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10th Annual Commemorative Awards Banquet
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The April 4th Foundation, Inc. 10th Annual Commemorative Awards Banquet April 4, 2010 6:30 pm
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Awards and Recognitions
The Foundation provides recognition through the issuance of awards to acknowledge and promote excellence in the field of economic justice and equality as Dr. King dreamed.
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Father Michael Pfleger, 2010 I AM A MAN honoree
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A German American from the South Side of Chicago, Pfleger attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, Loyola University and the University of Saint Mary of the Lake. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago on May 14, 1975. Since 1981, Pfleger has been pastor of the mostly African American parish of Saint Sabina, a Catholic church in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood. When he was appointed to his present position, at the age of 31, he became the youngest pastor in the Chicago archdiocese. Under Pfleger's leadership, Saint Sabina has established an Employment Resource Center, a Social Service Center, and also an Elders home. |
April 4th Foundation Establishes Summer Study Program
April 4th
Foundation Establishes Summer Study Program to Study the Legacy and
High
school juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to study the legacy and
life's work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this summer. The theme of the two-week program is "Footsteps,
Tell the Story ... Pass It On."
"In honor of Dr. King's assassination, we
determined that the mission of the April 4th Foundation should expand beyond remembering
and honoring his work to sharing it," said Johnson E. Saulsberry, Jr.,
founder of the April 4th Foundation.
"We adopted the mantra, 'Tell the
Read more: April 4th Foundation Establishes Summer Study Program