Awards Banquet
SATURDAY,SEPTEMBER28,2024
7:30P.M.-11:00P.M.EST TheAnnualASALHAwardsBanquetrecognizesthecontributionsof ASALHmembers,communityandnationalleaderswhohavemade significantcontributionstoAfricanAmericanhistory.
OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL
Each year, ASALH presents several awards to recognize community leaders and those who make significant contributions to the preservation of African American history.
CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION
Establishedin1993,theCarterGodwinWoodsonScholarsMedallionispresentedtoascholarwhosecareeris distinguishedthroughatleastadecadeofresearch,writing,andactivisminthefieldofAfricanAmericanlifeandhistory
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD
ThisawardwasestablishedintributetoDr.MaryMcLeodBethunebecauseofherdynamicleadershipandheryearsof contributingtoeducation,women’shistory,andAfrican-Americanlifeandculture.Dr.Bethuneservedasthefirst womanpresidentofASALHfrom1936to1951andisoneofthemostoutstandingwomenrolemodelsinourhistory
LIVING LEGACY AWARD
InpartnershipwithFarmersInsurance,theASALHLivingLegacyAwardshonorAfricanAmericanwomenandmen acrossthecountryengagedinextraordinaryworktoimprovecommunities,institutions,organizationsandfamilylife
FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD
AFreedomScholarseekstoempowerandinspire AFreedomScholarprovidesadirectbenefittoAfrican-American communitieslocallyornationally ASALHhasinitiatedtheFreedomScholarawardtohonorearlyscholarsofany disciplinewhocandemonstratethattheirfieldofstudyishavingadirectpositiveimpactonthelifeofAfrican-Americans.
THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD
TheASALHLuminaryAwardwasestablishedtorecognizetheoutstandingworkandcontributionsrelatedtothe missionandgoalsofASALH,includingthelocalbranch,byapersoninthelocaleoftheannualconvention
COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
ASALHestablishedtheAwardofSpecialRecognitiontoacknowledgethecontributionsofindividuals, institutionsandcorporationsthatmakeasubstantialcontributiontothesuccessofASALHinpursuingthe missionofitsfounder,Dr.CarterG.Woodson.
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
ThePresident’sServiceAwardispresentedtoanindividualwhohasmadeexceptionalcontributionstotheAfrican Americancommunity,locallyandnationally ThePresidentofASALHselectsanindividualwhoserecordof communityserviceexemplifiesoneofthemostimportantobjectivesofASALH:selflessservicetotheAfrican Americancommunity.
THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD
TheDorothyPorterWesleyAwardwasestablishedin2018bytheInformationProfessionalsoftheAssociationforthe StudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory(ASALH)tohonoranddocumenttheoutstandingworkofInformation Professionals;Bibliophiles,Librarians,Archivists,CuratorsandCollectors ManyofourInformationProfessionals havealsoplayedamajorroleinsupportingtheworkofASALH,byservinginleadershiprolesandasmembers.
ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET PROGRAM
KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD, MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
IntroductionofMistressofCeremonies
Welcome,Occasion&IntroductionofExecutiveCouncil
Greetings&Acknowledgments
Invocation
SylviaY.Cyrus
KayeWiseWhitehead
FelixGermain
Rev.AnitaShepherd
DinnerisServed
PresentationoftheCharlesDelsondesBranchCharter
W.MarvinDulaney
PRESENTATIONOFAWARDS
CarterG.WoodsonScholarsMedallion Awardee:LaShawnHarris Awardee:PeroDagbovie
MaryMcLeodBethuneServiceAwardPresentations Awardee:SamuelBlack
LivingLegacyAwardPresentations Awardee:DeborahGrayWhite Awardee:SoniaSanchez Awardee:JessieJackson,Sr
FreedomScholarAwardPresentation Awardee:AshleyJordan
ASALHLuminaryAwardPresentations Awardee:JoeTrotter
