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D'Veal Family and Youth Services
| Please join us at our 3rd Annual Signature Banquet!!! "Guardians of Hope" Thursday, May 15, 2008 6:00 p.m. - Social Hour 7:00 p.m. - Dinner Served La Cañada Flintridge Country Club 5500 Godbey Drive La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91001 www.lcfcc.net Call (626) 296-8900 for additional information. Guest Speaker: Karen Bass, Speaker-elect California State Assembly Vice-Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus Majority Floor Leader 47th Assembly District Bio Karen Bass has been a State Assembly Member representing Los Angeles’ 47th District since 2005. Speaker Fabian Núñez selected Bass as the Majority Leader for the California State Assembly during the 2007-2008 legislative session, making her the first African American and the first woman to hold this leadership position. During the 2005-2006 legislative session, Bass served as the Majority Whip. She also serves as the chair of the Select Committee on Foster Care. Since taking office, Majority Leader Bass has made Foster Care Reform her top priority. As chair of the Select Committee on Foster Care, she has organized bipartisan participation that has resulted in a legislative package of 25 bills focusing on improving the state’s Foster Care System. These measures reflect the voices of hundreds of children, parents, foster families, labor unions, government experts and foster family agencies who testified at more than 15 public hearings hosted by Bass throughout California. She also has helped secure $82 million in the 2006/2007 state budget for Foster Care Reform, which is the largest increased allocation in more than a decade and develop new laws to help improve the System. ~ Honorary Chairperson: Bern Nadette Stanis (Thelma of Good Times) Bio She is best known as Thelma from Good Times! But there's much more to her than that. In the 70s, Bern Nadette Stanis was the personification of Black Beauty. As sophisticated and graceful as she was, she still became TV's first Black sex symbol or "It" girl. Thelma/Bern Nadette and The Evans Family also proved many stereotypes wrong about the ghetto and the young black girl, like for instance...that all Black girls and Black families in the ghetto had no hopes, dreams, or class. Thelma showed that a "ghetto girl" had hopes and dreams, intelligence, respect, dignity and grace, and it wasn't just acting, Bern Nadette was that naturally. She introduced a new definitive image of the young Black girl and woman. Stanis is back with a vengeance in her quest to quell apparent ‘self-esteem issues’ and insecurities in our young generation. She not only is a well sought after guest speaker and panelist for some of the most coveted national speaking event. She is the author of Situations 101 and For Men Only. Her hope is to go beyond scraping the surface of why we tolerate what we do, but dig deeper and breach the core of self-destructive behavior in relationships. Bern Nadette Stanis’ books will be available for purchase at the event. ~ D’Veal Family & Youth Services 3rd ANNUAL SIGNATURE BANQUET!!! will also feature: SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTATIONS!!! ENTERTAINMENT!!! A SILENT AUCTION!!! ~ This years banquet has two primary fundraising focuses: 1. Expand our “Alive and Free” program through instruction in the violence intervention/prevention methodology, mentorship, and educational support – tutoring. 2. Raise funds to complete renovations to our recently purchased building in Altadena. Once renovated, this location will serve as additional office space. Call (626) 296-8900 for table and ticket information. *If you are unable to attend the banquet, but would like to make a donation or support any of D’Veal’s community programs, feel free to contact John McCall, CEO at (626) 794-3136. |
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“Balanced Families, Balanced Children, Balanced Lives.”