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From: One Hundred Black Men, Inc.
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Public Relations -- (212) 843-9381
Contact: Mike Stouber
550 GUESTS RAISE NEARLY $700,000 AT
THE ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN, INC. 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
AND 33rd ANNUAL BENEFIT GALA
Celebrating Fifty Years of Leadership, Advocacy and Community Service
NEW YORK, NY, February 25, 2013–A diverse audience of more than 500 New York and national movers and shakers gathered at the New York Marriott Marquis Grand Ballroom last Thursday for the 50th Anniversary celebration and 33rd Annual Benefit Gala as One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City (OHBM) saluted five national civic and business leaders:
The Hon. David N. Dinkins, Former New York City Mayor and One Hundred Black Men Founder
The Hon. H. Carl McCall, Former New York State Comptroller and Chairman, Board of Trustees, SUNY
Kevin Newell, Executive Vice President and Global Chief Brand Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
Vivian Pickard, President of GM Foundation, General Motors Corporation
James Reynolds, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Loop Capital Markets
Eytone Ruiz, Andrew Lyttle and Tochukwu Agouji were honored as Mentors of the Year.
Dari Alexander, anchor of Fox 5 News, and David Ushery, anchor of NBC News 4 New York and host of “The Debrief with David Ushery,” served co-emcees of the Black tie fundraiser that featured a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner, program and dancing at 7:30 p.m.
OHBM President Fitzgerald Miller welcomed several hundred guests to the VIP reception including Congressman Gregory Meeks; New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli ; New York City Comptroller John Liu; Former New York City Comptroller William Thompson; 100 Black Men of America Chairman Emeritus Thomas Dortch; 100 Black Men of America Chairman Curley Dossman, Jr. and immediate Past President and Chairman Emeritus Albert Dotson, Jr.; President and CEO of the New York Urban League (NYUL) Arva Rice; former Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield President Mark Wagar; New York State Senators Eric Adams and Ruth Hassell-Thompson; CEO and President of United Way of NYC Sheena Wright; ESSENCE Editor Emerita Susan L. Taylor; Tuskegee Airman and OHBM Past President Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr.; Medgar Evers College President Dr. William Pollard; students from the Eagle Academy for Young Men; President of the Academy Foundation and founding principal of the Eagle Academy, David Banks, Esq., Eagle Academy Special Assistant Yvette Crespo, and benefit committee member Philip Banks, Jr., OHBM immediate past President; Hazel Dukes, President, NY State NAACP Conference; former MTA Board member James Harding, Jr.
“Tonight marks not only a remarkable milestone in the life of our organization, it serves to validate the incredible vision and leadership of the legions of men who shaped, supported and sustained the mission of One Hundred Black Men at the beginning and through the years,” said OHBM President Fitzgerald Miller.
“We began in New York City, but evolved into a national organization with 118 affiliate Chapters from New York City to San Francisco and all the States in between, and are now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia,” Mr. Miller noted.
One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City wishes to thank its sponsors.
Walmart, News Corporation, Bloomberg, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Leo Burnett, Loop Capital Partners, McDonald’s Corporation, Moët Hennessy USA and Turner Construction Company, for their generous support.
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN
One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City was founded in 1963 when a group of successful African-American men came together to pool their resources to positively impact the Black community.
One Hundred Black Men, Inc.’s service projects focus on mentoring, education, health and wellness, and economic development. The organization has a long and successful history of working with its corporate and community partners to make significant differences in the lives of the communities it serves. A celebrated example is the establishment of The Eagle Academy for Young Men in the Bronx, a public school with a focus on academic excellence, leadership and character development and more recently, Eagle Academies have opened in Brooklyn, Queens and Newark, NJ.
For more information or to support the programs of the organization, call 212-777-7070 or log on to www.ohbm.org. Opportunities to support the organization can be found on the Website by clicking the “Donate” tab.
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Editor’s note: Jpeg images from the event are available upon request.