CouncilAwardofSpecialRecognitionPresentations Awardee:SharitaJacobs-Thompson Awardee:GladysGaryVaughn
DorothyPorterWesleyAwardPresentations Awardee:RuthHodge
President’sServiceAward Awardee:NikkiTaylor Awardee:AnthonyB Mitchell Awardee:AaishaHaykal Awardee:ZebulonMiletsky Awardee:AnitaShepherd
ClosingRemarks
LeslieEtienne SheilaFlemming
AaishaHaykal
CameshaScruggs
MauriceHobson
AishaJohnson LopezMatthews
W.MarvinDulaney
SylviaY.Cyrus
LASHAWN H
LaShawnHarrisisanAssoc UniversityandformerAssis AmericanHistory(JAAH). centuryAfricanAmericana essayshaveappearedinThe ofSocialHistory,Journalof History.Harris’sworkhasb includingTV-One,Glamou TheHistoryChannel,andP monographSexWorkers,Ps NewYorkCity’sUndergroun IllinoisPressin2016 In20 RunnerswontheOrganizat ClarkHineawardforthebe genderhistory;anditwont andWorking-ClassHistory OrganizationofAmericanD AssociationofBlackWome member Currently,Harris policebrutalityinNewYor publishedbyBeaconPressi
PERO DAGBOVIE
PeroG.DagbovieisaUniversityDistinguishedProfessorofHistory,theViceProvost forGraduateandPostdoctoralStudies,andtheDeanoftheGraduateSchoolat MichiganStateUniversity(MSU) Heistheauthorofseveralbooks,includingThe EarlyBlackHistoryMovement(2007),AfricanAmericanHistoryReconsidered (2010),CarterG WoodsoninWashington,DC (2014),WhatisAfricanAmerican History?(2015)andReclaimingtheBlackPast:TheUseandMisuseofAfrican AmericanHistoryintheTwenty-FirstCentury(2018).Alongtimelifetimememberof ASALHandformereditorofTheJournalofAfricanAmericanHistory,Dagboviehas beenactiveinavarietyofAssociationinitiativesforclosetotwodecades,suchas servingastheprincipalinvestigatorfortheCarterG WoodsonHome,NHSHistoric ResourceStudyandasamemberofASALH’sCarterG WoodsonHomeCommittee Activeinpublichistory,Dagboviewasascholarconsultantforthe“AndStillWe Rise”permanentexhibitattheCharlesH WrightMuseumofAfricanAmerican HistoryinDetroitandhasservedasaconsultantforhistoryandsocialstudies curriculumdevelopmentwithpublicschoolsystemsinMichigan.Hehasled numerousteachinghistoryworkshopsandsummerinstitutesforsecondaryschool historyteacherssupportedbytheUS DepartmentofEducation,theMichigan DepartmentofEducation,andtheNationalEndowmentfortheHumanities Dagbovieactivelymentorsstudentsandjuniorfaculty,supportsMSUgraduate students’engagementatASALHmeetingsandconferences,andhasservedasthe majoradvisorofnumerousgraduatestudentswhohaveearneddoctoraldegrees.His forthcomingbook,ForeverinthePath:TheBlackExperienceatMichiganState University,willbereleasedinFebruary2025
CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION
CARTER G. WOODSO
DEBORAH GRAY WHITE
LIVING LEGACY AWARD
DeborahGrayWhiteisanemeritusBoardofGovernorsDistin ProfessorofHistoryatRutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,N isauthorofAr’n’tIAWoman?FemaleSlavesinthePlantatio HeavyaLoad:BlackWomeninDefenseofThemselves,1894-1 12textbooksonUnitedStatesHistory,andLetMyPeopleGo, Americans1804-1860 In2008,shepublishedaneditedwork Histories:BlackWomenintheIvoryTower,acollectionofpers writtenbyAfricanAmericanwomenhistoriansthatchronicle blackwomenintothemodernhistoricalprofessionandthede thefieldofblackwomen’shistory FreedomOnMyMind:AH AfricanAmericans,aco-authoredcollegetext,isinitsthirded fellowattheWoodrowWilsonInternationalCenterforSchol Washington,D.C,andasaJohnSimonGuggenheimFellow,W conductedresearchonhernewestbook,LostintheUSA:Ame fromthePromiseKeeperstotheMillionMomMarch Shehol WoodsonMedallionandtheFrederickDouglassMedalforexc AfricanAmericanhistory,andin2019wasawardedtheSteph OralHistoryAward From2016-2021sheco-directedthe“Sca Project”whichinvestigatesNativeAmericansandAfricanAm historyofRutgersUniversityandisco-editorofthethree-part Blackseriesthatexploresthishistory.Sheiscurrentlyatworko autobiography,tentativelytitled“O(h)-O(h):ABlackFemale GenerationthatCould.”
