MAC's 20th Anniversary Leadership Awards Gala & Community Workshops
October 8, 2011

Join us for a monumental day complete with two free community workshops: "Is Your Child A Victim?" (filmed by Cox Communications) and "Childhood Obesity". Both are open to the public, and will benefit parents, educators, counselors and youth. Later in the evening the Leadership Awards Gala  will recognize and celebrate a Trilogy of Leadership: MAC 20 years, Project Inclusion 15, and the African American Leadership Society 5 years.

Community Wokshops

ODU Webb Center
5115 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA

"Is Your Child a Victim?"
Registration: 8:30am
Workshop: 9:00am-10:15am

This workshop will focus on recognizing the signs that often go undetected and learning what to do when young people are confronted with horrific experiences of overcoming fear and anxiety as a result of bullying. Cox Communications will film the workshop, participants may be on TV.

Click here to register for the "Is Your Child a Victim?" Workshop.

"Fun with Foods - Learning Fun ways To Eat Healthy"
Registration: 8:30am
Workshop: 9:00am-10:15am

This workshop will focus on ages 5-17 and how to combat the escalating and perilous health risk associated with childhood obesity. Young people will take part in an informative workshop that deals with identifying the negative effects of being overweight. Lastly, young people will learn how making small changes in everyday living will improve self esteem, and create a new outlook that will lead to a happier and healthier life.

Click here to register for the "Childhood Obesity" Workshop.

Leadership Awards Gala

Crowne Plaza Resort & Hotel
4454 Bonney Road, Virginia Beach, VA
6:00pm

The Leadership Awards Gala  will recognize and celebrate a Trilogy of Leadership: MAC 20 years, Project Inclusion 15, and the African American Leadership Society 5 years.

Keynote speaker:

Wendy Lewis, Sr. Vice President of Diversity & Strategic Planning
Major League Baseball (MLB)

Wendy Lewis joins us as the implementer of Major League Baseball's Diversity Economic Impact Engagements (DEID). The DEIE is one of the MLB's newest initiatives to advance the level of MLB's current workforce and supplier diversity efforts. MLB has historically lead the way in diversity, becoming one of the first professional sports to integrate. 

Click here to register!

Thank you to our event sponsors:

Platinum:
Norfolk Southern
Old Dominion University
Intelligent Communications

Gold:
Cox Communications

Silver:
Bank of America

Friends of Project Inclusion
Foodbank of SEVA, Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast, and Regent University