CBCF TO HOST HERITAGE CELEBRATION DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH Foundation Event Will Honor Preserving African-American Legislative History |
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, (CBCF) will host its second annual Avoice Heritage Celebration and Awards evening from 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., on February 8, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Washington, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW.
The dinner and awards program will honor an individual for their work in preserving African-American legislative history and a former Congressional Black Caucus member for strides made in preserving and archiving their papers. A corporation will also be honored for its commitment to cultivating minority civic engagement, public discourse on African-American history, or the preservation of important historic artifacts through philanthropic or programmatic support.
The intimate evening will also serve as a fundraiser for Avoice: African-American Voices In Congress (Avoice) www.avoiceonline.org. Avoice is a virtual online library that is a premier source of information about historical and contemporary African-American policy issues important to researchers, academics, educators and students.Created in 2006 by the Foundation, Avoice's seven digital-archive exhibits focus on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Bill, Origins of the CBC, the Voting Rights Act, the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the Women of the CBC, Environmental Justice and Education Policy. For ticket information, please call 202-263-2800.
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., established in 1976, is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy, research and educational institute intended to broaden and elevate the influence of African Americans in the political, legislative and public policy arenas.
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