Dear John,

As you know, Gamaliel is hosting its 5th biennial Race and Power In America Summit from December 4-7, 2024, at the Westin Southfield in Detroit, Michigan.  Doing events like this well requires investments from Gamaliel leaders, organizers, and affiliates, as well as partners in allied, affinity, and labor organizations to name a few.

There are many ways to invest in the Race and Power in America Summit: registering and attending the event; sponsoring the event; becoming a member of the Race and Power Summit Alum Club; or purchasing an ad in the 2024 Race and Power Summit program booklet.  Read the descriptions of those opportunities below and then invest here.

Race and Power in America Summit Sponsorships

Sponsorship levels range from $2,000 to $25,000 plus and includes complimentary full-page ads in the Summit program booklet and  complimentary registrations for the Summit.

Gamaliel Race and Power Summit Alum Club

At the 2022 Summit, Gamaliel launched the Race and Power Institute and invited folks to become Founders’ Club Members by investing in the launch of the Institute.  The Founders’ Club was highly successful but was a one-time opportunity.  At the 2024 Summit, Gamaliel is launching the Summit Alum Club.  Folks who have participated in at least one Summit, since its inception in 2015, will have the opportunity to become Summit Alum Club Members.  Membership will continue to be available biennially in conjunction with the Race and Power in America Summit, and the membership list will be maintained on the RAP website. 

** Additional information on memoriam categories can be found at the end of this email.

Race and Power Summit 2024 Program Booklet Ads

Gamaliel will once again publish a program booklet for the Race and Power Summit.  Leaders, friends of Gamaliel, Gamaliel affiliates, vendors, and more may purchase space in the program booklet for any of the following.  The 2022 Summit program booklet is available for inspiration.

In solidarity,

Cynthia Jarrold, Sr. Advisor for Funding Strategies and External Affairs

^{**Alum Club Memoriam Categories}

Joe Louis is generally regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, a breaker of racial barriers, and national hero.  He dominated prize fighting and forced America to re-examine its segregationist policies and attitudes.  Memorials to Louis can be found throughout the City of Detroit.

Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, AL bus in 1955 helped initiate the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Her actions inspired the leaders of the local Black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted more than a year—during which Parks not coincidentally lost her job—and ended only when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that bus segregation was unconstitutional.

Coleman A. Young was the first African-American mayor of Detroit and has been described as the "single most influential person in Detroit's modern history.”  Young promoted downtown redevelopment with major projects like the Joe Louis Arena and the Renaissance Center. Facing intense manufacturing flight, Young worked to keep major plants in the city, most notably General Motors' Poletown project and Chrysler's Jefferson North assembly. 

Aretha Franklin, universally acclaimed as the “Queen of Soul,” brought the righteous fervor of gospel music to secular songs that were about much more than romance.   Her songs “Respect” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" became anthems of movements for social change, demanding equality and freedom–and nothing less–and serving as a harbinger of feminism.  She was the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, in 1987, its second year. She sang at the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009, at pre-inauguration concerts for Jimmy Carter in 1977 and Bill Clinton in 1993, and at both the Democratic National Convention and a memorial service for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.

About Gamaliel’s 5th Biennial Race and Power in America Summit Theme

“A Pivotal Moment in Time: Resistance, Persistence, Insistence!” reflects our concern with the growing embrace of authoritarianism in this country and its inextricable link to an insidious racist agenda, as well as our commitment to reclaiming the arts, disciplines, and attitudes of community organizing as the antidote to both.  Leaders and organizers from across the Gamaliel Network, along with national and local partners and allies, will gather together for those four days in December to deepen relationships, learn from practitioners, and develop strategies to address these challenges over the next two years.

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