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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Dr. Helen D. Gayle, president and CEO of CARE, USA a leading humanitarian organization, and entrepreneur extraordinaire Sheila C. Johnson were recently inducted into Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority as Honorary Members during separate members-only induction ceremonies. Presiding over the inductions was Alpha Kappa Alpha’s international president Barbara A. McKinzie. Also in attendance were Mae R. [...]
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Celebrity Philanthropy
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
During the 2010 BET Awards, R& B recording artist John Legend was honored for his work to break the cycle of poverty with his Show Me Campaign. The Show Me Campaign is a nonprofit organization that fights poverty using proven solutions. Believing that equal access to quality education is the civil rights issue of our time, the Show [...]
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New York
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
On Saturday June 26, guests gathered in the East Hamptons at the private estate of the late Richard F. Lewis to celebrate his life and his legacy by honoring those walking in his footsteps. Entertainment attorney and entrepreneur L. Londell McMillan was among those honored receiving the McMillan received the Reginald F. Lewis Award, which honors [...]
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Chicago
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Morehouse College President Emeritus Walter E. Massey, class of 1958, has been named president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Massey, who served as Morehouse’s ninth president from 1995 to 2007, will take his post on September 13. Among his many accomplishments as Morehouse president, the noted physicist and former senior [...]
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New York
Monday, June 28th, 2010
Young professionals flocked to the East Hamptons on June 28 the raise funds for the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture in Baltimore, MD. (L-R) Carissa Villacorta, guest and WCBS-TV News Reporter Hazel Sanchez The white and aqua themed ocean side benefit was given by and for young professionals who have [...]
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
The Black Philanthropic Alliance is a network of professionals in philanthropy and nonprofits who strengthen the Black community in the Washington, DC region. Follow them @bpalliance. If you would like to be considered a Follow Friday Feature (FFF) follow us @thecotilliononline and send us an email at FollowFriday@thecotilliononline.com with you twitter address. We look forward to featuring [...]
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Washington, D.C.
Friday, June 25th, 2010
On June 21, Dr. Benjamin Carson, one of the most famous and respected doctors in the world, has been awarded the National Heroes of the Heart Award at the 2010 Sweet Charity event; a local benefit co‐hosted by Albert Uster Imports (AUI), a Swiss fine gourmet food company, and the Heart of America Foundation, a national nonprofit that [...]
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Art, Music, Culture & Lifestyle
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The Washington National Opera (WNO) has unveiled a first-of-its-kind subscription series that will allow young professionals to experience all the benefits of season-ticket holders at deeply discounted prices. Called Series O, the Friday-night series is an extension of the Company’s Generation O program, the audience development initiative which for eight seasons has offered specially priced [...]
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Entertainment
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
On June 19, the Washington Informer received the John H. Sengstacke General Excellence Award from the National Newspaper Publisher’s Association during its annual convention in New York City. The award recognizes an NNPA newspaper that maintained a high standard of journalism and publishing in 2009. “This award represents the hard work and dedication the staff of [...]
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Entertainment, Featured
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Help DC SCORES make up their $130,000 revenue shortfall with the KICK, CLICK & SCORE Challenge! Join Executive Director Amy Nakamoto as she juggles a soccer ball until they raise the money needed to continue providing DC youth with one of the most unique after-school programs around. Are you game? Check out www.kickclickandscore.org