Allison Seymour is an Emmy® award-winning anchor who has been waking up viewers on morning news in her hometown of Washington, D.C. since 1999. Allison started her career in television at the D.C. bureau of ABC News, behind the scenes, before earning her Master of Mass Communication from the University of South Carolina. She is
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Wilton Cardinal Gregory is the seventh Archbishop of The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.) and the first African American Cardinal in the Catholic Church. Cardinal Gregory has served in many leading roles in the Catholic Church including as President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2001-2004, where he led the church’s
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Dana A. Williams is a Professor of African American literature and Dean of the Graduate School at Howard University. Prior to serving as Dean, she served as Chair of English at Howard University for nine years. She has served as president of the College Language Association (the oldest and largest professional organization in the US
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Jade Ellis Mathis, also known as “The Resilient JEM” is an attorney, public speaker, mental health advocate, and television personality. While following in the footsteps of her father, host of the nationally syndicated Emmy Award-winning Judge Mathis show, Jade experienced several obstacles and setbacks on her challenging road to becoming an attorney. After receiving a life-changing
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Dr. Philip Kurian is a theoretical physicist, (re)search(ing) scientist, and essayist, serving as principal investigator and founding director of the Quantum Biology Laboratory (https://quantumbiolab.com) at Howard University. Beginning his career as a math teacher in North Philadelphia, and then completing his doctorate in physics at Howard after a stint at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
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Richard J. Dyer is Senior Vice President of Media Operations and President and General Manager of WUSA9, the CBS affiliate and TEGNA owned station in Washington, D.C. Dyer assumed his new role in January of 2017, returning to his hometown. Previously, Dyer was the President and General Manager of WLWT-TV, the Hearst Television affiliate in
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Dr. Sheila Brooks is an accomplished entrepreneur, author, Emmy-award winning journalist and expert in multicultural marketing, public health communications and entrepreneurial education. Brooks is founder, president and CEO of SRB Communications, a full-service advertising, marketing and PR agency that specializes in multicultural markets and video production. Her more than four decades of trailblazing leadership in
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The Urban Nation Freedom Choir is a collaboration between Urban Nation and Imagination Stage which brings together a group of motivated youth, to promote peace, justice, and cross-cultural understanding through the arts. Focusing on a repertoire of songs including Spirituals, Gospel, Jazz, Pop, Broadway, and a variety of other genres. Dr. Rickey Payton Sr. serves
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The Wong People Kung Fu Association is a group based in Chinatown Washington DC. Since 1985 This group is dedicated to the practice and preservation of the ancient art of Kung Fu and Lion Dance. The Lion dance is a ritual that started centuries ago used to bring Good Luck to any festive occasion.
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