As a member of the David Soares dinner gala committe, I would like to invite each and everyone of you participants of this forum to this momentous event in honor and recognition of the Honorable District Attorney David Soares. The dinner is to take place at the Portuguese Social Club on School Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on the 26th of august from 6 to 12PM. The donnation proceeds, $30 single, $50 couple, will help cover the costs of the event and the rest will go to help David in his next election. As you all know, elections aren't cheap. That being said, your participation and donations would be greatly appreciated. For tickets send your checks and money orders made payable to:

FRIENDS OF DAVID SOARES
6 Lake Drive
North Providence, Rhode Island 02904

Contact number: 401-339-7539

If you live in Boston, Brockton, or New Bedford, or anywhere else in Massachusetts, contact the following individuals for your tickets:

Adriano Cabral
508-577-6434

Alberto Pina
617-519-8273

If you live in New York, Washington, D.C. or anywhere outside New England and you'd like to participate call me at
202-246-6121

We look forward to seeing you all there on the 26th.

Let's all go and support our this son of Cape Verde and show this society that Cape Verdeans are an example of success in America. Lost of great things do happen in our community!!!

Dear Business Owner, Artist, Community Leader and/or member of the CV Community,

We are writing to you as the organizing committee of the David Soares recognition dinner. David Soares is a New Englander by upbringing, of Rhode Island, to be specific, and a Cape Verdean by birth. Soares made history recently by beating his former democratic DA incumbent boss by a landslide in the democratic primary and also by beating his republican challenger by several thousands votes in the general elections for District Attorney of Albany County, New York.

Political pundits in New York refer to David’s victory as “the greatest political upset in the history of New York”. It is, therefore, in this context of Soares’ galactic political victory, that Friends of David Soares, and FORCV.com, a Cape Verdean online portal, have collaborated together to honor Mr. Soares with a recognition dinner at the Portuguese Social Club, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on the 26th of August. The reception will start at 6PM and the dinner will begin at 8PM. You and your family and friends are invited.

Nevertheless, as adequate funds are always crucial to the materialization for events such as this one, we would appreciate if your organization could kindly sponsor this event by pledging any amount of financial support. Your sponsorship of this event would undoubtedly help in the deserved recognition of a truly inspiring product of New England, but more importantly, you’d be sponsoring a recognition dinner for a good role model for the many misguided area youths who undoubtedly would see David as an ethnic peer. This realization may indeed compel local youths to equal David’s success by staying in school and working hard. After all, Soares is where he is today by diligently doing the former and the latter. Thus, your contributions would have an impact in the short and in the long term.

Our goal is to raise $10,000.00 for this event. These funds will cover such things as entertainment, the costs of the dinner and the actual fee for the hall. The remaining proceeds will go towards David Soares campaign funds. On that note, we ask that you kindly consider giving a generous donation for this event.As an appreciation for your generosity, we will display your business, name, banner and/or logo all night long on a slide show panel during the event and offer you a 3 month FREE advertisement at forcv.com and expose your business to more that 400 thousands hits a day.

Make your generous donations to by check or money order by August 24th to:
FRIENDS OF DAVID SOARES
6 Lake Drive North Providence, RI 02904
Contact number: 401-329-7539

If you would like additional information or would like to speak with someone directly, please contact:

David Barros, Rhode Island: 401-339-7539
Miguel Vieira, New York: 202-246-6121
Alberto Pina, Boston: 617-519-8273
Adriano Cabral, Brockton: 508-577-6434

Thank you for your support!

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee

Komison di organizason di jantar di David Soares ta gostaba di konvidaba mas mudjeris pa partecipa na comison y organizason di kel eventu li.

Si bu sta interesadu txoma un di kes pessoas li:

David Barros, Rhode Island: 401-339-7539
Miguel Vieira, New York: 202-246-6121
Alberto Pina, Boston: 617-519-8273
Adriano Cabral, forcv.com (Brockton): 508-577-6434

Bo ke grande colaborador de ess forum, ou ki ta passa pa Forcv pa odja debates de assuntos mas variado em democracia plena, problemas ki ta affectano tudo dia, problemas ki nu ca sabi solucao pa el, problemas ki ka eh conhcido inda, de certeza bu sabi ma ess iniciativa li e louvavel.

