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N A A C P AND A R C H E W E L L F O U N D AT I O N The Black Stars News 2015 Annual FOR C I V I L R I G H T S Awards DinnerJ will honor Mayor O I N F O R C E S David Dinkins, Rep. Charles
uplift people across the country who The NAACP and Rep. The Archewell Rangel, Yvette Clarke, are transforming the digital world for Foundation have announced the R. Donahue Peebles, Barbara the better. Nabiha Syed is doing just 2023 recipient of the Digital Civil Barron, Rights Arnwine, Award. ThisInez annual award,Sabrina that, harnessing her own expertise to Lamb, Dr. Rudy Crew, launched last year, celebrates a Stephen push for safer, more inclusive online Byrd, Alia Jones, who andare the Centralcommunities," said Prince Harry and new generation of leaders Park Five survivors of gross Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of creating transformational change at injustice on December 18justice from and 6:00pm – Sussex. "Nabiha and her team are the intersection of social shedding light on some of the most technology — working to advance civil46 West 10:00pm at MIST Harlem, critical issues of our time and in doing and human rights. 116th Street.
“Each honoree Digital chosenCivil for The NAACP-Archewell recognition has demonstrated Rights Award recognizes long-term exceptional leadership vision in contributors to the digital rights and space her supporting or his respective profession or while also a new generation endeavor and to in expand some significant of visionaries working equity, measure including has issues related to towards contributed discrimination, privacy, creatingmisinformation, a more just society in this countering biases, limiting profiling and country,” says Black Star News surveillance, improving transparency, founder and publisher Milton increasing diversity in the tech sector, Allimadi. “Obviously much work and more. The winner is awarded needs to be done here and $100,000 to be used to advance new around the world.” work, expand leadership and expertise,
so, empowering all of us to reclaim some of our most basic freedoms: truth, safety, and choice. She's an inspiration to us and so many others, and we're proud to support her incredibly important work." NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said, "We are honored to award and support Nabiha Syed in her
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York and a former chancellor of the New York public schools system.
Pioneering producers Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones, through their law at Oxford, is also an acclaimed company Front Row Production, media lawyer with a decade of Tin Roof” brought “Cat on a Hot experience in cutting-edge questions and “A Streetcar Named Desire” around ethical newsgathering, including with a multi-ethnic cast to publishing national security leaks and In 2016 they curbingBroadway. online propaganda. She hasbring “Eclipsed” with Oscar Winner advised two presidents on freedom Lupitaissues. Nyong ’O toportrait Broadway. of expression Syed's hangs at Yale Lawthe School, whereCentral she Honorees, so-called co-founded their nationally recognized Park 5, are collectively and media law clinic and remains a fellow of individually heroes. They are the Information Society Project.
survivors of one of the ugliest miscarriage of justice inofNew York’s "Technology is the architecture history; having been railroaded majority. She now leads The was a member of the New York our reality – but unfortunately, that and unjustly convicted for a crime Transformative Justice Coalition. City Council, representing the architecture can perpetuate inequality th they did not commit and for which and injustice. Our job now is to Arnwine was for 26 years executive 40 council district in Brooklyn, challenge technology to serve us all, they served long prison sentences director of the Lawyers’ Committee succeeding her mother, Una S. those who hold power and to 13 years from seven years for Civil Rights Under the Law. not justranging T. Clarke. In the current 114th privilege," said Nabiha Syed. "I amwhen the before being exonerated Congress Clarke serves on Inez Barron, honoree, formerly ahumbled and grateful to the NAACP actual rapist confessed. They are: the Energy and Commerce State Assembly member, is nowand The Archewell Foundation for Yusef Abdus Salaam; Raymond Committee, responsible for a New York City council membertheir support as we equip the public to and/orThe continue their impact in thewith field a gala starts at 6:00pm Santana Jr., Antron McCray, Kevin consumer protection, food and a champion of education for demand better." of digital equity. cocktail hour to be followed by the Richardson, and Kharey Wise. safety, energy development, public our youth. dinner and awards ceremonies. There health, communications, the The NAACP advocates, agitates, and focuses The Black Star News, which This year's is aentertainment lawyer and Honoree Imhotep Gary Byrd is litigates for the civil rights due to Black will recipient