TransAfrica Forum Gala 2008:

Activism, Art, and Culture

Awards Gala To Benefit TransAfrica Forum, Inc.

TransAfrica Forum, in partnership with its sponsors, invites you to the Progressive Vision in Action benefit awards gala to raise financial support for economic, social and political justice for all African People.

Event Fundraising Goal: Raise $1,000,000 to support TransAfrica Forum’s work to impact foreign policy for the betterment of African people.

Event Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Event Time:
6:00 p.m. - General Reception
7:00 p.m. - Dinner and Program

Event Venue:
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Special Performance: Wynton Marsalis

Formal and Traditional Attire

Register for this event by clicking here.

Awards to be Presented

Pan-African Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Chuck D, Artist and Humanitarian
• Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary, COSATU

Champion for Justice Award:

• The Honorable Donald M. Payne
• President Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers

Legislative Achievement Award: The Honorable Maxine Waters

Corporate Social Responsibility Award: W. Frank Fountain, Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Public Policy, Chrysler

Presenter: Susan L. Taylor, Editor-in-chief Emerita, ESSENCE Magazine

Chairs, Co-Chairs and Board of Directors

Event Co-Chairs:

• Johnnetta B. Cole, President Emerita, Bennett College for Women
• William Lucy, Secretary- Treasurer, AFSCME
• Bruce Raynor, General President UNITE HERE
• Leadership Sponsors: UNITE HERE
• Carrie Productions
• AFSCME

Committee Chairs:

• The Honorable Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
• The Honorable Barbara Lee

Board of Directors:

• Danny Glover, Chairman, International Human Rights Activist/Actor
• Willie E. Adams, International Longshoremen & Warehouse Union
• Karen Bass, California State Legislature
• Harry Belafonte, Belafonte Enterprises, Inc.
• Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D., President Emerita, Bennett College for Women
• Chuck D, Artist
• Adwoa Dunn-Mouton, Mouton Insurance Brokerage
• James L. Davis, MD, Washington, DC
• Manthia Diawara, New York University
• James C. Early, Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
• Sylvia Hill, University of the District of Columbia
• Walter Mosley, Author
• Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School
• Nicole C. Lee, Executive Director, TransAfrica Forum, Inc.

Honorary Congressional Committee:

• The Honorable Donna M. Christian-Christensen
• The Honorable Yvette D. Clarke
• The Honorable William Lacy Clay, Jr.
• The Honorable James E. Clyburn
• The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings
• The Honorable Artur Davis
• The Honorable Al Green
• The Honorable William J. Jefferson
• The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson
• The Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones (1949-2008)
• The Honorable Gregory Meeks
• The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
• The Honorable Charles B. Rangel
• The Honorable Bobby L. Rush
• The Honorable Robert C. Scott
• The Honorable Edolphus Towns
• The Honorable Melvin L. Watt

Contact

For additional information, please contact Valeria Lassiter at 240-235-5045.

TransAfrica Forum, Inc. serves as an educational and organizing center that encourages progressive viewpoints in the United States foreign policy arena and advocates justice for the people of Africa and the African Diaspora. The organization promotes solidarity with the oppressed and supports human rights, gender equity, children rights, democracy, and sustainable economic and environmental development practices in Africa and other countries where people of African descent reside. TransAfrica Forum, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. Federal Tax ID number is 52-1093189.