On Thursday, November 23, Mothers in Action (MIA) and Ward Economic Development Corporation celebrated Thanksgiving with the 28th Annual Thanksgiving Day Senior Feed at Ward Villas.
The Black Women Legends Awards will be presented to five accomplished African Americans at the “Power, Leadership and Influence of the Black Woman” luncheon on April 15. The achievements of the recipients are equaled by the attainments of the women for whom the Black Women Legends Awards are named – described as trailblazers who broke down barriers.
Watts is a historic place. It’s where oppressed people from the Deep South and, more recently, from around the world, have come to start a new life in fabled California. They fled the remnants of slavery, Jim Crow, the Klu Klux Klan, lynchings, and corrupt political and legal systems. They fled oppression and political exclusion and came with great hope in search of a new life.
The opportunity for this region to be a major training center for young physicians is an innovative game changer.
‘An audience of powerful women celebrating other powerful women’
The annual event was a success this year as seniors at Ward Villas Senior Complex and hundreds across Los Angeles received a Thanksgiving dinner
Ward Villas becomes the hub for a day of giving back to our elders, love and a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.