EL BLACK
kistheDirectoroftheAfricanAmerican eumofAfricanAmericanHistoryattheSenatorJohn Center HeisaformerPresidentoftheAssociationof canMuseumsandservedontheExecutiveCounciland CouncilofASALHaswellastheprogramcommitteeof AllianceofMuseums,andtheCouncilofthe HistoricalAssociation.HeistherecipientoftheDr.John ardoftheAAAMin2016,a2018graduateoftheJekyll mentInstituteoftheSoutheasternMuseumsConference, ffiliatesfellow;a2019FulbrightGermanyfellow;andthe nAssociationforStateandLocalHistory,History titute.HeservesontheAAMExcellenceinDEAI mittee.BlackistheeditorofSoulSoldiers:African theVietnamEra;co-authorofThroughtheLensof APhotographicHistoryofAfricanAmericansin ioandeditorofTheCivilWarinPennsylvania:The canExperience Heisthe2024recipientoftheDavey article,“TheNegroMotoristGreenBook:Exploringthe canAmericanTravel,Migration,andMobility”
ONIA SANCHEZ
niaSanchezisarenownedpoet,playwrightandactivist.Born yearsagoinBirmingham,Alabama,shehaslivedan raordinarylife.AchildoftheGreatMigration,shemovedto rlemin1943.ShereceivedherBAfromHunterCollegeand postgraduatestudiesatNewYorkUniversity.Sachez'snoted rkaspoetbeganasastudentandwritinggroupworkshop veloper.AsanintegralfigurewithintheBlackArtsMovement dtheriseofBlackStudies,sheisknownforherwork omotingempowermentandcreativefreedomfortheAfrican mericancommunity.Herworkisdistinctlycharacterizedby mesofresistanceandliberation Sanchezistheauthorofover entyvolumesofpoetry,sevenplays,threechildren'sbooks, dtwoanthologies Shehaseducatedothersatnumerous legesanduniversities Shehasreceivednumeroushonorsand oladesincludingpoetlaureateofPhiladelphia Sanchezis ognizedasoneoftheleadingAfricanAmericanfemalevoices nchez'spresenceatASALHiseminentaspresenter,panelist dproponent.SoniaSanchezisaculturaliconandtruly bodiesthisyear'sthemeAfricanAmericansintheArts.
JESSE JACKSON, SR.
TheReverendJesseLouisJackson,Sr,founderandpresidentoftheR PUSHCoalition,isoneofAmerica’sforemostcivilrights,religiousa figures.Overthepastfortyyears,hehasplayedapivotalroleinvirtua movementforempowerment,peace,civilrights,genderequality,and andsocialjustice OnAugust9,2000,PresidentBillClintonawarded JacksonthePresidentialMedalofFreedom,thenation’shighestcivili ReverendJacksonhasbeencalledthe“ConscienceoftheNation”an GreatUnifier,”challengingAmericatobeinclusiveandtoestablishju humaneprioritiesforthebenefitofall.Heisknownforbringingpeo togetheroncommongroundacrosslinesofrace,culture,class,gende belief Arenownedoratorandactivist,ReverendJacksonhasreceived honorsforhisworkinhumanandcivilrightsandnonviolentsocialc 1991,theU.S.PostOfficeputhislikenessonapictorialpostalcancel onlythesecondlivingpersontoreceivesuchanhonor.Hehasbeeno GallupListoftheTenMostRespectedAmericansformorethanado HehasreceivedtheprestigiousNAACPSpingarnAwardinaddition fromhundredsofgrassroots,civicandcommunityorganizationsfrom coast.From1992to2000,ReverendJacksonhosted“BothSidesWit Jackson”onCNN(CableNewsNetwork) Hecontinuestowriteaw columnofanalysiswhichissyndicatedbytheChicagoTribune/LosA Times Heistheauthoroftwobooks:KeepHopeAlive(SouthEnd 1989),andStraightFromtheHeart(FortressPress,1987).In1996,R JacksoncoauthoredthebooksLegalLynching:Racism,Injustice,and Penalty(Marlowe&Company,1996)andIt’sAboutTheMoney(R House,1999)withhisson,US RepresentativeJesseL Jackson,Jr
