THE Statewide Progressive Celebration of the Year!

Join us at TakeAction Minnesota's 2010 Annual Leadership Awards Dinner to celebrate the bold progressive actions of Minnesota leaders in 2010.  Be among the hundreds committed to rise together.
 
When:  Friday, November 19th, 2010
5:00 PM Social Hour
7:00 PM Dinner & Program
Dancing to follow . . .

Where: 1001 Marquette Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403
 

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Get a bargain! Bonus packages are available with our Sponsorship Opportunities and Early Bird Ticket Specials when you buy your ticket now through Sunday, November 7th.  To become a sponsor, complete the application and contact Maria De La Cruz.

We are proud to announce our 2010 Leadership Award honorees:  Minnesota Nurses Association and Rena Moran. 

The Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) represents 20,000 professional nurses across the state.  A leader in health care, MNA was crucial in two significant fights to achieve access to affordable health care.  MNA fought for comprehensive federal health care reform by addressing the delivery of health care services, accessibility to quality health care, and single-payer system.  Additionally, MNA worked in coalition with nonprofit organizations and advocates to save General Assistance Medical Care (GAMC) for Minnesota's poorest residents.  Finally, MNA organized the largest nurses strike in United States history.  Putting patients first, MNA fought to improve nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.

Rena Moran is a born leader.  After arriving in Minnesota over ten years ago, Rena has gone from homeless to running for the state House of Representatives.  She is a community organizer at heart, and has roots as a TakeAction Minnesota leader, an Organizing Apprenticeship Project Fellow and a Wellstone Organizing Fellow.  Rena has fought to bring awareness to issues that impact her community: the impact of the Central Light Rail Corridor on residents; voter registration in the African American community; affordable housing; and the re-enfranchisement of people who have been formerly incarcerated.  Notably, Rena Moran is poised to be the second African American woman in the state house.  Her success as a community organizer and on the campaign trail is directly linked with her ability to build a team of community members that spans racial identities. 

Thank you to our generous sponsors for making this event possible!

Legacy Sponsors: Hilton Minneapolis, Image Haus

Visionary Sponsors: MAPE, Whoop Design, Saint Paul Federation of Teachers Local 28 & Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59, SEIU Minnesota State Council

Champion Sponsor: Minnesota Association of Justice

Leader Sponsor: Minneapolis Community Action

Friend Sponsor: Gray Plant Mooty, Hmong Diaspora Leadership Council, United Steelworkers District 11

Benefactor Sponsor: Les Bendtsen & Twin Cities Human Rights Campaign, Land Stewardship Project, Grassroots Policy Project

Grassroots Sponsors: Gene Nichols, Victori Vu