Metropolitan Family Services hosting Mpower the Night

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metropolitan Family Services is transforming lives across Chicago.

It offers a wide variety of programs to help families and individuals learn, earn and thrive.

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This Friday the organization hosts "M-Power the Night, a celebration of community connection.

Ric Estrada, head of Metropolitan Family Services, joined ABC7 to talk about what Mpower means to families.

The event will take place Friday, November 1, from 6-11 p.m. in the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel at 221 N. Columbus Drive. For more information, visit www.metrofamily.org/events/mpower-the-night.