be musical by environment, and interstate and on investigative journalism, has media executive, Nabiha Syed. Syed a legendary radio talk show host America. Our legacy is built on the opera singer Cassandra Douglas international commerce. been featured as a result of some if has led The Markup — previously as and executive producer, radio DJ,foundation of grassroots activism by the andand from harmonica phenomenon President now as CEO — since its news scoops, on CNN, The New R. Donahue Peebles, honoree, is poet, songwriter, music recordingbiggest civil rights pioneers of the 20th William Galison. David Dinkins is its launch, as their award-winning York Daily News, The New York a leading developer and founder ofmissionartist to make for all. anddemocracy producer, work rapper, writercentury and is sustained by 21st century honored for Lifetime Achievement investigations uncover how powerful Post, The Village Voice, and Brill’s The While technology has made everything "W h ePeebles n w e Co., f o uthe n dnation’s e d largest and community activist. He beganactivists. From classrooms and — heuse was New York City’s first institutions technology to reshape Content magazine. African American-owned real more accessible his careerand as aeveryone radio DJmore in Buffalocourtrooms to city halls and Congress, American mayor and also t h i s a w a r d w i t h t h e society.African The Markup's data-driven connected, it has the potential to cause estate firm with $3.5 billion worth of members across the Past Black Star News honorees at age 15. For over 30 years, he’s our network welcomed Nelson Mandela to the reporting has analyzed the hidden tremendous setbacks for civil rights, N A A C P , w e w a n t e d of properties under development country works to secure the social and It have included: Gil Noble (Like beenwitnessed a talk show host years. at WBLS and racial bias mortgage approval city in after his release in 1990. we have in recent political power that will end race-based toromanagement h i g h l i g h— t he a nwas d one as Is), Rep. Maxine Waters, Soledad algorithms and student risk algorithms; WLIB radio in York City. He to support theNew greatest minds Rep. also honored work is Camille rooted inCosby, of the pioneering developerswho We need revealed howCharles telecom Rangel, companies O’Brien That (CNN), Ms. also has a Friday night radio talk discrimination. u p l i f t p e o p l e a c r o s s in tech who are developing equitable for Lifetime Achievement, has racial equity, civic engagement, and helped turn around and revitalize offer lower-income and more diverse Voza Rivers (New Heritage Theatre), show WBAI. platforms andon holding corporations supportive policies and institutions served in Congress since 1971. He is t h e c o u n t r y w h o a r e the once-blighted Anacostia neighborhoods slower internet Errol Louis (NY1 News), Amel accountable, and Sabrina that is exactly what Honoree Lamb, founderfor all marginalized people. We are recipient of price The Bronze speedsafor the same as other medal for D.C. tneighborhood r a n s f o r m in i nWashington, g the Larrieux (Entertainer), Dr. William NabihaofSyed is doing. We are grateful committed to a world without racism World of Money, is a champion helping save soldiers behind enemy neighborhoods; and how Meta collects A champion of African-American to The Archewell Foundation and The Pollard (Medgar Evers College), d i geconomic i t a l w oempowerment r l d f o r t hPeebles’ e of financial literacy for youth-- shewhere Black people enjoy equitable financial information taxWar. filing line during thethrough Korean is Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who Herm Edwards (NY Jets), Nayaba websites and health information from teaches knowledge about handlingopportunities in thriving communities. b e t t e ra.possible ” contemplating run for NYC have been tremendous partners in the Rep. Yvette Clarke is a Democratic Arinde (Amsterdam News), La-Verna The Legal Defense Fund – also referred hospital systems. and planning. mayor in 2017. fight tomoney, advancebudgeting civil and human rights member of the US House of to as the NAACP-LDF was founded Fountain (Columbia University), across Dr. the Rudy tech sector." Crew, honoree, is one ofin 1940Lillian as a part of the(DC37), NAACP,Desiree but from New Roberts Dancy Honoree Barbara civil "When Representatives we founded this award with the Pr in ce H a r ry a n d MeArnwine, ghan th now operates as a completely separate the nation’s leading educators. He’s York whose 9 district covers (New York Times), Greg Floyd (Local NAACP, we wanted to highlight and rights is a champion The Dukelawyer, and Duchess of Sussex of Syed, a Marshall Scholar who studied entity. 237), Rev. Al Sharpton (National much of central Brooklyn. Before president of Medgar Evers College protecting voting rights of ethnic entering Congress in 2007, she Action Network), and many others. of The City University of New minority groups — the emerging David Dinkins
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