Carpe Opportunitas: COR 2011 Annual Meeting & Give 11 in 2011 Campaigin Kickoff

6:11 p.m. | EdVenture Museum | Complimentary Admission

If you could do one thing to make our community a better place,
what would it be?
Make a difference in your community and the lives of fellow Columbians.

Join forces with COR, Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia City Council,
the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce and the Navigating from Good to Great Foundation
in the Give 11 in 2011 Campaign.

1. Networking opportunities with like-minded young professionals, area business and non-profit organizations.

2. Relevant information from a series of talks on Community Involvement (given by Mayor Benjamin), the Path to Personal Leadership (given by State Representative Bakari Sellers) and the Power of Personal Branding (given by Doreen Sullivan, president and Owner of Post No Bills).

3. Unique opportunity to join COR and our partnership organizations in the Give 11 in 2011 Campaign.

4. Learn about our community by visiting information tables hosted by COR, the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, United Way of the Midlands, City of Columbia and local advertising and public relations agency Post No Bills.

Advance registration preferred: http://cor2011annualmeeting.eventbrite.com/
Visit www.ourcor.org or www.facebook.com/ColumbiaOpportunityResource for additional information.
Questions? Contact Katherine Swartz at 803.733.1123 or katherine.swartz@ourcor.org

11.28.10 | State Capitol Carolighting Ceremony

What: 44th Annual State Capitol Carolighting Ceremony
Gov. Mark Sanford and Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will kick off the holiday season with the 44th annual Carolighting ceremony. The free ceremony will feature area choirs, including the Carolighting Children's Choirthe U.S. Army 282nd Brass Band Quintet, the Benedict College Gospel Choir, the Together For Him trio and Pleneros del Sur band as well as bands and Angel Morey of “America's Got Talent.” The ceremony will conclude with the lighting of the 34-foot white-fir Christmas tree

Where: North Steps of the State house OR watch on SCETV

When: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 6 p.m.

First Ever Talented Tenth Conference

The brainchild of Mayor Steve Benjamin, this conference will be the first of its kind here in Columbia and an exciting opportunity to engage a large number of young, African-American professionals from not only here in Columbia or in South Carolina, but from our surrounding large cities like Atlanta and Charlotte.

The conference will serve as a networking tool that will hopefully reach out to many young professionals that are on various levels of their professional career. Most often we are not given the opportunity to network among ourselves and meet other young and dynamic, African-American professionals. Even fewer and farther between are the opportunities that young, African-American professionals are given to attend a reception that holds over forty CEOs from around an area that they currently live in. But, that is exactly what this conference will do.

Learn more and register: http://www.talentedtenthcolumbia.com/