POISE Foundation Holds 25th Anniversary Luncheon & Briefing

On Monday, February 13, 2006, the POISE Foundation will hold its 25th Anniversary “Sweet Charity” Luncheon at the Heinz History Center (the Sebastian Mueller Education) 5 Floor, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The luncheon will be followed by a briefing on “Black Philanthropy in Pittsburgh”.
Registration will begin at 11:30 AM followed by the luncheon at 12:00 Noon. The briefing will be held at 2:00 PM, featuring Dr. Audrey Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Psychology, Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh.
For more information about the POISE Foundations’ 25th Anniversary celebration, call 412-281-4967. All email inquiries should be sent to mlewis@poisefdn.org.
The POISE Foundation was founded in December 1980 to develop and enhance the participation of African-American philanthropists in the economic and social development of the Black community of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. This minority-run philanthropic organization is predicated on its founder’s (Bernard H. Jones, Sr.) vision of an empowered community, able to take care of itself. The key to empowerment, he believed, lies in the development and maintenance of economic and social programs designed to promote self-help and financial independence in the Black community.