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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Native American Leadership Fund Established</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px;"><img alt="" src="https://www.pad.org/resource/resmgr/images/foundation-web.jpg" style="width: 150px; height: 149px;" /></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 14px;">We are excited to announce we have continued to surpass our fundraising goal of $25,000 for the 6th Annual P.A.D. Founders’ Day of Giving with $31,543 donated.</span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Thank you to our donors and supporters for making this a record-breaking year in support of P.A.D.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pad.org/2022DonorHonorRoll" target="_blank" title="http://www.PAD.org/2022DonorHonorRoll" style="color: #0563c1;">www.PAD.org/2022DonorHonorRoll</a></span></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">As part of last week’s success, a new fund was established by International Secretary, Concetta Tsosie de Haro - <a href="https://www.pad.org/donations/donate.asp?id=22362">The Native American Leadership Fund</a>, established to help further P.A.D. diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Contributions to the Native American Leadership Fund will provide direct assistance to Native American Phi Alpha Delta members or those members who are dedicated to practicing Native American law to attend leadership events.</span></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">Please join us in thanking our P.A.D. Sister for not only establishing this grant but supplying its initial funding in honor of P.A.D.’s 120th anniversary. To donate to the fund, please visit www.PAD.org/donations/donate.asp?id=22362</span></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">We are also pleased to make this announcement during National Native American Heritage Month this November.</span></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">A proclamation from the White House, “We celebrate Indigenous peoples past and present and rededicate ourselves to honoring Tribal sovereignty, promoting Tribal self-determination, and upholding the United States’ solemn trust and treaty responsibilities to Tribal Nations.</span></span></p><p style="color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Merriweather;">America has not always delivered on its promise of equal dignity and respect for Native Americans.&nbsp; For centuries, broken treaties, dispossession of ancestral lands, and policies of assimilation and termination sought to decimate Native populations and their ways of life.&nbsp; But despite this painful history, Indigenous peoples, their governments, and their communities have persevered and flourished.&nbsp; As teachers and scholars, scientists and doctors, writers and artists, business leaders and elected officials, heroes in uniform, and so much more, they have made immeasurable contributions to our country’s progress.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Merriweather;">For the full proclamation, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/10/31/a-proclamation-on-national-native-american-heritage-month-2022/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/10/31/a-proclamation-on-national-native-american-heritage-month-2022/</a></span></p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>6th Annual Day of Giving, Donate Today</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; background-color: #fafafa; max-width: 600px !important; width: 600px !important;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" id="templateHeader" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; background: none center center / cover no-repeat #ffffff; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px;"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pad.org/page/2022DonorHonorRoll" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/07c4edf893b1d621e6f770431/images/046c51e5-07bb-1fd7-ddeb-d27bb66d1703.png" width="434.28000000000003" class="mcnImage" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; max-width: 600px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnButtonBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnButtonBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" align="center" class="mcnButtonBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 0px 18px 18px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnButtonContentContainer" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; border-radius: 41px; background-color: #ffd77c;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" valign="middle" class="mcnButtonContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; padding: 18px;"><a class="mcnButton " title="Donate Today" href="https://www.pad.org/donations/donate.asp?id=22199" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; display: block; font-weight: bold; line-height: 16px; text-decoration-line: none; color: #000000;">Donate Today</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnDividerBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; table-layout: fixed !important; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnDividerBlockOuter"><tr><td class="mcnDividerBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%; padding: 18px;"><table class="mcnDividerContent" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-top: 2px solid #eaeaea;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="templateBody" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; background: none center center / cover no-repeat #ffffff; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaeaea; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">Today is Phi Alpha Delta’s 120th Founders’ Day, marking 120 years of service to the student, the school, the profession, and the community. The generosity of members has positioned P.A.D. as the leading law fraternity since 1902.&nbsp;<br /><br />You are invited to participate in the P.A.D. International Foundation's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pad.org/page/2022DonorHonorRoll" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #1833ba; font-weight: bold;">6th Annual&nbsp;Founders' Day of Giving</a>&nbsp;today, in honor of P.A.D.'s founding day.<br /><br />The Foundation supports opportunities that prepare the next generation of lawyers to become advocates, professionals, and leaders and we need your help today to ensure that Phi Alpha Delta continues to thrive for the next 120 years.&nbsp;<br /><br /><strong><a href="https://www.pad.org/donations/donate.asp?id=22199" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #1833ba;">Please click here to make your contribution to the P.A.D. Founders' Day of Giving online</a></strong>, or call the P.A.D. Executive Office at 410-347-3118.