Celebration
The Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference announced this week the recipients of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Celebration Social Justice awards with the presentation to be held later this month.
“This award is given to those who demonstrate Dr. King’s legacy of raising public consciousness to social justices, securing progress on civil rights, and loving and serving humanity. This award commemorates your voice on social issues, outstanding achievements, personal standard of spiritual excellence and community involvement. Like Dr. King, you seek justice and total equality for everyone,” wrote Dr. M. LaVelle Hendricks, president of the conference committee, in a press release.
Dr. Mark Rudin, president and CEO of Texas A&M University-Commerce, will be the master of ceremony.
Essay readers this year will be Lindsey Hayes, Samara Clayton, Jamarion Hall and James Winnett-Moore.
A keynote speaker has not yet been confirmed.
Honorees for the2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice awards are:
• Aaliyah Harris
• Adrian Pruitt
• Aspen Burns
• Aubrey Harris
• Berzahi Hernandez
• Brayden Adamson
• Cameron Warren
• Camilla Perez
• Carla Harper
• Cathy Duffey
• Charrmain Crook
• Chef Thomas
• Courtney Edwards
• Craig Cohen
• D’Arian Gordon
• Delores Smith
• Denise King
• Dequarian Wilkerson
• Frank Jimmerson
• Glynis Harrison
• Hunter Peters-Hughes
• Jackie Russell
• Jamareus Harrison Beard
• Janelle Safford
• Jasmine Ramirez
• Jimmy Edwards
• Joel Garcia
• John Robinson
• Joyce Young
• Julie Varosi
• Justin Finley
• Karen Weatherman
• Kate Mitchell
• Kaylee Malone
• Kaylon Alexander
• Kelly Herriage
• Kendra Chaffer
• Kennedy Lee
• Kerry Potts
• Kim Reed
• Krishay Mistry
• Kristen Potts
• Mackenzie Haynes
• Marcus Duffey
• Margaret Sanders
• Merlene Ross
• Michelle Pasion
• Charles Young
• Nelson Dent
• Nick Cantillo
• Osvaldo Rodriguez
• Deborah Gilmore-Sharper
• Gaylin McCurdy
• Jossie Jimmerson
• Mack Barrett
• Patricia Edwards
• Pine McQuay
• Reiko Alexander
• Remona Hynsen
• Jason Lindley
• Rhonda Orren
• Sean Tyler Dial
• Shanyah Winnett-Moore
• Angella Mosley
• Chasity Roy
• Rowena Johnson
• Silvesta Alexander
• Stephanie Cohen
• Stephen Edwards
• Ta’nia Shavers
• TaMiyah Rose
• Taylor Mitchell
• Terika Wright
• Thomas Earl Johnson
• Thomas Peters
• Ty Holt
• Tyesha Pruitt
• Venda Wright
• Zyan Fobbs
• Frankie Joe Hawkins
• Zhakari Jackson
• Mynder Kelly
• Silvesta Alexander
• Roslyn Lee Berry
• Ashanta Alexander
• Yvonne Thornton The celebration will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 at Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 208 Fuller St. in Sulphur Springs. This event is free and open to the public. Board members of the Hopkins County African American Leadership Conference are Jo Ann Johnson, Yvonne Thornton, Cordell Jackson, Ashanta Alexander, Silvesta Alexander, Jossie Jimmerson, Mynder Kelly, Roslyn Berry, W.C. Pryor and Dr. Hendricks.