Black History & Futures Night 03/02 6:00 PM

Join us for Beacon's Black History & Futures Night on Thursday March 2nd 6:00PM.

Greetings MLK Community,

Join us this coming Thursday, March 2nd, to celebrate Black History Month 2023.  The event will feature food, honor roll recognition for MLK's Black students, performances, and special guest speakers, U. S Army Brigadier General Antoinette Gant including MLK’s 7th Grade Math Teacher and husband Mr. Leonard Gant! 

Please find her bio here: https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Article-View/Article/2689556/brig-gen-antoinette-gant/

Contact Jibraan lee ---- jalee@ymcasf.net/415-385-8264 for more information 

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Special Guest Speaker: U.S. Army Brigadier General Antoinette Gant

From: https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Article-View/Article/2689556/brig-gen-antoinette-gant/

Brig. Gen. Antoinette R. Gant assumed duties as the Commander and Division Engineer of South Pacific Division (SPD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on July 9, 2021.  Established in 1888 and headquartered in San Francisco, SPD is one of nine USACE regional commands. The region encompasses all or part of ten states with four operating district headquartered in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco.

As the SPD Commander and Division Engineer, she is responsible for leading a workforce of more than 2500 military and civilians, overseeing hundreds of water resource development, military, and interagency design and construction projects valued at more than $16 billion in support of our communities, our Nation, and our warfighters.

A strong advocate for STEM, Gant has worked to develop partnerships with agencies and organizations to promote science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives. She has received several national and community awards, to include 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Conference Awards (BEYA) Army Stars and Stripes Award recipient, the 2020 Women of Color Career Achievement in Government Award, the YWCA Women on the Move Award, Women of Influence in Government by Albuquerque Business First, BEYA Special Recognition Award, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., South Central Region Visionary Leader and Global Leader Awards.

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非裔歷史和未來之夜

請在即將到來的 3 月 2 日星期四加入我們，慶祝 2023 年非裔歷史和未來之夜。活動將包括食物、MLK 非裔學生的榮譽榜、表演和特別演講嘉賓、美國陸軍準將 Antoinette Gant 和 MLK 的七年級數學老師 和丈夫 Leonard Gant 先生！

請在這裡找到她的簡歷：https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Article-View/Article/2689556/brig-gen-antoinette-gant

聯繫 Jibraan lee ---- jalee@ymcasf.net/415-385-8264 了解更多信息

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Historia y Futuros Afroamericana Noche

Saludos Comunidad MLK,

Únase a nosotros el próximo jueves 2 de marzo para celebrar el Mes de la Historia y Futuros Afroamericana Noche. El evento contará con comida, reconocimiento del cuadro de honor para los estudiantes negros de MLK, actuaciones y oradores invitados especiales, la general de brigada del ejército de EE. UU. Antoinette Gant y la maestra de matemáticas de séptimo grado de MLK y esposo Sr. Leonard Gant!

Encuentre su biografía aquí: https://www.spd.usace.army.mil/Article-View/Article/2689556/brig-gen-antoinette-gant

Comuníquese con Jibraan lee ---- jalee@ymcasf.net/415-385-8264 para obtener más información