Denver Urban Spectrum team with friends and family of Alfonzo Porter Photo by Thomas Cooper - Lightbox Images Photography
wards Convention
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2023 at 7pm
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA CHRISTMAS
to “Build Back Better” after convention. was honored with an induction into the CPA Hall of Fame during the Hall of Fame Luncheon on Saturday, September 23. In addition to working as a respected professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Porter was a cherished member of the Denver metro area community before his untimely death on March 12, 2023. DUS Publisher, Bee Harris, was joined by Porter’s sister, Edmonia Morney Jackson, in a sentimental presentation of his noteworthy achievements and contributions. The convention closed with an awards ceremony recognizing the best in advertising, design, and reporting across eight classes of competitors during 2022. DUS was the recipient of CPA Sweepstakes Awards for Best Editorial and Other/Mixed Media, in addition to winning 13 CPA Editorial Awards for the following 2022 articles: ● Best Arts & Entertainment Column Writing: “An Unexpected Star is Born: My Summer as a Dance Student” by Rosalind “Bee” Harris ● Best Business News/Feature Story: “RMES Communications Makes Upgrades at Denver International Airport” by LaQuane Smith ● Best Education Story: “What’s Old Is Apparently What’s New Again” by Alfonzo Porter
● Best Feature Story: “Carlotta Walls LaNier: A Mighty Long Way” by Ruby Jones ● Best Headline Writing: Authors: Angelia D. McGowan, Tanya Ishikawa, Alfonzo Porter, Thomas Holt Russell, Wayne Trujillo ● Best Health Enterprise/Health Feature Story: “Just Beneath the Surface” by Alfonzo Porter ● Best Opinion Writing: “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” by Thomas Holt Russell ● Best Politics Reporting: “The Improbable Candidate: Former Gang Leader Turned Activist Terrance Roberts’ Quest to Become Denver’s Next Mayor” by Alfonzo Porter ● Best Series or Sustained Coverage: “Mental Health Series” by Joshua Glenn, Alfonzo Porter, Lisa Marie Martinez, Angelia D. McGowan, Malcolm Quattlebaum ● Best Serious Column Writing: “Resisting Arrest” by Thomas Holt Russell ● Best Social Justice or Equity Reporting: Article: “Carlotta Walls LaNier: A Mighty Long Way” by Ruby Jones ● Best Sports Column Writing: “Black Cowboys and Cowgirls Living the Dream” by Angelia D. McGowan ● Other/Mixed Media - Best Newsletter: “Denver Urban Spectrum Newsletter” by Melovy Melvin, Rosalind “Bee” Harris
“…this is music that reaches across decades, belief systems, and genres, its sole goal to spread some joy.” -Relix The Blind Boys of Alabama are recognized worldwide as true living legends of Gospel music. Since the beginning at the Alabama School for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s, the band has persevered through seven decades to become one of the most recognized and decorated roots music groups in the world. To celebrate the holidays, The Blind Boys present standards from their Grammy-winning 2004 Go Tell it On the Mountain and 2014 Talkin’ Christmas albums.
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