April 5, 2014 - April 11, 2014, The Afro-American
The Whitney M. Young Karen Price-Ward, Jr. Achievement Award Southwest Airlines and is presented to Katie Ledecky, Olympic Justine Love, CBS Radio gold medalist in distance swimming DC Councilman Tommy Wells, Jerry Moore, by Walter Oliver, senior vice Craig Muckle, Safeway; Dr. Willie Jolley, George Lambert and Rushern Baker president, Human Resources, General Dynamics “GWUL on the Move”, A Salute to Health and Fitness was the theme of the 42nd Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial
Kim Horn, Gala general co-chair, president, Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States
Former chairman of the board of directors, Jerry Moore and his family
Mrs. Alex Barron with Retired Lt. Gen. Kip Ward
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Dinner held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Northwest, Washington, D.C. where achievement awards were presented to: Katie Ledecky, Olympic gold medalist; Joel Ward, Washington Capitals and Catana Starks, NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf Team coach. The evening kicked off with a silent auction, followed by a very energetic live auction which was orchestrated by the emcees, NBC4 Anchors Jim Vance and Chris Lawrence along with Karen Price-Ward of Southwest Airlines. Scholarship recipients were presented by the sponsors: Safeway; Pepsi Beverages; Giant Foods; GWUL Thursday Network and the Charlotte Elizabeth The AFRO team with guests: Elaine Fuller, Yancey Eights Trust. Special greetings was given by DC Mayor Edgar Brookins, Felecia and Benjamin Vincent Gray and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Phillips; (seated) Rev. Dr. E. Gail Baker. This gala marked the new leadership of the GWUL: Anderson Holness and Ebony Andrews, Michael P. Akin, chair, board of directors and George Lambert, Miss Black DC USA. president/CEO, GWUL
Remarks by Gala general chairs, Michael Gooden, Wells Frago and Roger Krone, president, Network and Space Systems, Boeing
George Lambert, President/CEO, GWUL with the 2014 Scholarship Recipients Dr. Willie Jolley with former president/CEO of GWUL, Maudeen Cooper
The Whitney M. Young Jr. Trailblazer Award being presented to Catana Starks, first African-American female coach in the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Golf by Alex Barron, regional general manager, Walmart
Accepting the Whitney M. Young Pioneer Award on behalf of Joel Ward, the Washington Capitals by Todd Heavner, Director of Community Relations, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Michael Akin, chairman of the board of directors, GWUL gives welcome with some of the board members looking on
George Lambert and Michael Akin present gifts to Jim Vance and Chris Lawrence Danielle Brown, Rahila Danjuma, Ramona Stanley, Bernadette Curtis- Lambert, Louise Brown, Allan R. Brown and Guy Lambert; (seated) Janice Bryan and Joyce Woodson
A sizzling dance presentation
Hazel Trice Edney
Photos by Rob Roberts
(Back row) Beverly Roberts, Catherine Thomas, Dr. E. Faye Williams and G. Sapphire Harris; (front row) Theodora Brown, Claudette Haynes and Black women leaders gathered at the National Press Pamela Nelson
Greetings by Marvin K. Clark, Business Banking Division, Wells Fargo
Club on March 20 for the Statewomen for Justice panel discussion, the annual commemoration of Women’s History Month, convened by Hazel Trice Edney, founder of TriceEdney Communications & News Wire. The event drew an audience of 200, mostly women. National Urban League President Marc Morial spoke to the group and congratulated Obama for focusing on young Black men. Dr. Julianne Malveaux
Students from The Maya Angelou PCS with Hazel Trice Edney (center)
Black Women for Positive Change: Ruth Marshall, Marilyn Harris, Eunita Winkey, Emily Ward, Dr. Stephanie Myers, Karen Portman, Karen Carrington and Joycelyn Daniels
Panelists included Julianne Hazel Edney with Malveaux, a drawing winner Melanie Campbell, president/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyer’s Comittee for Civil Rights Under Law. The program was entitled “How to Move From Chaos to Community: Our Response to My Brother’s Keeper.”
Avis Thomas Lester, Kristi Love and Hazel Trice Edney Alana Hill and Faye Hyslop of the Black Public Relations Society, DC Chapter
Thomas Graham, VP, Pepco Holdings and Trystin Kier Francis, CEO/ Chief of Design, Trystin Kier Company
Marc Morial, Omarosa Manigault and Dr. Stephanie Myers