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Greater Grand Rapids Chapter, APRI hosting 23rd Annual Dinner
Where
Grand Rapids, MI
When
Apr 24
starts at 6:00 pm
The Greater Grand Rapids Chapter of the APRI will be hosting its 23rd Annual Dinner on Saturday April 24, 2010 at 6:00 pm at UAW Region 1D, 3300 Leonard NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525. We cordially invite you to join us for this occasion. Our dinner has been appropriately themed this year as “Forging Ahead Using the Power of the Vote.”
Our key note speaker will be Honorable Deborah A. Thomas, 3rd Judicial Circuit Court, Detroit, MI. The citizens of Wayne County elected Thomas to the Wayne County Circuit Court in 1994 where she continues to serve. Thomas began her legal career as Oakland County Legal Aid Society; she worked for the United Auto Workers Legal Services Plan with the Chrysler Division for two years. At UAW Legal Services, she assisted in setting up the family division, real estate division and the bankruptcy division for services to members of the UAW. She then went to work with the Michigan Employment Security Commission, Michigan Department of Labor. Employed as an Administrative Law Examiner, Thomas represented the Commission at administrative hearings, drafted proposed legislation, and worked in the implementation of the Trade Retraining Act (TRA), a federal act established to provide employment training of displaced auto workers. During those same years (1980-1983) she was an instructor with the American Institute for Para Legal Studies, teaching family law, real estate law, and legal writing and research. Thomas is a member of Elks, Black Women Lawyers, and YWCA. She is on the board of Trustees for the NAACP. She has also been commented for outstanding community service by the American Bar Association, the Michigan Women Foundation, and the Michigan Bar Association.
We are asking you to come out and celebrate with us. Ticket cost is $20 per person. Please submit forms by April 3, 2010. Refer to enclosures for the souvenir booklet and ticket information.
Please submit your check payable to the APRI. Thank you in advance for your anticipated contribution.
This event will be successful with your support. If you have any questions, please contact Kathi Harris at 616-802-2697 or kathiharris@yahoo.com, Terrance Simmons and 616-893-9119, or Theresa Brown at 616-243-1327.
Sincerely,
Kathi Harris, President
Greater Grand Rapids APRI