IVING LEGACY AWARD
LIVING LEGACY AWARD
GLADYS GARY VAUGHN
COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION
GladysGaryVaughnisapart-timeProgramSpecialistattheUSDA's OfficeoftheAssistantSecretaryforCivilRights Shebeganherfederal serviceinMay1998asaNationalProgramLeaderforHumanSciences Research,nowpartoftheNationalInstituteforFoodandAgriculture, andwasawardeda25-yearservicecertificatein2024 RaisedinOcala, Florida,asthethirdoffivechildrenofHomerandOllieColdenGary, GladysgrewupinthesegregatedSouth,engagingin4-H,NHA,band, sports,andAMEChurchyouthprograms SheearnedaBS fromFlorida A&MUniversityin1964,anMS fromIowaStateUniversityin1968, andaPhD fromtheUniversityofMarylandin1974,withanHonorary DoctorofHumaneLettersfromFontbonneUniversityin2004 Gladys hasfocusedonthecontributionsofBlackwomen,co-authoring"African AmericanWomen:ContributionstotheHumanSciences"(2009)and "AdvocacyinAction:100YearsofSocialActioninDeltaSigmaTheta Sorority"(2013) Sheco-foundedtheCoalitionforBlackDevelopmentin FamilyandConsumerSciencesandhasheldroleswithTheLinks, Incorporated,HabitatforHumanity,andDeltaSigmaThetaSorority She servesontheExecutiveCouncilofASALH,asVicePresidentfor LegislativeAffairsforTheBlackWomen’sAgenda,andchairstheDaniel AlexanderPayneCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
ACOBS THOMPSON
nisaProfessorintheSocialSciences orge ’sCommunityCollegewheresheteaches andAfricanAmericanHistory Sheisaformer vilWarEraStudiesandAfricanaStudiesat researchfocusesonBlackMarylandersand heAmericanCivilWarandReconstruction ntedherworkatnationalconferencessuchas ricanHistorians,theAssociationforthe anLifeandHistory,theBlackStudies kshireConferenceofWomenHistorians.She 3seriesLecturesinAmericanHistoryand rtheHistoryChanneldocumentary, CivilWar.Thompsonappearedinanepisode thLisaLing.Shehaspublishedbookchapters, Thompsonrecentlycompletedachapter umetitledTheCivilWarinMaryland workingonamonographthatwillchronicle MarylandersduringtheCivilWarand F SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Y JORDAN
anjoinedtheAfricanAmericanMuseumin President&CEOinSeptember2021.Dr.Jordan,who rvedasSeniorDirectorofDevelopmentatthe groundRailroadFreedomCenterinOhio,brings iencemanagingandleadingculturalinstitutions orializingandcelebratingtheAfricanAmerican eUnitedStates.Shewasrecentlyappointedby R.BidentoserveasamemberoftheNational braryServicesBoardinWashingtonD.C.Othercareer deservingasExecutiveDirectoroftheEvansville nMuseuminIndianaandcuratorfortheNational MuseumandCulturalCenterinWilberforce,Ohio. dherdoctorateinUnitedStatesHistoryandaMaster HistoryfromHowardUniversityinWashington, helorofArtsinHistoryfromKentStateUniversityin Jordanistheproudrecipientofnumerous demic,andcivicawards,includingthePaceSetter AssociationofAfricanAmericanMuseums,theBlack dfromtheNationalAssociationfortheAdvancement le(NAACP),andmultipledoctoralfellowships.
