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President Of Spelman College Is Speaker For TOBA Breakfast
The Tampa Organization of Black Affairs (TOBA) an- nounced this week that the keynote speaker for the 2019 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Breakfast will be Mary Schmidt Campbell, Ph.D.
The 39th Annual TOBA Leadership Breakfast will be held on the 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Monday, January 21st. The 6:45 a. m. Breakfast will be held at the Downtown Hilton Hotel.
Dr. Campbell has served as a leader in educa- tion, the arts, and the public sector for nearly 40 years. She began her tenure as the 10th President of Spelman College on August 1, 2015. Before her appointment, Dr. Campbell was Dean Emerita of Tisch School of the Arts at New York Univer- sity, and university professor
in the Department of Art and Public Policy.
In her over two decades as dean, Tisch vaulted to the top echelon of university art schools. While at Tisch, she invented new fields of study, fostered collaboration be- tween art and technology, and increased the diversity of both the faculty and the student body.
She holds a Master’s De- gree in Art History from Syracuse University, and a doctorate in Humanities, also from Syracuse.
Early in her career, Dr. Campbell led the Studio Museum in Harlem at a time when the area was on the de- cline, and the city of New York was on the verge of bankruptcy. Under her lead- ership, she transformed the building from a rented loft into the country’s first ac- credited Black fine arts mu-
DR. MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL ...TOBA Breakfast
Keynote Speaker
seum with a permanent col- lection, major publications, exhibitions, and artists-in- residence programs.
In 2009, Dr. Campbell was appointed by Presi- dent Barack Obama to serve as the Vice Chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, a non-partisan advisory committee to the President of the United States on cul- tural matters. Throughout her tenure as Vice Chair, Dr.
Campbell took an active role in re-affirming the arts as one of the ingredients es- sential to effective public school education.
A well-known speaker, Dr. Campbell lectures widely across the country and around the world and has authored many papers and articles on a range of subjects, including African- American art, urban cultural policy issues, leadership and arts in education.
Dr. Campbell is the au- thor of An American Odyssey: The Life and Work of Romare Bearden.
She is co-editor of Artis- tic Citizenship: A Public Voice for the Arts (New York: Routledge, 2006); and co-author of Harlem Renais- sance: Art of Black America (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1987) and Memory and Metaphor: The Art of Romare Bearden, 1940–1987 (New York: Ox- ford University Press and The Studio Museum in
Harlem, 1991).
She is completing a book
on Romare Bearden for Oxford University Press.
Dr. Campbell holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from Swarthmore College, where she served for 12 years on the board of managers. Dr. Campbell also holds several honorary degrees; and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. She is currently a fel- low of the American Acad- emy of Arts and Sciences and sits on the board of The Al- fred P. Sloan Foundation.
Dr. Campbell is mar- ried to Dr. George Camp- bell, Jr., a physicist and president emeritus of The Cooper Union for the Ad- vancement of Science and Art. They are the parents of three sons and have six grandchildren.
Tickets for the Breakfast are available online now at TOBAnetwork.org or TO- BAMLKBreakfast.Eventbrite .com.
Hillsborough Commissioners Seek Applications For Diversity Advisory Council
Applications Due Dec. 20
Hillsborough County Commissioners are seeking interested residents to serve on the Diversity Advisory Council. The Council was created to facilitate commu- nication between Hillsbor- ough County government and diverse populations, and to address matters related to di- versity that affect County gov- ernment and its citizens.
The Council is appointed by the Board of County Com- missioners and is comprised of two individuals from each of the following categories: African-American; Caribbean; Far East Asian; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender; Hispanic/Latino; Indian Asian; Middle Eastern; Na- tive American; Northern and Southern European; People with Disabilities; and At- Large (Identification with a specific category is not re- quired).
Seven positions are va- cant. Terms are for two years. All nominees must reside in and be registered voters in
Hillsborough County. Ap- pointments are voluntary po- sitions; therefore, members serve without compensation.
The deadline to apply is Dec. 20, 2018. Residents interested in being consid- ered for appointment must submit: 1) an essay of 200- 500 words highlighting what your goals would be as a member of the Diversity Ad- visory Council and state why you are most suited to carry out those goals; 2) a com- pleted Questionnaire for Di- versity Advisory Council; and 3) a Standards of Con- duct Form. All questions must be answered. Applicants declining to submit an essay will be eliminated from fur- ther consideration.
The forms are available in the Commissioners’ reception area on the second floor of County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa; by calling the Boards and Councils Coordinator at 813-272-5826; or on the County’s website at: HCFLGov.net.
Forms must be signed and dated.
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