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The Afro-American, March 5, 2016 - March 11, 2016
Presiding Elder Evelyn Dunn
Bishop John R. Bryant
African Methodist Episcopal members and clergy celebrated the retirement of Bishop William P. DeVeaux and his wife, Patricia Ann Morris DeVeaux on Feb. 19 at Reid Temple AME Church in Glenn Dale, Md. The couple has served as presiding officers of the Second Episcopal District that covers Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia. Bishop DeVeaux has served as an A.M.E. bishop for almost 20 years.
Pam DeVeaux and Bishop William Phillips DeVeaux
Rev. Margaret Young
Rev. Jo Ann Browning and Rev. Grainger Browning
Shirley Cason Reed
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.)
Rev. Gregory L. Edmond
Presiding Elder Ronald E. Braxton Step Team for Ebenezer A.M.E. Church Charlene Hutchinson and Linda Morton
Dana DeVeaux
Eddie Scott
Wind Ensemble of Divine Dance Institute
The Melvin Deal-African Heritage Dancers & Drummers
Photos by Rob Roberts
Hattie N. Washington
Karsonia Wise-Whitehead and Jim Harper III
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held its annual luncheon on Feb. 20 at the Renaissance Hotel in Northwest D.C. The luncheon paid homage to the memory of the organization’s founder Carter G. Woodson, unveiled a new commemorative stamp for A.M.E. church founder Richard Allen and continued its mission of making and keeping history relevant in the lives of Blacks. The Omega Fraternity donated $20,000 to ASALH at the luncheon.
ASALH Executive Director Sylvia Cyrus, Ronald A. Stroman III, ASALH President Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Jon Jarvis, National Park Service
Keynote speaker Karsonya Wise Whitehead, associate professor Loyola University
Ms. Senior D.C. Wendy Bridges and Miss U.S. Ambassador Ebony Andrews
Rohulamin Quander and AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins Jon Jarvis, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and Ronald Stroman III
Dorothy Bailey, awards committee, David Levering Lewis, Living Legacy honoree, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, artist Charles Bibbs, Living Legacy honoree, NCNW Chair Ingrid Saunders Jones, Living Legacy honoree and Louis Charles Hicks Jr., Living Legacy honoree
Bowie State University ROTC Cadets with raffle committee Co-Chairs Cheryl Gresham and Lovie Tarver
Northern Virginia Delta Chapter Kapp Epsilon Psi Military Sorority
Pamela Hart Vines
Veronica M. Chapman
Omega men
Photos by Rob Roberts
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The Afro-American, March 5, 2016 - March 11, 2016
Black Girls Vote table with Gillen Saunders and Renee McBride Maria Andrews and Rashae Chambers
Hundreds of people attended the annual event sponsored by Verizon at the Reginald. F. Lewis Museum on Feb. 27. Members of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority helped kids with Arts and Crafts projects and organizations such as Verizon, 100 Black Men, NAACP, Greater Baltimore Urban League, Black Girls Vote, Minority Male Makers Program, Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival, B.U.I.L.D, the AFRO, and others were there to inform and Gerald Stansbury, educate. president Maryland Awards were given to winners of the NAACP/Verizon Oratory contest. NAACP Verizon Community Innovators Awards were presented to Denise Barnes, Tessa Hill-Aston, Doris J. Cammack-Spencer, Judith Clark, S. Dallas Dance, PhD., Duane president Baltimore G. Davis, Sr., Pastor John K. Jenkins, Doris S. Mason and Rev. Stephen L. NAACP Thomas, Sr. The Morgan State University Choir wowed the crowd with a combination of Negro Spirituals and Gospel songs
100 Black Men table with Thurman Rhodes and Quadre Washington Daquan Daye, Corey Gillie, Perry Abonza, Alexis Radford and Lance Lucas, CEO Digit All Systems
Larry Young, WOLB Radio
Kathy Standsbury sings Lift Every Voice and Sing
Bishop Douglas I. Miles
The Morgan State University Choir entertained the guests.
Minority Male Maker Program Participants standing are Janae Odenat, Sean Bagley, Cory Carter, Barbara Blount Armstrong and Kemi Ladeji-Osias Seated are Daquan Dixon, Didier Osias and Jaylen Williams
Photos by Anderson Ward
Honoree S. Dallas Dance, superintendent Baltimore County Schools
J. Howard Henderson, CEO Greater Baltimore Urban League,honoree Doris J. Cammack-Spencer and Tabb J. Bishop, vice president Verizon
Honoree Judith Clark
Honoree Denise Burton
Dr. Eric Conway directs the MSU choir
Cheryl Hitchock, vp for institutional advancement, Morgan, Dr. Don-Terry Veal, chief of staff, Morgan
Morgan State University and PNC CelebrateBlackHistory&HeritageMonth PNC employees Veronica Elder (second from left and an assistant branch manager in Hunt Valley) and her sister, Carmen Roberts (far right and an FSC at the Jacksonville Branch) enjoyed the evening out with their mother (left). Also pictured is Vinetta McCullogh (second from right), director of auxiliary services at Morgan
Angela McFadden (PNC employee) and Pastor Marvin McFadden
Honoree Doris Mason
Photos courtesy of Morgan State University
Morgan State University and PNC celebrated Black History Month on Feb. 18 on Morgan’s historic campus in Baltimore. Eric Conway, director of the MSU choir, took participants on a musical journey of the Black experience from the 17th century until today inside the Murphy Fine Arts Center.
PNC employees - Towson University branch manager James David with regional president Laura Gamble, business banking market manager Mike Smith and wealth management’s Charles Devaud
Dr. Eric Conway, director of MSU choir, Barbara Blount Armstrong, corporations and foundations officer, and Jake Oliver, publisher of the AFRO
PNC’s interns from Cristo Rey Jesuit High School and their families. From left, Charles and Tayvonia Oliver with their son, Dominic; Romy Allen, PNC treasury management and a supervisor of interns; Kedrick Ruffin Jr. and his parents, Carolyn and Kedrick Sr.
PNC’s Dennis Burkey with his wife Nancy and Seson Taylor-Campbell, relationship manager for PNC
William Backstorm, director of client & community relations for PNC and wife Tracy Lambros; Gail Clough, director of development for Reginald F. Lewis Museum and husband Peter Clough
GMD market manager Matt Martin (left) poses with branch manager and PREP president Stephanie Elgie and her husband, and Karen Brooms, financial specialist team manager
PNC Greater Maryland D&I Council President Mona Breakley (right) with her husband and Kathy Reevie, editor of The Baltimore Times and her guest, Rudy Gadette