JOE TROTTER
JoeWilliamTrotter,Jr istheGiantEagleUniversityProfessorofHistory andSocialJusticeandpastHistoryDepartmentChairatCarnegieMellon UniversityinPittsburgh,Pennsylvania HeisalsoamemberoftheAmerican AcademyofArtsandSciences;theDirectorandFounderofCarnegie Mellon’sCenterforAfricanamericanUrbanStudiesandtheEconomy (CAUSE)andPastPresidentoftheUrbanHistoryAssociationandthe LaborandWorkingClassHistoryAssociation Hislatestpublicationsare WorkersonArrival:BlackLaborintheMakingofAmerica(Universityof CaliforniaPress,2019);PittsburghandtheUrbanLeagueMovement:A CenturyofSocialServiceandActivism(UniversityofKentuckyPress,2020); andAfricanAmericanWorkersandtheAppalachianCoalIndustry (UniversityofWestVirginiaPress,2022) Heiscurrentlycompletingtwo bookprojects,onetitledFromEnslavementtoCovid-19:AfricanAmerican Labor,Health,andHistory(UniversityofNorthCarolinaPress)andthe otherBuildingtheBlackCity:TheTransformationofAmericanLife (UniversityofCaliforniaPress) Dr TrotterreceivedhisBAdegreefrom CarthageCollegeinKenosha,WisconsinandhisMA andPhD degrees fromtheUniversityofMinnesota HewasbornandraisedinMcDowell County,WestVirginia,whereheattendedtheall-Blackpublicschoolsof Vallscreek,Berwind,Excelsior,andWelch
CHOLAR AWARD
THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD
RUTH HODGE
Dr.RuthHodgeisanaward-winningarchivist,educator,and communityactivistwhohasfurtheredtheadvancementofAfrican AmericanandUnitedStatesmilitaryhistoryresearchandwriting duringthe20thandearly21stcenturies.Shehasspentdecades advocatingforandtellingthehistoryofAfricanAmericansand workedtirelesslytomakesurethosestoriesweresharedlocally. Throughoutherprofessionalcareer,Dr.Hodgealsoworkedtomake surethatmilitaryhistoryincludedthestoriesofAfricanAmericans. Herdedicatedworkasanarchivistalsocreatedguidesforothersto followanddoadditionalresearch.HiredbythePennsylvaniaState ArchivesinHarrisburg,Pennsylvaniain1993asanarchivist,she becametheArchives'African-Americanspecialist.In1997,shealso becameaconsultanttothePennsylvaniaMilitaryMuseumin Boalsburg,andwasabletosecuregrantfundstosupportthemuseum's launchofaprogramtorecordtheoralhistoriesofAfrican-Americans whohadservedintheU.S.militaryduringWorldWarII.She authoredtheGuidetoAfricanAmericanResourcesatthe PennsylvaniaStateArchivesandcontinuouslypressesforthehistorical narrativetotellafullerstoryandcontinuestoadvocateforthe historiesthathavebeenlongignored.
NIKKI TAYLOR
Dr NikkiM Taylor,ProfessorofHisto centuryAfricanAmericanHistory Her Urban,AfricanAmericanWomen,and EducatedattheUniversityofPennsylva University(MA,PhD,CertificateinWo Taylorhaswonseveralfellowshipsinclu ScienceResearchCouncil,andWoodro thePrincipalInvestigatoroftwoinstitu the$5millionMellonJustFuturesgran MaysUndergraduateFellowshipProgra 2017).Taylor'sBroodingOverBloodyR Women'sLethalResistancewasrecently CambridgeUniversityPress Thebooke womenwhousedlethalviolencetoresis colonialtoantebellumeras,challenging interpretationsaboutthenatureoftheir
THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD
NTHONY B. MITCHELL
AnthonyB Mitchell,Sr,isaProfessorEmeritusatPennStateUniversity,where aughtintheDepartmentofAfricanAmericanStudies.Inthe1990s,Dr.Mitchell elopedthe“BringYour‘A’Game;”workshoptoprovidehealthyracialidentityand alizationforadolescentboysofAfricandescent Hehascollaboratedwith merousschools,institutions,andcommunityorganizations Someofthese anizationsincludeTechniquesAssistingMotivationandExcellence,Inc,the sburghCoalitionAgainstSubstanceAbuse,theNationalRitesofPassageInstitute, maaUnlimited,theMalenesstoManhoodProgram,Inc,the100BlackMenof erica,theHillHouseYoungFather’sProgram,UnityConsultants,Community powermentAssociation,Inc,theCommunityIntensiveSupervisionProgram,the ckMaleLeadershipDevelopmentInstitute,theHeinzFellowsProgram,the ldren’sWindowToAfrica,SankofaVillagefortheArts,theHealthyVillage rningInstitute,andtheMenofColorWhoRescue(CenterforFamilyExcellence) Mitchell’s37yearsofserviceatPennStateincludeinitiativesthatadvance cationamonghistoricallymarginalizedandunder-representedgroups Since2006, hasservedontheEquityAdvisoryPaneltoraiseAfricanAmericanstudent evementinthePittsburghPublicSchools.HehasalsodevelopedAfrican-centered CulturallyResponsiveEducationprogramsforeducatorsandyouthleadership anizationsandpre-collegepipelineprogramsforK-12studentstoincreaseaccessto cationalopportunities Dr Mitchellhasreceivedrecognitionandawardsfrom ousnationalandcommunityserviceorganizations Recently,hereceivedthe ED,Inc.“EducationVanguardAward”(May2024).AtPennState,hereceivedthe esRobinson”EqualOpportunityAward;”(2022),the“ServicetoPennState mniAward;”(2017),andtheForumonBlackAffairs&HumanitarianService ard;”(2015) Finally,Dr Mitchelldrawsgreatinspirationfromhiswifeof42years, Bea,childrenTamara,Anthony,Dante,andtheirgrandchildren RESIDENT’S