Nos fidjos e irmaos sta ta sufri txeu problemas di ess sociedadi (ca di noss) mas nos nu ta vive li ness sociedade tambe. Portanto nu ca pode fica di bracos cruzado pa nu odja cusas ta contice, nu pode fazi algum cusa mas nu ca ta toma iniciativa di fazi.

Nu cre pa mas alguem surgi cu ideias dess tipo pa ki nos tudo na fim nu consigui um cusa grnade.

Nu mostra ma nos caboverdiano nos e bodona me!

dja sta convidados personalidades importantes como Xeriff Andrea Cabral, Mayor di Pawtucket, Governador di Rhods Islands, Embaixador de Cabo verde na Estados Unidos, Consul Geral di Boston, alguns pessoas incluindo criancas di txeu successo li na Merca, e muitos outros pessoas tambe importante na nos comunidade.

Nu sta ba ser coberto pa CABOVIDEO, SELO ERNESTINA, FANDATA, alguns otros medias Americanos e nu cre fazi noticia cu isso.


Mas nos procupacao eh bo ke apenas um membro di comunidade sima mi. Objectivo dess encontro e bo. Pa nu labanta noss moral como comunidade.

Bai la bu mostra ma bu ta apoia cusas positivo e ma bu ca ta fica so ta lamenta cusas negativo.

Nu ta conta cu tudo alguem dess forum la na dia 26 de Agosto, na Portuguese social Club na Rhpds Island.

Tchoma um di kess pessoas na lista di comissao, da bu endereco pa bu recebi convite, ki ta ba atxabu na casa. Fazi pagamento antes di kel dia pamodi nu tem ki sabe kuantos presenca nu ta fazi reserva, e nos tudo ta fica de parabens.

Si por algum motivo bu ca pode bai, manda bu donativo e dexa bu nomi nu ta bem fazi um lista di tudo pessoas ki apoia ess causa na fim e nu mandas um "award" e tambem nu ta publika li ness Website.


Um Grande obrigado pa nhos tudo, e nu ta contra e conche cumpanhero kel dia na Pawtucket.


Cabrala

This article come out on Providence Journal on Monday, August 14, 2006:

Soares to be honored

'http://www.projo.com/news/politics/content/projo_20060814_polsc14.1f7bab5.html'

A testimonial dinner will be held Aug. 26 for David Soares , a Cape Verdean native and former Pawtucket resident who was elected district attorney in Albany County, N.Y., in 2004.

Soares became that region's first African-American district attorney by beating the incumbent, Paul Clyne, in a Democratic primary and then defeating a Republican candidate by nearly 16,000 votes.

In doing so, Soares shocked the political establishment that had backed Clyne, and he broke new ground by making reform of the draconian Rockefeller drug laws the centerpiece of his campaign.

"This was truly a momentous victory for David as a Cape Verdean and as a man of color," the dinner's organizing committee said in a news release. "In the entire United States, there are less than five district attorneys of African descent. Prior to David's phenomenal victory, no known Cape Verdean had ever been elected as a district attorney since the Cape Verdeans arrived on the shores of North America more than 200 years ago."

A Cape Verdean online portal, forcv.com, and Friends of David Soares are organizing the recognition dinner, which will take place at the Portuguese Social Club, 131 School St., Pawtucket.

The reception starts at 6 p.m. and dinner begins at 8. Organizers are asking people to make reservations and buy tickets by Aug. 20. Tickets are $30 for one or $50 for a couple. To buy tickets, send checks to Friends of David Soares at 6 Lake Drive, North Providence, RI 02904. For more information, call David Barros at (401) 339-7539.

'efitzpat@projo.com' / (401) 277-7368

'smayerow@projo.com' / (401) 277-7513