Our community celebration of the history making event of our 1st Hispanic United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor!!

1. Community Acting Now
1ST Hispanic
United States
BT & Diane
Mathis
Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
Saturday, August 29, 2009

2. Program
• Welcome
• Prayer
• About CAN
• U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Reflections
• Feast
• Close

3. About CAN
• Faith based, community focused, solution oriented, global
citizenship Basados en la fe, centrado en la communidad,
orientado a la solucion, ciudadania global
• Interests Intereses
• Increasing cultural consciousness - Aumentar la concienca
cultural
• Continuous education and development - La continuacion de
la educacion y el desarollo
• Prospering through good works - Prosperando a traves de
buenas obras
• Lifting up our youth and each other - Levantando la juventud
y unos a otros
• Adding value to our community - Agregar valor a nuestra
comunidad
• Enhancing quality of life - Mejorando la calidad de vida
• Guiding Principles
• Act now - Actue Ahora
• Do Good - Hacer el Bien
• Be the Difference - Ser la differencia

4. Community Acting Now
Member Profile
• Desirable Attributes • Atributos Deseables
✔
Part of the Solution ✔
Ser parte de la solucion
✔
Contributes to making things ✔
Contribuye a que las cosas
work funcionen
✔
Sets the example of adding ✔
Ser un exemplo para lo
value mejor
✔
Provides constructive input ✔
Aportar ideas constructivas
✔
Ability to leave political ✔
Capacidad para dejar las
alliances at door alianzas politicas en la
✔
Passionate about people and puerta
community ✔
Apasionado de las gente y la
✔
Positive leadership behavior comunidad
✔
Makes a positive impact on ✔
Compartamiento positive
others para
✔
Willing to learn, grow and ✔
Hacer un impacto positive
adapt para los demas
✔
Never gives up ✔
Dispuestos a aprender,
crecer, y adaptarse
✔
Nunca se rinde

5. Community Acting Now
Member Profile
●
Undesirable Attributes ●
Atributos indeseables
●
Part of the Problem ●
Parte del problema
●
Disrupts or confuses ●
Interrumpir o confundir
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Whines or complains ●
Lamentarse o quejandose
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Has given up on community ●
Ha renunciado a la
●
Does not offer solutions comunidad
●
Points fingers at others ●
No ofrece soluciones
●
Is negative ●
Puntando el dedo a los
demas
●
Negative role model
●
Ser negativo
●
Brings people down
●
No credibility
●
Ser un exemplo (modelo)
negativo
●
Unwilling to learn, grow or ●
Poner las personas por abajo
adapt
●
No tener credibilidad
●
Desinclinado de no aprender,
crecer o adaptarse

6. CAN is a Promise Driven Organization
CAN es una organizacion impulsada por la
promesa
• We do everything at • hacemos todo a lo mas
our highest and our alto y mejor
best • Creemos que tenemos
• We believe we have el favor para lograr
the favor to achieve cualquier cosa
anything • Ponemos un alto nivel
• We set a high standard y ejemplo a traves de
and example through nuestro
our behavior comportamiento.
• We will act now - do • Vamos actuar ahora –
good - be the hacer el bien, y ser la
difference! differencia

7. Community Acting Now
UPCOMING
EVENTS

8. African American Heritage
Tour of Washington DC
Friday, September 25, 2009
Proceeds to
United States Marines
Birthday Ball
Celebrating 234
Years

9. Community Acting Now
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Roselle Community Center
7:30 - 9:30
Dr. Therman E. Evans

10. Community Acting Now
CELEBRATING
JUSTICE
SONIA SOTOMAYOR

11. Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor
is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female
justice.
• Sotomayor is of Puerto Rican descent and was born in the Bronx. Her father
died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother.
Sotomayor graduated with an A.B., summa cum laude, from
Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in
1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She was an
advocate for the hiring of Latino faculty at both schools. She worked as an
assistant district attorney in New York for five years before entering private
practice in 1984. She played an active role on the boards of directors for
the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the
State of New York Mortgage Agency, and the
New York City Campaign Finance Board.
Taken from Wikipedia

12. Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Sotomayor was nominated to the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President
George H. W. Bush in 1991, and her nomination was confirmed in 1992. In
1995, she issued a preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball
which ended the 1994 baseball strike. Sotomayor made a ruling allowing
the Wall Street Journal to publish Vince Foster's final note. In 1997, she
was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her nomination was slowed by
the Republican majority in the Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in
1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000
cases and wrote about 380 opinions. Sotomayor has taught at the
New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.
• In May 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor for
appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retired Justice
David Souter. Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate in
August 2009 by a vote of 68–31.
Taken from Wikipedia

13. Justice Sonia Sotomayor
• Something you may not know about Justice
Sotomayor: HER STRUGGLE WITH DIABETES:
Sotomayor is a Type One diabetic. She has been
open about her diabetes in the past, noting that
when she was diagnosed at the age of eight, it
foiled her hopes of becoming an investigative
detective like her heroine, Nancy Drew.
Taken from the Huffington Post

25. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, United States Supreme Court

26. REFLECTIONS
• What does the Sotomayor
confirmation mean to you?
• Tell us about someone who has
a made a difference in your life.

27. THANK YOU EVERYONE!!
Community Acting Now
We thank all of the participants in this program. Your presence and
sharing really made this event diverse and special. You truly
demonstrated “community acting now”. Thank you so much for
joining us in celebration our 1st Hispanic Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor!
Susana Williams for Spanish Our family Deborah Mathis
translation of flyers Marcus, Tylasha and Susana
Ada Alberts for Spanish translation Williams for all your love &
of slides. support.
Chris Kelly for taking pictures. Our Shaffer Avenue
neighbors for their ongoing
Pastor Therman E. Evans for his support: Jean, Wesley, Debbie
spiritual leadership & Ashley and Claire.
http://www.drthermanevans.com/
Assemblywoman Annette Quijano
Mayor, Garrett Smith John & Lilly of Zamba:
Minister President, Jamel C. Holley
Council Colette Walker www.zambachicken.com
Councilwoman, Christine Dansereau for donating the most
delicious food!
Jasmine Davila for your support
www.marykay.com/jdavila2005

28. CLOSE
• ACT NOW!
Actue Ahora
• DO GOOD!
Hacer el Bien
• BE THE DIFFERENCE!
Ser la differencia