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Masjid An Nasr Hosts 4th Annual Black History Awards Banquet
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Talladega College Receives Historic Donation Of $2.5 Million
Dr. Lisa Long, center, Acting President, with the check and other college officials.
Masjid An Nasr is hosting its 4th Annual Black History Awards Banquet on Friday, February 25, 2022.
This will take place at Is- lamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, 7326 E. Sligh Ave., Tampa, FL 33610.
The theme of this award banquet is “Community Out- reach Through Acts of Kind- ness.” Our feature speaker will be Imam Siraj Wah- haj.
“The reason for the event is to raise funds for our Food Pantry that serves the under- served communities and the Youth Mentoring Pro- gram. The funds from this event will support our efforts in the expansion of the Food
RICHARD MUHAMMAD ...Chairman
JARVIS EL-AMIN ...Co-Chairman
CANDY LOWE ...CEO and Founder, Black Business Bus Tour
Pantry and the Youth Men- toring Program,” stated Brother Richard Muhammad, Chairman.
Masjid An Nasr 4th An- nual Black History Program will be Partnering with Is- lamic Society of Tampa Bay
Area and Black Business Bus Tour.
For more information, contact Brother Richard Muhammad, Chairman (813-406-1047) or Brother Jarvis El-Amin, Co-Chair- man (813-787-6652).
Talladega College recently received an anonymous and historic donation of $2.5 mil- lion in support of student scholarships.
With these funds, the Col- lege plans to expand its ‘Angel Award’ scholarship program which will tremen- dously impact the lives of current and incoming stu- dents.
“This donation is the first of many,” said Dr. Lisa Long, acting president of Talladega College. “Our mis- sion is to equip our graduates for the global community through academic excel- lence, moral values, commu- nity service, and professional development.”
“These funds will enable us to continue our path of success and our unwavering journey to remain an institu- tion of excellence,” she
added.
In August, the College re-
ceived an anonymous dona- tion of $250,000 which was used to create the ‘Angel Award.’ This scholarship has provided financial assistance to nearly 100 students who were facing economic strug- gles.
According to Long, she is not certain about the iden- tity of the College’s ‘angel in disguise,’ but she is exceed- ingly grateful for their gen- erosity.
Among many other demonstrations of generosity and merits, the College re- cently cleared $925,666 in debt for students with bal- ances for the terms of Spring 2020 through Summer 2021, and was recently ranked in the top 100 most affordable public administration col- leges.
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