Live the Dream: Umma Center Annual Benefit Gala
Date and Time
Saturday Nov 14, 2015
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM CST
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Location
The Historic Lehmann Mansion
485 N Milwaukee Ave
Lake Villa, IL
Fees/Admission
Tickets
Individual - $100
Benefactor: $200
Table of 10: $1,500
Benefactors receive preferred seating, first look at silent auction goods as well as an artisanal gift bag and an exclusive photo booth picture favor.
More information and to purchase tickets
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Description
Annual gala supporting and empowering underprivileged individuals in the Chicagoland area.
Keynote speaker - Linda Sarsour
Linda Sarsour is a racial justice and civil rights activist, every Islamophobe's worst nightmare, and mother of three. Ambitious, outspoken and independent, Linda shatters stereotypes of Muslim women. As the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, Linda has been at the forefront of major civil rights campaigns. In the wake of the police murder of Mike Brown, she co-founded Muslims for Ferguson to build solidarity amoungst American Muslim communities and encourage work against police brutality.
She is a member of the Justice League NYC, a leading NYC force of activists, formerly incarcerated individuals, and artists working to reform the New York Police Department and the criminal justice system.
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