Washington DC — On Monday, December 3, 2001, TransAfrica Forum's Board of Directors will host a tribute to Randall Robinson and Edward Lewis at the TransAfrica Forum Building, located at 1744 R Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
On October 1, 2001 Mr. Robinson stepped down as president of TransAfrica Forum. He has joined the TransAfrica Forum board. Edward Lewis, publisher of ESSENCE magazine, and chair and chief executive officer of Essence Communications, has chaired TransAfrica Forum's Board since 1993. Mr. Lewis ended his term as chair, but will remain a member of the board. Board member Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard University, is chairing search committee. In the interim, Selena Mendy Singleton, Esq. is the Acting Executive Director.
Danny Glover, human rights activist, actor, and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme, has been a member of TransAfrica Forum's Board since 1999. Mr. Glover has assumed the chairmanship of TransAfrica Forum's Board of Directors. Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., internationally acclaimed lawyer and philanthropist, has become TransAfrica Forum's newest board member, joining current members Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, President Emerita, Spelman College; Harriet R. Michel, President, National Minority Development Supplier Council; and Dr. James Davis, internist and human rights activist. The honorary chair of the tribute, TransAfrica board member, Earl Graves, Sr., is Editor and Publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine. The chair of the event is Harriet R. Michel.
In 1976, TransAfrica was merely an idea - a hope. That year, with the Cold War wreaking havoc in Africa and the Caribbean, prominent African Americans decided that America needed an African-American organization to promote and secure enlightened, constructive U.S. policies towards Africa and the Caribbean. In the intervening years, TransAfrica Forum has had a direct impact on the lives of millions of people throughout the world. Indeed, the organization has gone beyond merely influencing U.S. policies towards Africa and the Caribbean. It has successfully reversed deeply entrenched, but ill-advised, major U.S. policies towards these regions and others.
To register to attend the tribute or to make a tax-deductible contribution, please contact TransAfrica Forum at 202-797-2301 or visit our website at www.transafricaforum.org.
