It’s hard to believe, but Spare Change News is all grown up. For the past 20 years, Spare Change News has been empowering persons experiencing homelessness and other forms of social and economic adversity to improve their lives through self-employment. Through the voices of its vendors and the content of its pages, Spare Change has consistently engaged in advocacy and worked to dispel myths surrounding homelessness and poverty. Join the vendors, staff, and board members of the Homeless Empowerment Project to celebrate the 20th Anniverary of Spare Change, with special exhibits explaining the organization’s history and impact. (Scroll down for tickets.)
Thursday June 21, 2012
6:00 to 9:00 pm
The Inn at Harvard
1201 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02138
RECEPTION 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Registration
Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar
Poetry Performance by Book of Hope
Jordan Tyler Young and Aminata Keita.
Exhibit- The Homeless are Not Faceless
Bid on Silent Auction Items
Purchase Raffle Tickets
CELEBRATION AND ANNUAL MEETING 7:00– 8:30 PM
Remarks- Executive Director, Homeless Empowerment Project, Vincent Flanagan
Remarks- Cambridge City Councilor, Marjorie Decker
Welcome- Committee Chair, Cher Jordan
Remarks and Vendor Awards- Founder and Board President, James Shearer
Remarks- Editor, Spare Change News, Tom Benner
Musical Selections- Follow Hymn Gospel Choir
Live Auction- Cambridge City Councilor, Marjorie Decker
Keynote Speech- State Representative, Byron Rushing
Draw raffle winners
CLOSING 8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Payment for auction items
Visit http://sparechangenews.net/tickets to purchase tickets.
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