RSVP Catching up with the social scene Council ofNegroWomen honors 6 “Living Portraits”
The 2013 Miss Juneteenth, and director of multicultural initiatives for the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado, are among the six who have been named Living Portraits of African-American Women for 2014.
They were honored at a reception hosted by the Denver section of the National Council of NegroWomen and held at Denver’s Central Library.
Turner, one of two recipients of the Youth Leadership Award, attends Smoky Hill School, where she maintains a 4.0 gradepoint average and participates in the Drama Club, Junior National Honor Society and the Sisterhood program. For the past several summers she has attended the New York Performing Arts Academy, where she was recognized as the “most talented and outgoing” member of the newscasting class.
Reese was given the Community Award in recognition of the work she has done to develop and implement culturally appropriate programs to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. A graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and former outreach worker for the Center for African American Health, Reese is married to White Rock Baptist Church Deacon
recipient of the Business Award, is the principal at Kebaya Consulting, a leadership and organizational development company that she founded in 2004 after serving as executive director of the Denver Small Business Development Center, the DenverMetro Chamber Leadership Foundation and the RockyMountain Minority Supplier Development Council. Love has a master’s degree in nonprofit management from Regis University and earned her Ph.D. from Antioch University.
also honored for her business acumen, is a corporate strategist and development expert known for her ability to help Fortuneranked companies and nonprofit organizations build national brands, expand their organizational systems and leverage untapped potential. A Denver resident since 1979, Haynes-Carter has degrees from the University of Colorado and Colorado State University and currently serves as director of the Minority Business Development Agency. recipient of the Government Award, is an analyst with the Denver Office of Economic Development, where she has been instrumental in helping over 1,000 small businesses gain the certification necessary for them to land contracting opportunities with the City and County of Denver. She holds amaster compliance administrator certification fromMorgan State University and a bachelor of science degree in businessmanagement from the University of Phoenix. Her volunteer activities include work on behalf of the American Association of UniversityWomen, Colorado BlackWomen for Political Action and the Democratic Party.
A second Youth Leadership Award went to Ruth Tsige. A senior at Gateway High School, where she is enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program, Ruth has a 3.8 grade point average and will graduate in the top five percent of her class. She is vice president of the National Honor Society, a member of the Sign Language Club and the Science Club and was Colorado’s 2013 Trig-Star. As such, she represented both her high school and the state at the national level for the annual trigonometry competition.