Mistress of Ceremonies Rashan Ali
UNCF ATLANTA 36TH ANNUAL MAYOR’S MASKED BALL CLOSING OUT 75TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR PHOTOGRAPHY CASELOVE PHOTOGRAPHY
THE ATLANTA MARRIOTT MARQUIS ATRIUM BALLROOM WILL BE THE PLACE TO BE ON DECEMBER 21 AT 6 P.M. as the 36th Annual UNCF Atlanta Mayor’s Masked Ball takes center stage. R&B recording artist Charlie Wilson, known to rock the house, will be the entertainment as luminaries look to raise more than $1 million for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This elegant gala hosted by Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and UNCF President and CEO Dr. Michael L. Lomax was founded in 1983 by Mrs. Billye Aaron and Ambassador Andrew Young and is the premier holiday season social soiree in Atlanta. Co-chairs for the 2019 Ball are Helen Smith Price, President, The Coca-Cola Foundation and Vice President, Global Community Affairs and Eduardo Martinez, President, The UPS Foundation and UPS Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. Music mogul, record producer and songwriter Jermaine Dupri, who was raised in Atlanta and who has written and produced songs for Mariah Carey, Monica, Da Brat, Jay-Z, Nas, Ludacris, and others, will receive the M.A.S.K.E.D Award (Mankind Assisting Students Kindle Educational Dreams) at the gala. Dupri donated $50K at last year’s ball where a record-breaking $1.3 million was raised for HBCU students. “This year’s annual gala is the culminating event celebrating UNCF’s 75th Anniversary. As we celebrate hosting the Ball for 36 years in Atlanta, we know we could not make it successful without the major contributions of our diverse Atlanta community and its outstanding corporations,” said Justine Boyd, regional development director, UNCF. 18
South Fulton Lifestyle | December 2019