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The Afro-American, October 10, 2015 - October 16, 2015
Dr. Joann M. ChristopherHicks, chief of staff, Florine “Peaches” Camphor, Helen O. Carr
Alumni Lillie Camhn,’50, Kathalene Carey, ‘70, Juanita Morton, ‘50, Norma Faulkner, ‘50
Alumni Dion Lawson ‘87, Duane Johnson ‘91
Laura Morris Knight, Janice Mason, Ellen C. Johns
Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine Dr. Maria Thompson, president, Coppin State University
Kyle Locke, director of Annual Giving, Janice West
In spite of the heavy showers and the threat of Hurricane Joaquin in Baltimore, many supporters, friends and alumni of Coppin State University braved the weather on Sept. 29 to meet and greet Dr. Maria Thompson, the recently appointed president of Coppin, at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum on Pratt Street. Dr. Thompson welcomed her guests and gave a brief talk on some of the writings of Fanny Jackson Coppin, a Black educator and missionary who married Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Baltimore.
Deborah T. Sullivan, interim human capital chief, Baltimore City Public Schools, Watina Greene, information technology business manager, Coppin State University
Coppin’s mother-daughter alumni, Janine Conaway,’82, Theresa MatthewsGresham,62’, Vondelette Gaither (Anchorage, Alaska)
Missionary Lisa Rogers, Bishop William E. Gaines Jr., Winky Camphor
Shirley Stokes, Dr. Maria Thompson, president, Coppin State University, Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley
Photos by Anderson Ward
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts hosted the 20th anniversary of the Baltimore Book Festival on Sept. 25-Sept. 27, at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The festival featured many author appearances and book signings, hundreds of exhibitors and booksellers, non-stop readings on multiple stages, cooking demos by celebrity chefs, poetry readings, workshops, panel discussions, walking tours, storytellers and hands-on projects for kids, street theater, live music, and a variety of food, beer and wine.
Choir from Cross Country Elementary
Black Writers Guild members Jeanna Tillery, Glenora Wells-Sanders, Deliah Lawrence and Maxine Bigby Cunningham
Kids from William Paca Elementary Kevin Brown (Nancy By SNAC Cafe) and Chef Sheldon getting ready for cooking demonstration The Baltimore City Youth Poetry Team
Argentine Craig from the Baltimore Ethical Society
Afro Columnist Rosa Pryor and husband William “Shorty” Trusty
Former Oriole Al Bumbry
Former Harlem Globetrotter “Choo” Smith entertains
Tyler Mills, Ashanti Langston and Taylor Williams from the National Academy
Gussie and author Horace Mungin from South Carolina
Ronald L. Smith reads excerpts from his book “Hoodoo”
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The Afro-American, October 10, 2015 - October 16, 2015
Will Packer, producer and filmmaker - “Ride Along” and “Think Like a Man”
IMPACT, an organization that engages young professionals of color, ages Foundation’s (CBCF) 45th Annual Legislative Conference on Sept. 17. The town hall equipped 18 to 40, within economic empowerment, civic engagement, and political young professionals and budding politicos with the knowledge and tools needed to sustain involvement, hosted two events --the Emerging Leaders Town Hall and a career in corporate America and become senior-level executives and CEOs. Serving as the PREVIEW: A Red Carpet Affair -- during the Congressional Black Caucus event’s moderator, Marc Lamont Hill led a panel discussion focused on African-American culture in corporate America and diversity as a moral and business imperative. IMPACT also hosted “PREVIEW: A Red Carpet Affair” at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC to honor our nation’s young leaders. IMPACT presented Steven Jumper, Partner & President of Strategy, Ghost Note Agency with the IMPACT Leader of the Year award. During the event, Rep. Andre Carson, (D-Ind.) and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.) gave remarks. (Left) Former Hall County (GA) Commissioner Ashley Bell, IMPACT Projects Manager Lauren Campbell and Journalist Marc Lamont Hill (right) award Steven Jumper (middle), Partner and President of Strategy, Ghost Note Agency (architects of D.C.’s popular event #Technoir) as the IMPACT Leader of the Year.
Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.)
Past and present IMPACT Leaders and team David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (L to R) Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.) and wife Mariama Shaheed-Carson, “The Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault, and U.S. Diplomat and past IMPACT Leader Aysa Miller (L to R) Janelle Hoffman, Katherine Jolly, and Angela Rye, who is the principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies
Mayor of Tallahassee, Fla. and past IMPACT Leader Andrew Gillum (middle) and guests
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.)
(L to R) “The Apprentice” star Omarosa Manigault and TV Personality Paul Wharton
Young professionals Attorney Daryl Parks and former IMPACT Director and Attorney Kendra Briggs
Photo Credit: Kea Taylor and Sam Prather/Imagine Photograph
By Jazelle Hunt
NNPA Washington Correspondent
Lydia Pope, Rolanda Wilson and Terry Worthy
Recipients of the NNPA Leadership Award: Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Rahiel Tesfamarian, social activist, writer and international speaker
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (Black Press) honored five Black luminaries with its Leadership Awards at the Washington Marriott Marquis, which is partially Black-owned. The awards are given to those who have demonstrated leadership in the Black community and support of the Black Press. Misty Copeland, Roland Martin,Rep. Donna F. Edwards (D-Md.), Rahiel Tesfamariam, and A. Shuanise Washington were the awardees for 2015, the NNPA’s 75th anniversary year. Denise Rolark Barnes, chair of the NNPA and publisher of The Washington Informer, along with Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA, emceed the event.
Sherita Sherlin-Hernandez, Communications Manager, CBCF
Ron Burke and Benjamin Phillips
Dr. Ben Chavis, TV One News Commentator Roland Martin, recipient of the NNPA Leadership Award and Denise Rolark Barnes
Amber Payne, NBC News and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.)
Jackie Hampton, Dr. Ben Chavis, Denise Rolark Barnes and Wallace Gaton Bentley
Miss Black USA 2015 Madison Gibbs and Roland Martin Rahiel Tesfamarian, Merlie Cohen, Denise Rolark Barnes, Linda Breed and Amelia Wahl
Jineea Butter, George Curry and Ann Ragland Al McFarlane, Traci Powell and Hazel Trice Edney
Lawanda Leonard, Dwayne Leonard, Kiaya Jackson, Jimmy Coates, Patricia Coates and Adriennet McDonald
Edgar Brookins, LaTrina Antoine, Dr. Ben Chavis, Jake Oliver, Publisher/CEO, Afro American Newspaper, Barbara Armstrong, Lenore Howze, Diane Hocker, Kamau High and James Wright Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore, Md.
Photos by Rob Roberts
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