Title: Celebration of Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons – NYC
Location: Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. (at 135th Street), New York, NY
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Description: Brown University’s Inman Page Black Alumni Council (IPC), the New York Chapter of IPC and the Alumni of Color Initiative invite you to a Celebration of Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons.
The event will begin at 5:30pm with a light reception on the second floor of the Schomburg Center. The program will begin at 7:00pm in the auditorium. President’s remarks will be followed by a Q&A session.
Attendees are encouraged to reconvene after the event at Harlem Tavern, 2153 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (at 116th Street).
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Reception: 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Program: 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Place: Schomburg Center, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. (at 135th Street), New York, NY
RSVP: Tickets must be purchased in advance online for $15 per person.
Register online at https://alumni.brown.edu/Alumni/BRAVO/Events/Registration_NonUser.aspx?Event=831
Alumni and friends are strongly encouraged to donate to The Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund on the Brown University giving page. Click “Give Now,” scroll to the bottom of the giving page to the heading “The Alumni of Color Initiative,” and check the box for “The Ruth J. Simmons Africana Studies Endowed Fund.” We are close to our goal of raising $100,000 and with your help, we can honor President Simmons while creating a permanent endowment for the department.
The Event Committee
Mark Winston Griffith ’85 – Chair
Tiffani Scott ’98 – Co-chair
Bernicetine McLeod Bailey ’68
Harold Bailey ’70
Hon. Bill Perkins ’72
Roland Laird ’82
Richard Gray ’85
Russell Malbrough ’99
Breeana Moore ’10
IPC National Officers
Rosetta Hillary ’73 – President
Karen McLaurin ’74 – President-Elect
Thierry Fortune ’84 – Treasurer
Tony Teat ’88 – Secretary
Brown Alumni Association Staff
Suzy Alba
Valerie Cordeiro
Myra Liwanag ’91
Tarik Zawia
Who’s Coming?
| Geraldine Abbey-Mensah ’06, MD’10 |
| Isa Abdur-Rahman ’09 |
| Pam Abner ’82 |
| Bruk Addis ’11 |
| Cheryl Allen ’07 |
| Laurel Allen |
| Todd Andrews ’83 |
| Ann Arthur- Andrew ’85 |
| Tesmerelna Atsbeha ’01 |
| Aji Bah |
| Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, P’99, P’03 |
| Harold Bailey ’70 |
| Brian Benjamin ’98 |
| Linda Brandon ’75 |
| Sheila Bridges ’86 |
| Kenya Brome ’94 |
| Rakim Brooks ’09 |
| Leslie Brown ’85 |
| Lola Brown ’01 |
| Graham Browne |
| Althea Buckner ’75 |
| Eileen Buckner, “73 |
| Nellie Buckner |
| Alex Bynum ’85 |
| Diane Bynum |
| Preetha Chakrabarti ’03 |
| Gordon Chambers ’90 |
| Michael Clarke ’83 |
| Leroy Cole ’83 |
| Lisha Cole ’83 |
| Patrick Cox |
| Bill Crawley |
| Kenya Crumel ’93 |
| Marcela Cuadrado |
| Pam Clarke |
| Dean Dent ’74, P’09 |
| Jonathan Dent |
| Theresa Diaz ’82 |
| Maurice Dobson, Esq. |
| Sheryl Dobson, Esq. ’84 |
| Robin Duncan Brooks ’75 |
| Katherine Eckstein ’98 |
| Carmelo Eleutiza |
| Gwen Elwood ’07 |
| Donald Eversley ’80 |
| Johanna Fernandez, ’93 |
| Johnny Graves ’86 |
| Richard Gray ’85 |
| Aliah Greene |
| Brian Harper ’83 |
| Curt Harris ’92 |
| Jenna Harris ’11 |
| Julen Harris ’08 |
| Jacqui Hogans ’03 |
| Steven Hunter, ’99 |
| Arhima Jacobs ’99 |
| Dorsey James ’83, P’14 |
| Janis Jasper-Gray |
| Allyson Johnson ’86 |
| Brandi Johnson ’00 |
| Leon Johnson ’82 |
| Lidia Kidane ’98 |
| Robert Kim ’96 |
| Adam King ’06 |
| Mary Ellen Kohlman ’98 |
| Javette Laremont ’80 |
| Jorge Lazarus P ’12 |
| Danielle LeBlanc ’98 |
| Alison Lee ’02 |
| Robin Lenhardt ’89 |
| Arnold Lewis ’83 |
| Paula Lewis ’80, P’12 |
| Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay ’94 |
| Dina López ’01 |
| Penni Malloy |
| Mariella Martinez ’99 |
| Jessica McBride ’84 |
| John McBride ’84 |
| Sandra McDaniel ’96 |
| Lorie McGee ’01 |
| Crystal McQueen ’04 |
| Lianne Arrington Merchant ’82 |
| Clayton Nelson ’09 |
| Angela Ocampo ’10 |
| Karen Odom ’74 |
| Olanma Okoji ’05 |
| Olive Osborne-Silver ’89 MD’93 |
| Brandon Pace ’03 |
| Neeta Pal ’09 |
| Ofiji Parris ’98 & ’99 |
| Lorine Pendleton |
| Adrienne Phillips ’96 MD’01 |
| Jasmine Plummer |
| Danielle Pulliam ’96 |
| Louise Quick Spann ’82 |
| Monci Ramirez ’95 |
| Heather Reid ’96 |
| Carmen Rodriguez ’83, P’14 |
| Kathie Rones ’77 ‘ MD80 |
| Warren Simmons, AISR |
| Robert Smith III ’09 |
| Collette Spalding ’05 |
| Lewis Spann ’81 |
| Anita Spivey ’74 |
| Cesalie Stepney |
| Diane Sumpter |
| Gregory Sumpter |
| Richard Sumpter |
| Ylonka Szabo ’01 |
| Rick Thigpen ’81 |
| Vincent C. Thomas ’73 |
| André St. Clair Thompson ’05 |
| Issa Toure |
| Hayward Vereen ’88 |
| Dwight Vidale ’05 |
| Corey Walker, Chair, Department of Africana Studies |
| Evelyn Wande ’94 |
| Eileen Wang ’07 SCMIM’08 |
| Ray Wedderburn, MD ’82 |
| Jacqueline Wisner ’74 |
| Elizabeth Won ’03 MD’07 |
| Robert Yizar ’74, P’07 |
| Warren Young ’01 MD’07 |
2 Comments
Thrilled for this historic event to take place in our treasured New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture!
I missed out. I think that slogan, “Ever True”, has taken on a new meaning for me. Hope to see all of you soon.