{"id":51701,"date":"2021-10-13T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T23:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmcainc.org\/contractors\/?page_id=51701"},"modified":"2021-10-13T20:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T00:31:16","slug":"message-from-pless-b-jones-sr-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mmcainc.org\/contractors\/message-from-pless-b-jones-sr-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from Pless B. Jones Sr. 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.10.4&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; text_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; text_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; link_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; link_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ul_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; ol_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; quote_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_2_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_4_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_5_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_horizontal_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_vertical_length_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; header_6_text_shadow_blur_strength_tablet=&#8221;1px&#8221; box_shadow_horizontal_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_vertical_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_tablet=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_spread_tablet=&#8221;0px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmcainc.org\/contractors\/\">&lt; Return to previous<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Maryland Minority Contractors Association<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will be holding its 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Virtual Event.\u00a0 We are an organization that wholly depends on the funds raised from this event to allow us to continue supporting the Minority Contractors Community with updates, mentorships, bids opportunities and networking.\u00a0 Since the pandemic, interest in virtual events like this has spiked, thus we are reaching out for your support for the\u00a0<\/span><b><i>MMCA Virtual 2021 Awards Event.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During our Virtual Event we will be spot lighting our honorees and supportive sponsors in a web base event. It will not contain the normal speeches from our Honorees, delicious meals from Martins\u2019 West nor the wonderful sounds of music from the Panama Band, but it will be an exciting event, full of opportunities for you to market your Company, as well as support our Honorees and you will be able to share it with your family, friends and colleagues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This event will offer a lot of flexibility, instead of one evening of celebration, it will run for 30 days. The event will begin on <\/span><b>Friday, November 19<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> at 7pm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; all sponsorships must be received on or before\u00a0<\/span><b>Monday<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> November 8th<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sponsorship Opportunities appear on the attachment herewith or visit our website @\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/mmcainc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mmcainc.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We are looking forward to your affirmative response for sponsorship and your level of support.\u00a0 Please contact us at our office at 410 235-8303 or via email\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"about:blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MMCA.Inc@gmail<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you,<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mmcainc.org\/contractors\/message-for-pless-jones-sr\/pj-sign\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-49551\" src=\"https:\/\/mmcainc.org\/contractors\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pj-sign.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pless Jones, Sr.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt; Return to previous The Maryland Minority Contractors Association will be holding its 2nd Virtual Event.\u00a0 We are an organization that wholly depends on the funds raised from this event to allow us to continue supporting the Minority Contractors Community with updates, mentorships, bids opportunities and networking.\u00a0 Since the pandemic, interest in virtual events like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, The\u00a0<em>Maryland Minority Contractors Association Annual Awards Banquet and Soir\u00e9e Fundraising Event,<\/em>\u00a0like so many other activities, was forced to be cancelled this year.\u00a0 We are an organization that wholly depends on the funds raised from this event to allow us to continue supporting the Minority Contractors Community with updates, mentorships, bids opportunities and networking.\u00a0 Since the pandemic, interest in virtual events like this has spiked, thus we are reaching out for your support for the\u00a0<strong><em>MMCA Virtual 2020 Awards Event.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During our Virtual Event we will be spot lighting our honorees and supportive sponsors in a web base event. It will not contain the normal speeches from our Honorees, delicious meals from Martins\u2019 West nor the wonderful sounds of music from the Panama Band, but it will be an exciting event, full of opportunities for you to market your Company, as well as support our Honorees and you will be able to share it with your family, friends and colleagues.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This event will offer a lot of flexibility, instead of one evening of celebration, it will run for 30 days. The event will begin on Friday, November 13<sup>th<\/sup>; all sponsorships must \u00a0be received on or before\u00a0<strong>Thursday, October 29th<\/strong>.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sponsorship Opportunities appear on the attachment herewith or visit our website @\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mmcainc.org\/\">mmcainc.org<\/a>. 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