“Looking to connect with businesses or community groups making a positive impact in our neighborhood? Are you a business owner building stronger communities?”
It is with these open-ended questions in a flyer that Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance Network (PTMAN) is promoting its Second Annual Social Momentum Symposium, held this Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon.
The purpose of the symposium is well articulated in PTMAN’s mission statement on its website: “As an organization, we’re striving to become a collective body of community partners. We believe in working collaboratively with the community to bring about the changes that will ensure community parity and wholesome harmony. PTMAN is all about connecting and networking — not doing it for you but doing it with you.”
Part of the significance of the symposium is that it is happening after months and months of politicians telling us what they are going to do for us, everything from strengthening the middle class to making America great again.
The ministerial alliance has never waited around for the government to solve the problems of the communities in which their congregations are embedded. Their website explains that part of the organization’s vision is “to bridge the communication gap between the community and with all those who are elected or service the community at large with sustainable contributions of resources that are congruous for community prosperity.”
Among the resources available on Saturday will be:
- Friends of SBC Voter Registration Org. Maywood – Voter Registration information
- Impact Church – Providing information about ministries and praying with individuals who need it.
- Jade Sky Insurance education about commercial insurance products.
- Free Enterprise Center, Concordia University Chicago (“Is business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace be a venue for service to others?”) Hosting entrepreneur networking breakfasts.
- Proviso Community Bank (Wintrust), offering information and resources for managing finances.
- Maywood Youth Mentoring Program – Youth support
- Illinois Extension Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) offering informational booths and nutrition education programs.
- Maywood Chamber of Commerce – business networking
- Jordan Temple Baptist Church – religious organization
- CPASS Chicago Rush Children’s Hospital – Preventing Infant Mortality SIDS
- Forever Secure – Life Insurance and Financial Services
- Addus Healthcare – in-home services include personal care, home health, and palliative care.
PTMAN meets every second Saturday of the month, locations vary. For further information, Email: ptmanministry@gmail.com or visit www.ptman.org.