Berkeley College Celebrates 2020 with Great Emancipation Day Awards Banquet in Newark
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020 |
Contact: Ilene Greenfield Director of Media Relations 973-200-1100 igl@BerkeleyCollege.edu |
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BERKELEY COLLEGE CELEBRATES 2020 WITH THE POSITIVE COMMUNITY |
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Share the News: @BerkeleyCollege @ThePositiveComm #AfricanAmericanHistory #EmancipationDay #NewsBerkeley Photo Caption: Berkeley College rang in 2020 with The Positive Community magazine, during the Great American Emancipation Day Awards Banquet and 20th Anniversary Celebration held at The Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, NJ, on January 1, 2020. Berkeley College student Sarah Adedjouma of East Orange, NJ, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in Health Services Management, read the African-American Cultural Narrative to the audience. Ms. Adedjouma is pictured above with Adrian Council, Sr., Publisher and Co-founder of The Positive Community. Banquet honorees included Hazel N. Dukes, DHL, President, NAACP New York State Conference, Past President, national NAACP, and current member, NAACP National Board of Directors and Executive Committee; Rev. Jacques Andre DeGraff, President and Board Chair, Friends of Harlem Hospital; Rev. Calvin McKinney, DHL, Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church of North Jersey; Mildred C. Crump, Newark City Council President; John E. Harmon, Sr., IOM, President and CEO, African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey; and Rev. Robert M. Waterman, PhD, President, African American Clergy and Elected Officials. |
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