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Atlanta, Select Cities
Monday, June 6th, 2011
Whoopi Goldberg served as the 2011 commencement speaker for the graduates of Savannah College Art and Design (SCAD). Goldberg spoke to graduates at both SCAD’s 31st Savannah commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. at the Savannah Civic Center and to the graduates at SCAD Atlanta’s fifth commencement ceremony at 6 p.m., at the Georgia World Congress Center. Goldberg [...]
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Atlanta, Featured
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
On April 7, Spelman College will observe a special anniversary commemorating its legacy of educating women for leadership and service during its 2011 Founders Day celebration. Notable actors and entertainers will lend their voices and talents to uplift the rich history of the institution and through them “The Sustaining Vision: 130 Years and Leading.” Pictured: [...]
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Atlanta
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
On Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, The Men Stopping Violence Annual Awards Dinner took place at the Ritz-Carlton Atlanta, GA. Sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Georgia Power, Sutherland, Graphic Communications and Turner. The Men Stopping Violence organization specializes in training, educating, and collaborating with allies in a variety of communities with the goal of connecting people who [...]
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Atlanta
Saturday, August 28th, 2010
On August 20, the Atlanta Urban League Young Professionals held its first annual Dream Catchers Awards Reception at the Nelson Mullins Law Firm in Atlantic Station. The event honored Artist and Philanthropist Antwan ”Big Boi” Patton’s Big Kidz Foundation with the signature Dream Catchers Award. The Big Kidz Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing [...]
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Atlanta
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Tiana Ferrell, great-great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, one of the original founders of the national NAACP in 1909 was selected to serve on The Atlanta Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Executive Committee. Tianna Ferrell Ferrell, 26, who was born in Los Angeles but raised in Atlanta, said [...]
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Atlanta
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Recently named one of the most influential women in media by Forbes, Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, weighed in on “Building Civil Communities for Change,” as she presented the keynote address at the sixth annual Spelman College Leadership and Women of Color Conference, May 12 and 13 in Atlanta, Ga. April [...]
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Atlanta
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
On March 24th, the 2ND Annual CHOZEN Awards cocktail reception benefiting the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta took place at the Artist Trifecta Gallery in Atlanta’s Castleberry Hills district. Atlanta is filled with such immense talent and brilliance,” said Liberty, founder of the CHOZEN AWARDS. “And by creating this platform to showcase the creativity and hard work of [...]