Changing Lives
Building Communities HABITAT FOR HUMANITY • CHARLOTTE
Pride Awards 2017 will be an evening of unique activity as we come together to celebrate Charlotte’s own Habitat for Humanity, while spotlighting the West Boulevard Corridor and the Reid Park neighborhood.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017 The Westin Charlotte 601 S. College St. Attire: Jeans and Other Creative Things (Gowns and Tuxes OK) Reception: 6PM
l Dinner and Awards: 7PM l After Glow: 9PM
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Welcome to Pride Awards 2017!
Boris Henderson Dee Dixon Chief Executive Officer
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Pride Awards 2017 Gala
Saturday, January 14 The Westin Charlotte, 601 S. College St.
Reception: 6PM
Dinner and Program: 7PM
Corporate Table: $1,800
Individual Tickets: $225
Emcee: Fred Shropshire, WCNC-TV Visit WWW.PRIDEAWARDS.NET
Celebrating our
Honorees
Rickey Hall was born
and raised in West Charlotte’s Reid Park community and has a long history of civic and community involvement there. Mr. Hall is a Rickey Hall Community Hero respected servant leader within Reid Park and the greater West Boulevard Corridor that encompasses the neighborhood. Currently, he serves as the President of the Reid Park Neighborhood Association and the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition. Mr. Hall is passionate about fostering positive educational outcomes throughout the area, and he serves on the Senior Leadership Team at Reid Park Academy, where his son is a student. He’s a dedicated advocate for sustainable economic development, and he leads the community-wide Seeds for Change initiative, a multi-tiered project to address a variety of community concerns expressed by residents within the West Boulevard Corridor.
Taye is the son of Ms.Takela
Martin of 1401 Onyx Street, Charlotte. He is currently a senior at Mallard Creek High School and would like to study sports management with plans to become a sports Taye Martin Youth Winner agent. His top choices for college are the University of North Carolina Greensboro, East Carolina University and Winston Salem State. Community and extra-curricular activities for Taye include participation in the Amateur Athletic Union – Charlotte Havoc Basketball; Junior Cadet – United
Prior to retiring in 2010, Mr. Hall worked for Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services for 34 years. During that time, he served in a variety of areas including senior nutrition, economic services, youth and family services, and community resources. He served on the Charlotte Housing Authority Board for seven years, and volunteered for the Reid Park Community Development Corporation. He also played vital roles in the development of City West Commons and the Stratford-Richardson YMCA. Rickey Hall is a long-time advocate for affordable housing and a most valued friend and supporter of the mission and ministry of Habitat Charlotte.
House of Prayer church group; Step Team – United House of Prayer and Habitat for Humanity. He is also a member of Right Moves for Youth. Taye’s academic achievements have included Honors World History, Honors Civics and Economics, AP History, Honors African American Studies, Honors Algebra and Pre-calculus and Honors Environmental Science and Chemistry, just to name a few. He currently maintains a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.33.
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Habitat for Humanity and its Commitment to Reid Park Through the initiative of seven local churches, Habitat Charlotte was established in 1983. Habitat believes home ownership transforms lives, promotes dignity and enhances self-esteem. Homeowners are able to purchase their homes with an affordable monthly mortgage and hundreds of hours of their own sweat equity. More than 1,600 low-income families have been served with affordable housing by Habitat Charlotte since its establishment.
Laura Belcher Executive Director
www.habitatcharlotte.org
West Charlotte’s Reid Park community was selected in 2012 to be Habitat Charlotte’s first partner for the Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (NRI). From 2005 to 2015 fifty-one (51) projects have been completed in the community. In addition to construction projects, Habitat Charlotte and the Reid Park Neighborhood Association have co-hosted a community-wide clean-up event, a block party, parade and neighborhood festival. In October of 2012, Habitat Charlotte donated property and volunteers to build a KABOOM! playground for the Reid Park youth. Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation now has plans to construct an additional park in the community that will reflect Reid Park’s art and celebrated history. Learn more about Habitat for Humanity
Seeds for Change Seeds for Change is a developing project established in the West Boulevard Corridor to provide fresh food, improve health and better the economy. The fiveyear project is comprised of three phases and will include a large-scale community garden, aquaponic greenhouses and the construction of a co-op grocery store. The project plans to someday employ hundreds of people who live nearby. The site is located at a 3.5-acre plot at the corner of West Boulevard and Clanton Road. Seeds for Change is the first project of its kind cultivated by Habitat Charlotte and the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition. Phase one, underway this year, broke ground for the construction of multiple gardens. Phase two, scheduled for 2017-2018, will construct Aqueous One, a learning lab with classrooms and training kitchens. This phase will also implement instructional opportunities that stress the importance of healthy food in and out of schools. The final phase is to build the co-op grocery store, estimated at around $3.3 million dollars.
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Thanks to Our Event Sponsors as of December 12, 2016.
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Community Link
The Charlotte Observer
Compass Group North America
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Extended Stay America
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Premier, Inc.
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
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The AfterGlow John W. Bowman, Jr., better known by his stage name DJ Kool is a rapper who, in the late 1990s, produced several popular rap singles. Born in Washington, DC, the influence from his years of working the go-go and rap circuits became apparent in his music. During the earlyto mid-1980s, Kool worked as a warm-up DJ for Rare Essence, until he was picked up by CLR Records. In 1996, he recorded his most successful track, “Let Me Clear My Throat,” which was released on American Recordings. The song prominently features a sample of the song “The 900 Number” by DJ Mark the 45 King, (that song featuring a sample from Marva Whitney’s “Unwind Yourself” repeated over a breakbeat for 6 minutes). The song also begins by sampling “Hollywood Swinging” by Kool and the Gang. The song is an instantly recognizable floor-filler, and the track remains popular to this day. DJ Kool was most recently featured on Mýa’s 2006 single “Ayo!” from her 2008 album Liberation. He was also featured on two tracks on Will Smith’s 2005 album Lost and Found. Visit WWW.PRIDEAWARDS.NET