Thursday February 18, 2010, 7:00-8:30 PM, Schmidt-Jones Family Life Center, 1300 Lavaca St
RESULTS Educational Fund Benefit featuring Jim Hightower (this is always an incredible group of people convening for this event===not to miss!). Locally baked desserts will be served
Keynote Speaker, Julia Bolz – President of Ayni Education, Building Schools In Afghanistan. JULIE BOLZ is a nationally recognized speaker and social justice advocate dedicated to engaging, educating, and empowering the poor in the developing world. She has worked with dozens of international non-profits to amend discriminatory laws, procure microloans, establish hospitals and businesses, and negotiate political challenges. Since 2002, Julie has focused on educating girls in Afghanistan, where she founded “Journey with an Afghan School”; through which she has built 19 schools and repaired over a dozen others, serving about 25,000 Afghan students.
Special Guest, Jim Hightower – America’s #1 Populist, author of Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow. JIM HIGHTOWER is America’s most popular populist, a best-selling author, radio commentator, and public speaker practicing the credo of an old Yugoslavian proverb: “You can fight the gods and still have fun.” Twice elected to statewide office in Texas, he has long battled the “Powers that Be on behalf of the Powers that Ought to Be” – working families, consumers, the environment, small businesses, and just plain folks. His latest book, Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow, presents inspirational wisdom from people across the country making a difference.
RESULTS and RESULTS Educational Fund are a leading force in ending hunger and poverty in the U.S. and worldwide. We mobilize support for long-term solutions to poverty by advocating for policies and programs that address the root causes of poverty – lack of access to education, lack of access to medical care, and lack of opportunity to move up the economic ladder.
RESULTS has chapters in over 100 U.S. cities whose volunteers advocate for policies and legislation that create solutions to poverty. From all over the U.S., RESULTS activists send a loud and clear message to our leaders that a commitment to the well-being of all people must be paramount. As a result, we’re leveraging millions of dollars for programs and policies that empower low-income people to escape poverty.
You will have an opportunity to give a donation that is meaningful to you. Please consider a gift that will help us reach our goal of $20,000. If you cannot attend, your donation is still welcome and will be leveraged to expand access to health care, education and economic opportunities to the poorest people in the United States and around the world.If unable to attend but you still want to support the work, donations are accepted online. Thank you.