2nd Annual George Wiley Legacy Event
June 24, 2009, 5:00 - 8:00pm at CAV, Providence, RI

Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, playright & director of the Mixed Magic Theatre, will perform a preview of his new play about the life and times of George Wiley.

For more background on Ricardo Pitts-Wiley, read the latest newsletter from the George Wiley Legacy Project. (.pdf file)

Live music provided by:
  Gospel Inspirations

Seed money for the research and development portion of this play about George Wiley is funded in part through grants from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.

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  We wish to thank all the members of the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) for their generous support of our ongoing struggle to achieve social & economic justice through public policy change.

  The AWP selected the George Wiley Center as their “local cause” at their March 12-15, 2009 annual meeting held in Rhode Island. They raised $1,230 to fund community organizing efforts to end utility shut-offs and hunger in Rhode Island.

Yes, it does take a village and yes, we can.

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Our November 2008 Silent Auction was a success!
We raised over $20,000 in support of our community organizing efforts. Read more.

Music by Phil Edmonds

Dinner by More Than A Meal/Amos House

Sponsors:

Motley Rice LLC

Mayor David N. Cicilline

Auction Supporters:

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
MetLife Auto & Home
Susan Ross and Don Tufts
WJAR-Channel 10
Working RI

Major Donors:

Cavanagh Company
Citizens Bank
John J. & Suzanne M. Colby
John A. Glasson, Esq.
Johnson & Wales University
UFCW Union Local 328, Dave Fleming, President
University of Rhode Island, Robert L. Carothers, President

Honorary Committee:

Michael & Roberta Hazen Aaronson
Representative Edith H. Ajello
Alice M. Baxter
Irwin & Addie Becker
Rev. Kevin J. Brassil
Carol Scotto Brotman
Catherine and Vincent DeMeo
Margo & Bob Chiapinelli
Hon. J. Clement Cicilline
Coastal Medical
Colonial Toyota
Joan Dagle
Bethany Di Napoli
Lissa D. Dreyer
Helen Duffy
John Fawcett
Joan & Bill Flynn
Betsy Florin
Gary Furtado — Navigant Credit Union
Luz Bravo & David Gleicher
Virginia Neves Gonsalves
Stephen R. Graham — SRG Resources
Ira & Alice D. Gross
Margaret A. Hainsworth
Judy & Brian Jones
Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy
Linda J. Kushner Charitable Trust Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation
Michael Fine & Carol Levitt
Prof. & Mrs. Lewis P. Lipsitt
Albert & Bernice Lott
Suzanne Dubuc & John MacLennan
John H. McBurney
Rev. Daniel J. McCarthy
Lynn & Tim McCarthy
Rev. Jude McGeough
Scott Molloy
Dale & Maggi Rogers
Greg Gerritt & Kathleen Rourke
Terry MacFadyen & Jean Rosiello
Laurel & Ralph Scorpio
Gov. Bruce Sundlun
Rodney & Patricia Thomas
Nick Tsiongas, M.D.
Richard Walton
Wechsler Foundation
Stephen & Judy Wood

Auction Items Courtesy of:

• Blackstone Valley Outfitters
• Joan Dagle
• Eastern Art & Frame Co.
• 1149 — Eleven Forty-Nine Restaurant
• East Avenue Café & Grille
• John Fawcett
• William Flynn
• Betsy Florin
• Victoria Smith & Jay Glasson
• Alice Dzen Gross
• Bill Harley
• Hotel Providence
• Lafayette Social Club — Peter Culpo
• Armand LaMontagne
• Local 121
• John MacLennan
• Liz Marsis
• Scott Molloy
• Roger Williams Zoo

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Honoring The Legacy of George Alvin Wiley (1931 - 1973)
June 18, 2008 at Local 121, Providence, Rhode Island

“Thank you Henry Shelton and the George Wiley Center for advancing George's vision of welfare rights, economic justice and eliminating childhood poverty. For the family, the George Wiley Center keeps the memory of George alive: We are inspired by it. For all these 35 years, you have kept the fire burning, and it continues to burn with hope for the possibility of change in November 2008.”
 - Shirley Green Wiley, George's sister.

Thanks to our guests of honor: Former Superior Court Judge W. Alton Wiley Sr. and Mary Lynn and Nick Kotz, authors of A Passion for Equality: George Wiley and the Movement.

Thank you for your generosity, for traveling to Rhode Island, spending time with us to honor George Wiley and supporting us through this event as we carry on the legacy of George Wiley.

The Wiley Center would also like to thank the sponsors of this celebration:
BankRI, Burton Boltuch, Esq., John A. Glasson, Esq., Local 121, Donna Benoit & Robert McConnell, MetLife Auto & Home, Karen and Robert Morrow, Terry MacFadyen and Jean Rosiello, Mary and Michael Schwartz Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation, Susan Ross and Donald Tufts, Committee to Re-Elect U. S. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Rev. Donald W. Whipple, Whole Foods Market at University Heights and Shirley Green Wiley.

Also many thanks are due to…
Senator Joshua Miller, our host, for his gracious donation of the Speakeasy at Local 121 for this reception.
Donald Tufts for his inspiration and urging to hold this event.
Alton J. Wiley, Jr., Esq. for contacting the Wiley Family members.
MetLife Auto & Home, for printing our invitations.
Donna Schmader, for volunteering her time selecting, scanning and editing photos for the night's slide show.
Alice Gross, Wiley Center Board member, for her role in bringing the legacy of George Alvin Wiley to the forefront of Rhode Island's rich heritage.
Betsy Florin, Wiley Center Board President and Event Committee Chair, for her tireless work and artistry on the invitations.
And finally, the hundreds of George Wiley Center Members working with a “passion for equality” in our RI Campaign to Eliminate Childhood Poverty.