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initiative that honors men for leadership, achievement in their respective fields and significant contributions to community empowerment held its annual awards reception at the Nigerian embassy in Northwest D.C.
Made Man honorees
On Sept. 22, The Made Man Initiative, a national multi-market, multitiered corporate and community
Marvin Dickerson, emcee and cocoordinator, Made Man Project AFRO reporter Hamil Harris, Made Man honoree
Renee Allen and National Press Club President Jeff Ballou, Made Man honoree
Made Man honorees: Michael Roberts and Joe Clair
Rev. Dr. George Holmes, Made Man honoree
EZ Street, WKYS/Made Man honoree
Tim Stanfill, Made Man honoree and wife Ky Dele, founder and executive producer, the Made Man Project
Ivory Johnson, Coalition of 100 Black Men of Greater Washington, D.C. and Made Man honoree
Brittany Lewis, Miss Black America
Made Man Honorees: Derrick Rutledge, AFRO D.C. General Manager Edgar Brookins and Wisdom Martin
Photos by Rob Roberts
The Prince George’s Community College Scholarship Reception was held on Sept. 21 at the Largo Campus to honor Board of
Trustees Legacy Scholars, Envision Success Scholars, Honors Academy Members, and Foundation Scholar-
ship Scholars. Attendees included Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George’s Community College and Howard W. Stone Jr., chair
Earl Howard and Maryland State Del. Carolyn J.B. Howard
Cathy Haden; Charlene Dukes, president, Prince George’s Community College and Haden Land, chair, Prince George Community College Foundation Sen. Thomas “Mike” Miller, president, Maryland State Senate
Former Maryland State Sen. Ulysses Currie and Shirley Gravely-Currie
of Prince George’s Community College Board of Trustees and Maryland State Sen. Thomas “Mike” Miller.
Harold W. Stone, Prince George’s Community College Board of Trustees
Courtney Davis, director, Prince George’s Community College; Kevin Maxwell, Prince George’s County Public Schools CEO and Angie Crews
James W. Cornelson, president, Old Line Bank
Andenia Bradley, Cereta Lee and the Honorable Todd Turner
Brenda Mitchell, executive director, Prince George’s Community College Foundation Felecia Hill, Jeff McFarland and Rosie Allen-Herring
Prince George’s Community County Foundation scholarship recipients Photos by Rob Roberts
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Rev. Jamal Bryant, Pastor, Empowerment Temple,discusses the advantages of purchasing a home
Marcia Grifin, CEO/Founder, HomeFreeUSA
Steve McAdams, representative from Gov. Hogan’s office
Bishop James L. Davis, AME Church discussed the opportunities for purchasing a home
Bishop John R. Bryant was in attendance
The morning of Sept. 30, the auditorium at the Empowerment Temple church in Northwest Baltimore was filled with more than 200 men, women and children, who listened to the representatives from various agencies giving pertinent information on how to achieve homeownership. The seminar was sponsored by HomeFree USA, a leading HUD approved nonprofit organization specializing in homebuying guidance, foreclosure prevention and credit improvement. Senior loan officers from SunTrust mortgage, Movement Mortgage, real estate agents from the Keller Williams Realty Company, were among the many vendors who were on hand to assist the interested potential homebuyers in purchasing their first home. Bishop James Davis, of the AME Church (Second Episcopal District), welcomed the audience and provided information on the importance of owning instead of renting a home. Rev. Jamal Bryant, Pastor of Empowerment Temple, gave statistics, which indicate African American home ownership lags behind homeownership by Whites, Asians, and Hispanics.
Photos by Dr. A. Lois De Laine
Fruition Experience performs on the main stage AFRO columnist Rosa Pryor talks to visitors about her book
Author Carliss D. Maddox
Author Robyn Spencer (“The Revolution Has Come: Power, Gender, and the Black Panther Party”)
Aria Hill, Tano Brown and Mae Lee Brown
The Baltimore Book Festival was held Sept. 22 through Sept. 24, at the Baltimore Inner Harbor. The three day event was produced by The Baltimore Office Of Promotion and The Arts. Over 500 authors participated in one of the largest literary festival on the East Coast. The festival included more than 100 exhibitors, cooking demos by celebrity chefs, storytellers, interactive arts and crafts, music performances, poetry, food vendors, panel discussions, local booksellers and readings.
Alisa Brock talks about her custom journals
Authors Devin Allen and D. Watkins
Photos by Anderson R. Ward
On October 7, at the Richard Starr Ross Research building of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the seventh annual Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture was held. Each year, Baltimore residents, researchers, and doctors all come together to honor the life and legacy of Henrietta Lacks. Many speakers, including Lisa A Cooper, Dr. Roland Patillo, David Lacks Jr. and other members of the Lacks family were in attendance. The lecture took place in the Turner Lecture Hall, where the 2017 winners of both the Henrietta Lacks Dunbar Health Sciences Scholarship and the Urban Health Institute’s Henrietta Lacks Memorial Community Award were announced.
Jabria Rogers, Jeri LacksWhye, Shirley Lacks
Logan Cary, recipient of the Henrietta Lacks Dunbar health sciences scholarship (2016), Christophe Falzone, Dr. James Potter
Charles Lovell, Lisa A Cooper
Pat Thomas, Actor Keith Snipes and Sarah Holley
Dr. Daniel Ford, David Lacks, Lisa A. Cooper., Dr. Joseph Carrese, Reverend Calvine Keene, Dr. Chiadi Ndumele
Dr. James Potter
Dr. William C. Wade, Mrs. Patricia Patillo, Dr. Roland Patillo
Veronica Robinson, David Lacks Sr., Alfred Lacks Carter
Photos by Keyon Smith