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MABE's 50th Birthday Celebration
 MABE is turning 50 years old! You are cordially invited to save the date for MABE’s 50th Birthday Celebration. Come honor bilingual education’s past, present, and future with us! Dance to live music from The Hartt Salsa All-Stars, memorialize history, and enjoy cocktails and appetizers on Friday, November 22, 2024 from 5:30-8pm in Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA. Help us spread the word! Please feel free to share this page with past members and partners.
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You are cordially invited to register for MABE's 50th Birthday Celebration!
Guests can enjoy appetizers and cocktails from a cash bar, and can dance to live music from The Hartt Salsa All-Stars. Check out some of their performances at our 2024 Conference Closing Ceremony, at the New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas, and in D.C. for Education Secretary Miguel Cardona’s Educación en Acción Summit.
Register by November 10, 2024. As part of our agenda to honor bilingual education's past, present, and future, we will present Lifetime Service Awards to honor individuals who influenced our Dual Language Bilingual Education landscape, including: Ann Anderberg (CT Educator) Donaldo Macedo (MA Educator) Frances Mossberg (RI Educator) Gladys Labas (CT Educator) Grace Valenzuela (ME Educator) Hope Oliveras-Gualdarram (MA Educator) Jeffrey Sanchez (MA Legislator) Maria Brisk (MA Educator) Maria de Lourdes Serpa (MA Educator) Maria Pacheco (RI Educator) Maria Wilson-Portuondo (MA Educator) Marla Perez Selles (MA Educator) Mary Cazabon (MA Educator) Minerva Gonzalez (MA Educator) Nancy Cloud (RI Educator) Nelly Robles Gonzalez (MA Educator) Pat Landurand (MA & RI Educator) Sonia Nieto (MA Educator) Susan McGilvray-Rivet (MA Educator) Antonio Cabral (MA Legislator) Yael Zakon-Bourke (MA Educator) As well as the following in memoriam:
| You are welcome to sponsor MABE's 50th Birthday Celebration! Visit our Sponsor Registration page to learn more about the 6 sponsor tickets starting at just $100 with numerous benefits. GOLD SPONSORS:
 SILVER SPONSORS:
BROZE SPONSORS: CERULEAN SPONSORS:
Maria Serpa Pat Landurand Maria Pacheco ... and other anonymous donors! |
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