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The Afro-American, May 20, 2017 - May 26, 2017
Nicole Kimball, Jacqueline Hernandez, Shahid Muhammad, principal Forest Oak M.S., Diane Hocker, director of community and public relations, AFRO and Dr. Gregory Bell
Alexandra Matsumi Ciecwierz was declared the winner of the AFRO’s annual Black History Month contest on May 15 at the headquarters of the AFRO-American Newspaper in Baltimore. Alexandra Matsumi Ciecwierz is a student at Forest Oak Middle School in Montgomery County. After winning Ciecwierz read from her winning essay about Jacqueline Hernandez, a teacher at Forest Oak, and the Awardee educator who influenced Alexandra M. Ciecwierz the most. Ciecwierz About 30 students from Forest Oak Middle School gathered in the AFRO’s board room to witness the presentation. Jake Oliver, CEO and publisher of the AFRO, delivered remarks as did Shahid Muhammad, principal Forest Oak, and Gregory Bell, Montgomery Public Schools.
Sheila Scott, archivist assistant of the AFRO’s Archives gave students a history lesson and tour
John “Jake” Oliver Jr. CEO and Publisher, AFRO with students from Forest Oak M.S.
Nicoy Foster, Kevin Arevalo, Stephanye Sanchez, Dylan Mack and Erick Gafias
Lunch in the Afro boardroom
Forest Oaks M. S. students enjoying lunch Shahid Muhammad, principal, Forest Oak M. S. Montgomery County
Diane Hocker, Shahid Muhammad, John J. Oliver Jr., Jacqueline Hernandez, Dr. Gregory Bell, Nicole Kimball, and Awardee Alexandra M. Cierwierz
Photos by Anderson Ward
Jessie Johnson, Tanya Deshields, Grace Mayers and Marilyn Butler
Delores Frazier, May Horne and Diana Terry
The 65th Northeast Region Conference and Educational Workshops convened at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor on April 19-23. More than 400 registered nurses and nursing students were in attendance as the Regional Conference kicked off with a workshop
Photos by A. Lois De Laine
geared towards the overall theme of the conference “Embracing Change in the New Dawn: Committed to Communities through Service, Education, Empowerment and Leadership. Baltimore’s Gamma Chapter, chartered in 1946 at Provident Hospital, served as the support chapter for the conference. Gamma Chapter, celebrating seventy-one years of community service in Baltimore, sponsored the extravaganza, Denim and Diamonds” on April 22 which was a glittery event with fine dining and dancing.
Seleste Upshaw, Rev. Reba Fitchett and Beverly Carrington
Marguerite McClammy, Chair, Denim and Diamonds, Juanita Hall, NE Regional Director, Adrienne Ray, president Gamma Chapter Catherine Bailey, DeLois G. Hamilton and Verna R. Gaskins
Gamma Chapter, Chi Eta Phi Sorority
Morgan State University on May 11 renamed its College of Liberal Arts after the late James H. Gilliam Jr., a prominent lawyer, financier, humanitarian and Morgan graduate. In attendance were Jake Oliver, AFRO CEO and publisher as well as a childhood friend of Gilliam, David Wilson, MSU president, M’bare N’gom, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and and Linda G.J. Gilliam, wife of Gilliam and a Morgan regent among others. Morgan’s Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center already has an auditorium named for James H. Gilliam Sr. and Louise Hayley Gilliam, James H. Gilliam Jr.’s mother and father.
Wanda Pearson, AFRO receptionist, Nene Keita, Sean Yoes, AFRO columnist, Helen Benitez and Cameron Riley
Pat Newton and Beatrice Goodman
Fayrene J. Tolbert and Sarah Killian
Sharon Tabb, Brenda Ingram, Dr. John R. Bailey and Juanita O. Coye Bailey
Winsome James, Michele Butler, Yvonne Parmley and Sheri Johnson
Morgan President David Wilson, members of the Morgan Board of Regents, Gilliam family members and other well-wishers witness and applaud the unveiling of the new College of Liberal Arts name
The Gilliam Family members, [L-R] Morgan Franklin (daughter), Dr. Linda Gilliam, Morgan Board of Regent member (widow), Patrice Gilliam-Johnson (sister), Alexis Learner (daughter)
Dr. Patrice Gilliam-Johnson (the Secretary of Labor for the State of Deleware, President of the Gilliam Foundation and sister of James H. Gilliam, Jr.) and Morgan President David Wilson unveil a new portrait of James H. Gilliam Jr.
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Jake Oliver, AFRO CEO and publisher Courtesy photos