INVITATION: Celebrate The MSU Leadership Institute & Literacy, 3/28, Bozeman, Montana

What can you do to have fun and also help the MSU Leadership Institute?

On Monday, March 28th at 5:30 pm in MSU Strand Union Building Ballrooms, and prior to "Cuba’s Road to Literacy," we are hosting a leadership and literacy celebration event, with proceeds from the ticket sales to go to the MSU Leadership Institute Endowment.

Bring a few friends, sponsor students – or better yet, consider hosting a table? Tickets are only $25 per person and include Cuban food, Cuban dancing and…

Meet and hear insights from:

*Cuban activist Norma Guillard – a social psychologist from Cuba, Guillard is one of the original teachers from the campaign featured in the film that will be shown at 7:30 pm. She was 15 years old when she and her sister joined the literacy campaign. As she expresses in the film, "It is the most important thing I have done in the history of my life."

*Filmmaker Catherine Murphy – a San Francisco-based filmmaker, Murphy has spent much of the last 20 years working in Latin America. She is founder and director of The Literacy Project, a multi-media documentation project on adult literacy in the Americas.

*Valerie Hemingway, author of Running with the Bulls: Hemingway as I Know Him, will provide her personal insights during her years as a Hemingway, and the tumultuous final months in Cuba http://www.apbspeakers.com/speaker/valerie-hemingway

Cuban Appetizer Buffet, to include:

Mojo Chicken Empanadas

Mariquitas (Fried Plantain)

Papas Rellenas (Fried Stuffed Potato) with Picadillo (Seasoned Beef)

Aceitunas Alinadas (Marinated Olives)

Frituras de Malanga (Taro Fritters with Flank Steak)

Spanish Oysters

Masitas de Puerco Fritas (Fried Pork Chunks)

Dessert Buffet, to include:

Platanos en Tentacion (Plantains with Rum)

Nata Cake

Cuban Mocktail Bar, to include:

Virgin Mint Mojitos

Virgin Banana Mojitos

Virgin Mango Mojitos

Tropical Punch

Includes reserved seats to 7:30 pm film and lecture – Cuba’s Road to Literacy: A Leadership Model for Women Worldwide – http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=9581

$25 per person with proceeds to support student leadership initiatives and the MSU Leadership Institute – what could be better!

Simply email me [email protected] back to reserve space – and thank you for helping us celebrate a remarkable year of leadership that included the Leadership Summit, Geoff Bellman, Dustin Lance Black, Tom Brokaw, Conrad Anker and more!

Carmen McSpadden

Director, MSU Leadership Institute

Director, MSU Leadership Fellows & University College Special Projects

http://www.montana.edu/lf

http://www.montana.edu/leadership

http://www.montana.edu/uc

406-994-7667