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CFBPW

Keynote Speaker Winter Board Meeting, February 23, 2024
11:00 a.m.

Carolyn Hoskins

Founder, Executive Director & Curator of the Domini Hoskins Black History Museum &
Learning Center
Belmont, CA

Carolyn was born and raised in Edwardsville, Illinois and married to Robert "Bob" Hoskins, a
star football player. As his career with the San Francisco 49ers began to take off, Bob
and Carolyn moved their family to the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s. Carolyn is an
active member of the San Mateo NAACP and a member of the NFL Alumni Northern California
Chapter Executive Committee. She has spearheaded the NFL Celebrity Toy Drive since 1994
to benefit local charities, and has five children, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and
four godchildren.
The Museum & Learning Center is named after Carolyn Hoskins’ grandson, Domini Hoskins,
who asked “Weren’t there any other black people that did anything other than Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.?”
Carolyn received the Jefferson Award in 2022, Quiet Hero Award from Senator Jerry Hill in
2013, and the Unsung Hero Award from the Redwood City Inter-Service Club in 2008. She was
the Honorary Chairperson for the San Mateo County MLK Day Celebration & Freedom Train in
2020, and has also received quite a few community accolades including proclamations and
commendations from the City of Redwood City (2022), Supervisor David Canepa (2022), State
Senator Jerry Hill (2020), State Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (2020), American Association of
University Women (2020), San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (2020), Former Menlo Park
Mayor Ray Mueller (2019), New Sweet Home Church of God in Christ (2019) , 100 Black
Women of San Francisco (2019), Former Redwood City Mayor Iain Bain (2019), Former
Belmont Mayor Davina Hurt (2019), the Sterling Downs Neighborhood Association (2019),
Positive Promotions of New York, and the San Francisco-Peninsula Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority (2017).