AAISHA HAYKAL
AaishaHaykalistheManagerofArchivalServicesattheCollegeof Charleston’sAveryResearchCenterforAfricanAmericanHistoryand Culture SheservesastheVicePresidentforProgramsfortheAssociation fortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory(ASALH).Inthisrole shehasdevelopedBlackHistoryMonththemematerialsandreviewed exhibitiondesignplansfortheWoodsonHouse,aNationalParkService site.Additionally,shehasmanagedtwosuccessfulannualconferencesand hassupportedtheworkofthetheSocialJusticeatASALHprogramming, theASALHpublications,theBlackHistoryMonthfestival,includingthe luncheonandvirtualprogramming,anddevelopingpartnershipswith relatedorganizations,suchastheNationalAssociationofInterpretation (NAI)andtheBlackCaucusoftheAmericanLibraryAssociation.Haykal hassoughttoimproveASALH’sleadershipcommunicationandworkflow throughcreativeandeffectiveuseofeducationalandprojectmanagement tools Sheconductsworkshopsonpreservingfamilyhistories,community archiving,andmemorywork HaykalhasBA degreesinEnglishand TextualStudiesandAfricanAmericanStudiesfromSyracuseUniversity andaMastersofScienceinLibraryandInformationSciencefromthe UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
ZEBULON MILETSKY
Dr ZebulonVanceMiletskyisanAssociateProfessorintheDepartment ofAfricanaStudiesandHistoryatStonyBrookUniversity(SUNY) His researchcentersontheBostonSchoolDesegregationCrisisandtheparentledcivilrightsmovementinBoston,whichculminatedinhisbook,Before Busing:AHistoryofBoston’sLongBlackFreedomStruggle,publishedby UNCPressin2022 HeearnedhisPhD inAfricanAmericanStudies fromtheWEB DuBoisDepartmentattheUniversityofMassachusetts atAmherstin2008 Inrecognitionofhiscontributions,Miletskyreceived the“GameChangerAward”fromtheLongIslandAreaNAACPin2020 andservesasavotingmemberoftheCitywideEducationCouncil(CEC) forDistrict32inBushwick,Brooklyn Thatsameyear,theTownof BrookhavenBlackHistoryCommissionhonoredhimbydeclaring February5th“Dr ZebulonMiletskyDay”In2023,hedeliveredthe annualJohnHopeFranklinLectureatAdelphiUniversityandreceivedthe “HumanitarianandCivilRightsAward”attheBlackAuthorsFestivalin SagHarbor,NYMiletskyhasbeenre-electedtotheExecutiveCouncilof ASALHthreetimes,chairingboththeAcademicProgramandMarketing andPublicRelationsCommittees,wherehehasenhancedthe organization’svisibilityandoutreach Heispassionateaboutpromoting thelegacyofCarterG WoodsonandtheimportantworkofASALH
ANITA SHEPHERD
Rev AnitaShepherdjoinedtheJamesWeldonJohnsonBranchofAS in2011andisproudoftheresolve,struggles,andresilienceofdescend oftheAfricanDiaspora TheAssociationfortheStudyofAfrican AmericanLifeandHistory(ASALH)allowedhertoraiseawarenesso CarterG Woodsonandsupporthislegacythroughserviceatthebran andnationallevel Servinginseveralofficesatthebranchlevelandas presidentforsevenyearsgavehertheground-floorexpertisein understandingtheimportanceofbranches,andtheirvitalroleinthe community.Italsoenabledhertobringthebranchperspectivetothe decision-makingprocessontheExecutiveCouncil.Rev.Shepherdser onseveralcommitteesasanExecutiveCouncilMember:Strategic Planning,Nominating,Governance,andMembership.Shecurrently theAuditandFinanceandtheMembershipSupportandEnhanceme Committees.Fromherperspective,effectiveorganizationsrequireser mindedleaderstoenhancetheorganization'sconstructivecollaborati andvalueitsmembers'contributions Otherservicesincludeservingo president'sadvisorycommitteeandkitchencabinet Shedesirestoenh theNationalMembershipCommittee,andsupportbranchesandme inthespiritofDr Woodson
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD
PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD