[NEohioPAL] Final List: Introducing The 25 Nguzo Saba Awards Nominees Including Karamu Artistic Director Terrence Spivey
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Subject: Final List: Introducing The 25 Nguzo Saba Awards Nominees
From: Deuteronomy8Cafe at aol.com
Date: Thu, December 11, 2008 3:38 pm
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Deuteronomy 8:3 Cafe Books & Music
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 1, 2008
Contact: Mittie Imani Jordan
(216) 376-9692
Introducing The 25 Nguzo Saba Award Nominees
Research Scientists, Radio Talk Show Hosts ,
Minister, Authors, Coach, Contractor, Culturalists
Justice Advocate, Educators, Elder Home Founder,
Employment Agency Founder, Networking Guru,
Physician, Quilter, Graduate Students,
Theater Director, Youth Mentors
Deuteronomy 8:3 Cafe Books & Music is pleased to announce the nominations
for the Second Annual Nguzo Saba (Seven Principle) Awards to be presented
during a dinner ceremony and celebration on Sunday, December 28, 2008.
This is the final list of individual principle nominees, completing the
premature list of 19 which was mailed on December 4, 2008. The name of
the highest honoree(s) , The Nguzo Saba Award recipient, will follow.
Received in response to an open call, the twenty-five nominations, naming
individuals whose commitment and work reflect the attributes of one or
more of the seven principles of Kwanzaa, represent a diverse group in
age, residency, interest, and personal and professional backgrounds.
Seven nominees will be selected by a twenty-three member committee to
receive the seven awards named for the principles.
The nominees are:
Dr. Albert C. Antoine, PhD, Retired Chemist, Educator and NASA Research
Scientist, Civic Volunteer and Arts Patron
Mr. Robert Caldwell, Founder & CEO, Caldwell Construction and Oasis
Property Properties
Dr. Sanza Clark, PhD, Retired Professor, Founding Member and Director of
Mali Yetu.
Mr. George Fraser, Founder, Chairman & CEO of FraserNet; Author,
Networking Guru and Motivational Speaker
Dr. Wanda Jean Green, PhD, Retired Educator, Guidance Counselor and
Public School Administrator
Ms. Sherrae M. Hayes, New York University Graduate Student of Africana
Studies, and Co-Founder of the Pentagon Project for women of African descent
Mr. William Hicks, Jr, Co-Founder & CEO of Ran Associates, Inc.,
Investment Club Founder
Mrs. Pamela Hubbard, Founder and Executive Director, The Golden Ciphers
(Youth Mentoring Program)
Dr. Edgar B. Jackson, Jr., MD, Senior Advisor to the CEO of University
Hospitals, former Chief of Staff, and Medical School Professor
Mr. Basheer Jones, Host of Basheer Jones & Company Monring Show" (Radio
One), Spoken Word Artist, Motivational Speaker, Author and Mentor
Ms. Gloria Kellon, Retired Arts and Language Arts Educator, Storyteller,
Doll and Quilt Maker,
Mr. Corttrell Kinney, Case Western Reserve University Physiology and
Biophysics PhD Candidate, Tutor/Mentor, Civic Volunteer and Founder of
the Cortrell
Kinney Scholarship Fund
Ms. Byrdie Lee, Founder of the Leadership AKAdemy, Writer, former Dancer,
Educator, Public Administrator and Viet Nam USO Director
Mr. Jimmy Malone, Co-Host of the Lanigan & Malone Show (WMJI), Civic
Volunteer, Scholarship Fundraiser, Stand-up Commedian
Mrs. Barbara McEachern, Retired Speech and theatre Educator, Textbook Author,
Freedom Schools Program Administrator and Civic Volunteer
Queen Mother Hagar Agu-Obasi I (aka Linda Naylor), Founder and Pastor of
The Temple of Universal Life, Keeper of The Culture, Writer
Mr. Tariq Ziyad & Mrs. Krishnandina Dasi, Founders of The Dasi Family
Institute
Mr. Leonard Patterson, John F. Kennedy High School Girls Basketball
Coach, Founder and Mentor of the Premier Kennedy Men
Mrs. Ethel Pye, Co-Founder, Fairfax Place Nursing & Assistant Living
Facilities
Mr. Tim & Mrs. Shana Roberts, Founder & Mentors of The B.R.I.C.K Program
(Brotherhood, Respect, Intelligence, Conduct and Knowledge)
Mr. Charles See, Associate Director of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry,
Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Community Re-Entry Program,
Criminal
(fair) Justice Advocate,
Mr. Terrence Spivey, Artistic Director of Karamu House, Inc., Actor and
Director
Ms. Linda Wilson, Educator, and Co-Founder of The Saturday Tutoring Program
The Awards Ceremony, which will also celebrate the principle of Ujima
(Collective Work & Responsibility), will be held in the beautiful,
historic Concert Hall of Cory United Methodist Church. The Hall has
hosted great banquets, performances and speeches including those of
Marian Anderson, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Minister Malcolm X,
and the World Council of Ebony Bishops of the United Methodist Church.
The program will include performances, a formal dinner, and a keynote
address by Ms. Cheryl Brown Wattley, JD, Director of the Legal Clinic of
the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Criminal Defense Attorney, and
former Assistant United States Attorney for the states of Connecticut and
Texas. In addition to the presentation of the seven individual awards,
the highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the highest
award - the Nguzo Saba Award.
The program will begin at 4 p.m. The Cory Concert Hall is located at 1117
East 105 Street, between Superior and Drexel Avenues. This is a formal
event, and guest are requested to wear formal attire, either traditional
African or American. Tickets for the event are $25. All tickets will be
entered into a Harvest Raffle drawing at the end of the program for an
opportunity to win cash and other prizes. Tickets may be reserved or
picked-up at Deuteronomy
8:3 Cafe.
For more information and to review photos and information about last
year's Inaugural Awards Celebration visit the _D8:3 Imani_
(http://www.deuteronomy83cafe.com/Imani.html) page of our website at
_www.deuteronomy83cafe.com_
(http://www.deuteronomy83cafe.com/)
Deuteronomy 8:3 occupies the ground floor of the Medical Associates
Building located at 1464 East 105 Street, between Ashbury and Wade Park
Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, 44106. For more information call (216)
376-9695, or email us at _deuteronomy8cafe at aol.com_
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Upcoming Events
Nguzo Saba Awards Ceremony
& Ujima Celebration
Sunday, December 28, 2008, 4 - 6 p.m.
Cheryl B. Wattley, JD, Keynote Speaker
Director of the Legal Clinic & Associate Professor
University of Oklahoma College of Law
President Barack H. Obama's
Inauguration Watch Celebration
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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