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For Her 90th Birthday
Visit Tampa Bay Hosts Civil Rights Leader And Trumpet Awards Founder
Keepin’ It Real Underground Radio’s Annual Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast
BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer
On Saturday, June 12, 2021, Keepin’ It Real (KIR) Underground Radio will present its annual June- teenth Prayer Breakfast. The event will be held at the Bar- rymore Hotel and is being sponsored by The West Tampa Alliance.
The host and emcee will be Dwight Bolden of KIR Radio. Entertainment will in- clude singers, Iris Collins and Olie Maddox Carter.
Motivational speaker and Spoken Word artist, Donald “Frederick Douglass” Dowridge will provide en- tertainment and food for thought.
be the Reverend Dr. James Leon Gallon.
Food will be provided by Dlishious Cuisines. During breakfast, community awards will be given.
“KIR is proud to present our annual Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast,” Bolden states. Juneteenth is the largest non-calendar holiday celebration in the world.”
The doors will open at 8:00 a.m and the program will start at 8:30am.
Reverend Dr. James Leon Gallon
... Keynote Speaker of Juneteenth Prayer Breakfast
The keynote speaker will
Sherri Brown, Vice President of Multicultural Sales and Devel- opment, Visit Tampa Bay, Dr. Xernona Clayton, and Santiago Cor- rada, President & CEO, Visit Tampa Bay.
BY MONIQUE STAMPS Sentinel Staff Writer
Dr. Xernona Clayton, the distinguished civil rights leader and pioneering broad- casting executive at Turner Broadcasting selected Tampa to celebrate her 90th birthday. The event was held on June 4, 2021, at the Current Hotel at Rocky Point.
Dr. Clayton currently serves on the board of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. She has pre- viously worked with the Na- tional Urban League and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she and her husband became close to Dr. Martin Luther King.
Dr. Clayton created the Trumpet Foundation to honor the achievements of African
Americans. She remains Presi- dent and CEO of the Trumpet Award Foundation.
“We are elated to see Dr. Xernona Clayton return to Tampa Bay,” says Santiago C. Corrada, president and CEO of Visit Tampa Bay. “Her legacy in civil rights is admirable and achievements in honoring African Americans in broad- casting are incomparable. As a melting pot of cultures with rich African American history, Tampa Bay is honored to be chosen as the destination to celebrate her milestone birth- day.”
Dr. Clayton is a lifetime member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. She lives in Atlanta with her second husband, Judge Paul L. Brady.
FYI
NeighborWorks Week
The CDC of Tampa celebrates NeighborWorks Week, “Honor- ing Through Art,” Saturday, June 12th, 8 a. m.-12 noon. The event will be held at Al Barnes Park, 2902 N. 32nd St. Those who come to assist will be painting the parking stumps and cleaning up the greenspace.
If you have questions, email ronda.watts@cdcoftampa.org.
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