciate those already working on educational equity in our community and schools\, and to recognize and support the great ideas and action plans of equity innovators in our community.\n\n \n\nJoin us as we come together to commit to a community vision of excellence through equity as a powerful win-win for everyone\, understanding that ensuring all children have what they need to succeed is the only path to true educational excellence\, and that it will take not just our schools\, but all of us to make this vision a reality. \n\nAgenda\n\n4:30 to 5:00 cash bar and conversation\n\n5:00 - 7:00 dinner and presentation\n\n\n\nThe Excellence Through Equity Awards Dinner and Celebration is hosted by: \n\nAlan Blankstein - Hope Foundation\n\nKirby Edmonds - Building Bridges\n\nGeorge Ferrari - Community Foundation of TC\n\nJeff Furman\, Karen Friedeborn - Ithaca Youth Bureau\n\nKarl Graham - Alternatives Federal Credit Union\n\nBrigid Hubberman - Family Reading Partnership\n\nJean McPheeters - TC Chamber of Commerce\n\nLaurie Miller - CIPA Cornell University\n\nDr. Nia Nunn Makepeace- Department of Education\, Ithaca College\n\nCal Walker - Village at Ithaca. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join us \;for the first annual \;Excellence Through Equity Awards Dinner \;and Celebration\,as our community and schools come together for an inspiring evening to honor and celebrate excellence through equity in Ithaca and Tompkins County.  \; \;
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\nThe evening will feature a keynote by Dr. Pedro Noguera one of our nation'\;s leading education experts and tireless advocate for equity.
\nA highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the first \;Excellence Through Equity Awards \;to \;honor and appreciate those already working on educational equity in our community and schools\, and to recognize and support the great ideas and action plans of equity innovators \;in our community.
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\nJoin us as we come together \;to commit to a community vision of excellence through equity as a powerful win-win for everyone\, understanding that ensuring all children have what they need to succeed is the only path to true educational excellence\, and that it will take not just our schools\, but all of us \;to make this vision a reality. \;
Agenda
\n4:30 to 5:00 cash bar and conversation
\n5:00 - 7:00 dinner and presentation
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\nThe Excellence Through Equity Awards Dinner and Celebration \;is hosted by: \;
\nAlan Blankstein - Hope Foundation
\nKirby Edmonds - Building Bridges
\nGeorge Ferrari - Community Foundation of TC
\nJeff Furman\, Karen Friedeborn - Ithaca Youth Bureau
\nKarl Graham - Alternatives Federal Credit Union
\nBrigid Hubberman - Family Reading Partnership
\nJean McPheeters - TC Chamber of Commerce
\nLaurie Miller - CIPA Cornell University
\nDr. Nia Nunn Makepeace- Department of Education\, Ithaca College
\nCal Walker - Village at Ithaca.