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African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner 2019

Members, students and their families enjoyed the 16th annual UFT African Heritage Committee’s dinner dance and awards ceremony on Feb. 1. This year’s theme was “The Dream Still Demands.”
Two women standing at a podium while one of them speaks

Sheryl Jones (right), the sister of Lisa Tempro (left), sings her sister’s praises before Tempro is presented with the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.

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Three women stand applauding enthusiastic amongst a crowd

Attendees share one of many enthusiastic rounds of applause.

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Three women and man at podium. One women with bouquet of flowers.

Elizabeth Perez (second from right) is surrounded by friends and colleagues as she accepts the Trailblazer Award.

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Man wearing a traditional African shirt stands at microphone behind podium

Lavon Chambers of the Greater New York Laborers-Employees Cooperation and Education Trust accepts the UFT’s Frederick Douglass Award for civil and human rights.

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Kids dressed in traditional African clothing stand in a semi-circle behind drums
Students perform traditional African drumming for delighted attendees.
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Man holding award smiles between two women

Proudly smiling for the camera are (from left) Martha Lane, a UFT special representative; Zion Hosang, the UFT Armando Blasse Scholarship recipient; and Hosang’s aunt, Margie Parker.

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Three women posing standing with awardee holding award

Leila Mohamed (center), the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship, with Wendy Walker Wilson (left) of the AFT Black Caucus and Mavis Yon, the UFT chapter leader at PS 256 in Brooklyn.

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Anthony Harmon dressed in traditional African clothing, holds mic behind podium
Anthony Harmon, the UFT African Heritage Committee chair, addresses the crowd.
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Large group pose for the camera

UFT Brooklyn staff and members pose with Brooklyn Borough Representative Elizabeth Perez, the Trailblazer Award recipient, and her family.

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Two women standing at a podium while one of them speaks

Sheryl Jones (right), the sister of Lisa Tempro (left), sings her sister’s praises before Tempro is presented with the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.

Miller Photography
Three women stand applauding enthusiastic amongst a crowd

Attendees share one of many enthusiastic rounds of applause.

Miller Photography
Three women and man at podium. One women with bouquet of flowers.

Elizabeth Perez (second from right) is surrounded by friends and colleagues as she accepts the Trailblazer Award.

Miller Photography
Man wearing a traditional African shirt stands at microphone behind podium

Lavon Chambers of the Greater New York Laborers-Employees Cooperation and Education Trust accepts the UFT’s Frederick Douglass Award for civil and human rights.

Miller Photography
Kids dressed in traditional African clothing stand in a semi-circle behind drums
Students perform traditional African drumming for delighted attendees.
Miller Photography
Man holding award smiles between two women

Proudly smiling for the camera are (from left) Martha Lane, a UFT special representative; Zion Hosang, the UFT Armando Blasse Scholarship recipient; and Hosang’s aunt, Margie Parker.

Miller Photography
Three women posing standing with awardee holding award

Leila Mohamed (center), the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship, with Wendy Walker Wilson (left) of the AFT Black Caucus and Mavis Yon, the UFT chapter leader at PS 256 in Brooklyn.

Miller Photography
Anthony Harmon dressed in traditional African clothing, holds mic behind podium
Anthony Harmon, the UFT African Heritage Committee chair, addresses the crowd.
Miller Photography
Large group pose for the camera

UFT Brooklyn staff and members pose with Brooklyn Borough Representative Elizabeth Perez, the Trailblazer Award recipient, and her family.

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