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnBoxedTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnBoxedTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnTextContentContainer" width="100%" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: #ffd77c; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #010101; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: 21px; text-align: center; padding: 18px;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px;">If every P.A.D. member donated $1.00 today, we would raise over $300,000; no gift is too small.</span></strong></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">Want to donate to a specific fund or in honor of someone? Click the donate button and adjust your gift through P.A.D.’s secure online store.<br /><br />For more information on gift levels and associated benefits, please visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pad.org/page/foundersweek" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #1833ba; font-weight: bold;">www.PAD.org/FoundersWeek</a>.<br /><br />Thank you for your consideration, we look forward to your participation.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" id="templateFooter" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; background-image: none; background-position: center center; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px; padding-bottom: 9px;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnImageBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnImageBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnImageBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px;"><table align="left" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="mcnImageContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="mcnImageContent" valign="top" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 0px 9px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="https://mcusercontent.com/07c4edf893b1d621e6f770431/images/902d1a1f-ba69-b673-2a0b-f2f47c616b63.png" width="428.64" class="mcnImage" style="border: 0px; height: auto; outline: none; max-width: 600px; padding-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextBlock" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody class="mcnTextBlockOuter"><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextBlockInner" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; padding-top: 9px;"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" class="mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; text-size-adjust: 100%; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="mcnTextContent" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #656565; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center; padding: 0px 18px 9px;">The Phi Alpha Delta International Foundation supports leadership training, diversity and inclusion initiatives, professional and leadership development, P.A.D. events and programs, chapter education and support, and scholarships and grants. More information can be found by visiting&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pad.org/Foundation" target="_blank" style="text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #656565;">www.PAD.org/Foundation</a>.<br /><br />The Phi Alpha Delta International Foundation is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization recognized by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.Tax ID 51-0135704.<br />Contributions are deductible as allowed by law.</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Nov 2022 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Day of Giving Sees $7,175 donated of $25,000 Goal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.pad.org/page/foundersweek#dayofgiving"><img alt="" src="https://www.pad.org/resource/resmgr/images/foundation-web.jpg" style="width: 150px; height: 149px;" /></a></p><p>The P.A.D. International Foundation's <a href="https://www.pad.org/page/foundersweek#dayofgiving">6th Annual Founders' Day of Giving</a> is just 2 weeks away on Tuesday, November 8th!<br /><br />We are excited and honored to already have donations totaling $7,175 in support of development, education, and scholarship for P.A.D. members.<br /><br />Our goal is to raise $25,000 and no gift is too small. Did you know that if each member of P.A.D. donated $1.00 we would raise over $330,000 for scholarships, grants, and more?<br /><br />See who has already donated and make your gift any today in support of P.A.D.: <a href="www.PAD.org/2022DonorHonorRoll" class="x1edh9d7 xmper1u x1fey0fg">www.PAD.org/2022DonorHonorRoll</a></p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 20:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The P.A.D. International Foundation&apos;s New Board of Trustees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pad.org/foundation"><img alt="" src="https://www.pad.org/resource/resmgr/images/foundation-web.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 199px;" /></a></p><p>We are pleased to announce the newly elected and appointed P.A.D. International Foundation’s Board of Trustees! Please join us in congratulating them.</p><ul><li>Chair - Thomas H. Bentz, Jr. (Webster Chapter)</li><li>Vice Chair - Alexander Francuzenko (Henry Chapter)</li><li>Secretary - Michelle Isherwood (Humphrey Chapter)</li><li>Treasurer - Michael Knoeller (LaFollette Chapter)</li><li>Trustee - John Peter Curielli (Story Chapter)</li><li>Trustee - Allison Janowitz (Rasco Chapter)</li><li>Trustee - Susan Dickason<br /></li></ul><p>For more information about the P.A.D. International Foundation, please visit <a href="www.PAD.org/Foundation" class="en67trww rrjlc0n4 ezidihy3">www.PAD.org/Foundation</a> and don't forget to mark your calendars for the 6th Annual P.A.D. Day of Giving on Tuesday, November 8, 2022!<br /><br /><a href="www.PAD.org/FoundersWeek" class="en67trww rrjlc0n4 ezidihy3">www.PAD.org/FoundersWeek</a></p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2022 Convention Grant Recipients</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<p>The Executive Office and International Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of grants to attend next week’s 64<sup>th</sup> Biennial Convention and Leadership Conference. For a full list of this year’s recipients and information on our Grant Program, please visit <a href="http://www.pad.org/grants">www.pad.org/grants</a>. </p> <p>The P.A.D. Convention Grant Program was established in 2014 with the goal of covering some of the financial obligations of Convention attendance for P.A.D. members. <span></span></p> <p>We look forward to honoring our recipients and donors at Convention. </p>]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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