Washington, D.C. — Guests include Danny Glover, Susan L. Taylor, Chuck D, and Congressional Representatives Donald Payne and Maxine Waters
TransAfrica Forum hosts the Progressive Vision in Action Awards Benefit Gala on Wednesday, December 3 in Washington, D.C. The evening is designed to celebrate those who express political activism through art and culture and political leadership around the world. Honorees and special guests include South African Labor leader Zwelinzima Vavi, TransAfrica Board Chair Danny Glover, Wynton Marsalis, and the Former Essence magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan L. Taylor. A full list of awardees is below. Working media invited to join us.
Awardees:
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
TransAfrica Forum is the leading African American advocacy organization for Africa and the African Diaspora in U.S. foreign policy. TransAfrica Forum was one of the leaders in the world protest against apartheid in South Africa and today works for human and economic justice for African people on the continent of Africa, in Latin America and in the Caribbean.
To obtain media credentials and for more information, contact Joia Jefferson Nuri, cell 240-603-7905/jnuri@transafricaforum.org
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington , DC 20001
7:00pm
