Community Action 50th Anniversary Dinner 

Michigan Community Action Agency Association will celebrate 50 Years of Community Action in Michigan with a reception and dinner on April 30, 2014 at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Lansing. Our featured speaker will be Mark Kennedy Shriver, VP of Save the Children, an international nonprofit focusing on early childhood health and development. He is the son of Sargent Shriver, the architect of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty programs, and author of A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father Sargent Shriver. It was Sargent Shriver who put President Johnson's broad plans into action--Community Action, to be precise. Our network was among the original programs instituted by the Economic Opportunity Act which President Johnson signed into law on August 20, 1964.

Governor Rick Snyder also plans to attend the event and congratulate the group on their work helping low income Michigan families meet the economic challenges of the past half century and currently.

The evening will also include the 2014 Community Action Awards where we will celebrate the achieve ments and contributions of 10 of our member agencies clients and volunteers, as well as a brief "graduation" ceremony for CAA staff who have completed MCAAA's 18-month Leadership Development Institute.

A reception is planned for 5:00 p.m. in the prefunction area outside the Capitol Ballroom on the second floor of the hotel. Dinner will begin at 6:00 with remarks from the Governor. Mr. Shriver will be introduced at approximately 6:45. Following his remarks, Mr. Shriver will participate in presentation of this year's Community Action Awards. The event will end at approximately 8:30 p.m. 

MCAAA has arranged for a block of rooms for guests wishing to stay at the hotel for the night of April 30. You can make reservations by calling 800-333-3333 or 517-482-0188. Please use promotional code DC0414 to ensure receiving the discounted room rate of $122.95 for single or double occupancy. You may also reserve rooms online at www.radisson.com/lansingmi.

Tickets for this event are $50, except for invited guests and winners of this year's Community Action Awards. .WE HAVE CLOSED ONLINE REGISTRATION. PLEASE REGISTER ON SITE. WE CAN ACCEPT CHECKS AND CASH FOR REGISTRATION OR WE CAN INVOICE YOUR AGENCY.

We look forward to seeing you at this celebratory event!