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The Afro-American, January 20, 2018 - January 26, 2018
President IDSEF Gerald Gladney
President IDSEF Gerald Gladney; Second place winner, Samantha O’Sullivan; First place winner, Paris Washington; third place winner, Louis Crimiel; Xi Alpha Lambda Chapter President, Bro. Jeffrey Dunn
MLK Oratorical Contest The Ira Dorsey Scholarship Endowment Fund (IDSEF), which is the 501(c)(3) charitable fundraising arm of the Xi Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, held its annual MLK Oratorical Contest and
Master of Ceremonies Brother Sid Evans
Community Recognition Brunch on Jan. 13 at the Waterford in Springfield, Va. This event was in its third year and asked high school orators from the D.C.-area to present essays on a specific MLK theme. The theme for the event was, “A Mountaintop View.” Sid Evans was the program chairman and Gerald L. Gladney is President of the Endowment Fund.
Contest Speaker and First Place winner, Paris Washington
Community Recognition Award Recipient Hazel Petty
Judges: Brothers Herschel Haliday, Maurice Bland, Forte Ward
Brothers Earl Nix, Chet Johnson and Robert Dutchie
Photos Mark Mahoney
The National Museum of African American History and Culture(NMAAHC) hosted a special media briefing on its latest exhibition “City of Hope: Resurrection City and the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign” located in the gallery inside the museum on Jan. 9. The exhibition will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign with a brief panel presentation, Q&A session and guided tours of Robert Houston, Black Star photographer the exhibition. The City of Hope exhibit explores the on assignment for Life magazine at the City of Hope, Resurrection City construction and dismantling of Resurrection City, the six-week experience living on the National Mall and the legacy of what became known as Dr. King’s final and most ambitious campaign to end poverty in America.
Panelist: Marc Steiner, founding president/CEO, Center for Emerging Media Karen Adebiyi and Sharon Scott
Reporters ask Aaron Byrant, a curator at NMAAHC, questions while he gives them a tour of the City of Hope exhibit
Anne Williams, Lindsey Konen, Lanne Spruce and Ravon Ruffin, public affairs and social media, NMAAHC
Photos by Rob Roberts
Panelists: Marc Morial, president/CEO, National Urban League and Peter Edelman, professor of Law and Public Policy, Georgetown University
Robert Houston, Aaron Bryant, Photography/Visual Arts, Marc Steiner, Laura Jones, Lonnie G. Bunch, III, Kenneth Jabin, Peter Edelman, Ginse Sibibeny and Kinshasha Holman Conwill
Kinshasha Holman, deputy director at NMAAHC, was the moderator
Lonnie G. Bunch, founding director, NMAAHC