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The Afro-American, June 13, 2015 - June 19, 2015
2015 Little Miss Jabberwock, Khalen Janae’ Turner; 1st runner up, Aniya Simone Dyer; 2nd runner up, Leila Stephanie McDonnaugh; 3rd runner up, Neveah Pillan Awkard and 4th runner up, Corrine Kadijah Lewis
Mothers with contestants
The Prince George’s County DELTA Alumnae Foundation in partnership with the Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority proudly hosted its 10th Biennial Jabberwock Cotillion, under the theme, “Dazzling Diamonds Daring to Dream” on May 3 at Martin’s Camelot in Upper Marlboro, Md. The Jabberwock committee Jabberwock process spans a period of at members, special guests and least six months, offering a number of cultural, media educational and social opportunities for the participants; it is comparable to a rite of passage experience that culminates an afternoon of absolute sophisticated elegance for young ladies from middle Presentation of Little school to high school to young adulthood. The ultimate goal Miss Jabberwock is to assist young women of color in becoming productive contestants Nia Danielle Rooney, 1st runner up; leaders in the community and beyond. The program is Kendall Alexis Baker, 2nd place runner two-tiered which allows younger girls, ages 8 - 12, to up; Leah Nicole Herring, 2015 Miss compete in the Little Miss Jabberwock component. Jabberwock and Morgan Elizabeth Anderson, 3rd runner up
Committee members: Dr. Katina JanuaryVance, chair; Bernadine Jordan-Howard,cochair; Cynthia Birks and Patrice Watson
Presentation of Little Miss Jabberwock contestants with their fathers
Shannon Cross, emcee
Jazz singer Lori Williams
Miriam L. Brewer, Greta Wiggins-Lewis and Carol Moses, chapter president
The planning committee headed by Dr. Katina January-Vance (7th from right)
Past Miss and Little Miss Jabberwocks
Priscilla Smalls and Marcia Fields Milton
The Proud Fathers
Fathers and Miss Jabberwock Waltz
Photos by Rob Roberts
Lisa Hasegawa, executive director, National CAPACD
Racial Gap Panel: Heather Boushey, William Emmons, William Spriggs, Dean Baker, Judy Woodruff
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (DMo.)
Amy Brown, Ford Foundation
Emcee Kelvin Boston, president of Moneywise Financial Solutions
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) Rep. Maxine Waters (DCA), Maya Rockeymoore, president and CEO of the Center for Global Policy Solutions
J.C. Watts, chairman, Watts Partners Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), U.S. House of Representatives
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) Kelvin Boston, Rep. Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Maya Rockeymoore and Henry Ramos
Every year, the Color of Wealth summit engages members of Congress, Congressional staff, the media, and the public in a dialogue about the racial wealth gap, its effect on marginalized households, its impact on the U.S. economy, and solutions for closing the gap. For every dollar in wealth held by the typical White family in 2011, typical Latino and African-American families only own six and five cents,
Kelvin Boston, Anne Price, managing program director and chief asset building officer, Insight Center for Community Economic Development; Tanya Fiddler, awardee, executive director, Four Bands Community Fund; Maya Rockeymoore; Henry Ramos, CEO, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
Courtesy Photos
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Audience members
respectively. Lost in the conversation about inequality in America has been the fact that racial and ethnic wealth inequality is more stark, has a devastating impact on households of color, and, if left unchecked, will have profound implications for the U.S. economy as the nation’s demographics shift over the next few decades.