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Our Distinguished Daughters
The Honorable Frederica Massiah- Festival. This year marks the 41st
Jackson (June 1976), Judge of the Court anniversary of this event in our city. It was
of Common Pleas, is a big winner! A list of designed to bring people of African descent
the 2016 recipients of its Lifetime from all over the world to celebrate their
Achievement Award appeared in the April heritage and achievements. The festival had
25, 2015, edition of the Legal its origins from the Yoruba people of
Intelligencer. The award is presented to Nigeria. Oren was the keynote speaker at
individuals who have helped to shape the the African Business Round Table on June
law in Pennsylvania in areas such as their 10, 2016. She is the Deputy Assistant
work on the bench, assisting those in need Administrator in the Bureau for Africa that
of legal services, building a firm or in other has provided $8.1 billion in assistance to 42
ways. The awards will be presented at a African countries. In this capacity, she is
dinner in the Crystal Tea Room on June 21, responsible for leading the Bureau’s West
2016. Africa Office and Sustainable Development
The Honorable Sandra Strokoff (June Office. She also serves as Africa Bureau’s
1967) has sent this update: "I am retiring on Trade Coordinator, and as the Coordinator
July 1 from my position as Legislative for the Partnership for Growth (PFG), a
Counsel of the U.S. House of presidential initiative that aims to accelerate
Representatives, after serving more than 40 and sustain broad-based economic growth
years in the House, and I look forward to by putting into practice the principles of
the next chapter in my life. I continue to President Obama’s September 2010
play the violin in the Prince George’s Presidential Policy Directive on Global
Philharmonic Orchestra and in chamber Development.
music groups. In 2013 I received the Louis Judith Seitz Rodin (June 1962) is retiring
H. Pollak Award, presented by the Law from her post as President of the
Alumni Society of the University of Rockefeller Foundation, according to an
Pennsylvania Law School to an alumna or article in the Philadelphia Inquirer of June
alumnus of Penn Law who has pursued a 17, 2016. She was the first woman to serve
career of advancing justice through service in the position and has held it for twelve
to others. years. Before that, she was President of the
Oren Whyche-Shaw (June 1967) was the University of Pennsylvania from 1194 to
keynote speaker for one of the many 2004. She was also the first woman to hold
interesting events that make up the essence that post. As more news emerges, we'll keep
of Philadelphia's great 2016 Odunde you posted.
