Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon

PLEASE JOIN US AND CELEBRATE OUR CHAMBER'S IMPACTFUL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND RECOGNZING THE HISPANIC CHAMBER'S BUSINESSES OF THE YEAR!

ABOUT OUR HONORED KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Over the past decade Bridge of Grace, has mobilized staff, volunteers, and their neighbors to serve, pray, work on clean-up projects, renovating and building new homes, tutoring, mentoring, testifying at public hearings, constructing parks in vacant lots, creating a landscaping business and most recently building a health clinic and an early learning center.
Founder and CEO of Bridge of Grace Compassionate Ministries. Originally from Mexico, Javier arrived in Fort Wayne in 2007 and together with his wife founded Bridge of Grace Ministries, a faith-based community development organization dedicated to break the cycle of poverty by building thriving and sustainable neighborhoods in southeast Fort Wayne. Mount Vernon Park has struggled with many of the same problems many older neighborhoods face.
Javier holds a Masters of Ministry and Leadership from Olivet Nazarene University, has served as Adjunct Professor of Community Development and Urban Ministries at Indiana Wesleyan University. For his comprehensive and innovative work in Community Development and great results in neighborhood revitalization and reduction of crime in the Mount Vernon Park Neighborhood, Javier was named 2019 Citizen of the Year by the Journal Gazette. He and his wife Annette have 3 sons and 1 daughter.

RSVP deadline Monday, September 23, 2024