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$300,000 was
raised at
the recent UNCF “A
Mind Is . .
.” Hamptons Summer Benefit
benefiting
deserving
New York
area
students.
More than
400 guests
attended the
Aug. 5-6
benefit
weekend
events,
which were
held at the
private
residences
of Nancy
Silberkleit,
co-CEO of
Archie
Comics, and Lyn and E.T.
Williams Jr., Frank
Baker,
co-founder
and managing
partner of
Siris
Capital
Group, LLC
and Dr.
Ronald A.
Johnson,
president of
Clark
Atlanta
University,
were honored
with the
Keepers of
the Flame
award for
being
champions of
diversity
and
education.
Joe Madison,
SiriusXM
Urban View
radio talk
show host,
was master
of
ceremonies. Jane
Carter,
Errol
Taylor,
Desiree
Watson,
William
Pickens III,
Jean
Shafiroff and Paula
Taylor were
co-chairs
for the
events on
Saturday and
Sunday. Dr.
Michael
Lomax,
UNCF
president
and CEO,
delivered
remarks on
UNCF’s
impact in
the state of
New York and
the
importance
of community
support.
“Where else
can you come
together to
send kids to
college, but
in such
elegant
surroundings
in the midst
of a
Hamptons
summer,”
said Lomax.
“With the
support of
the
community,
whom we call
our army of
advocates,
UNCF has
invested
almost $2
million in
college
scholarships
for New York
students,
millions of
dollars in
cash support
and
technical
assistance
for our 37
member HBCUs
and the
almost 1,300
New York
students who
attend
them.”
In its
72-year
history,
UNCF has
raised more
than $4.5
billion to
support
minority
students’
quest for
better
futures.
Events such
as these are
made
possible by
the
admirable
support of
community
and
corporate
partners
such as this
year’s “A
Mind Is . .
.” Hamptons SummerBenefit
platinum
sponsors,
Siris
Capital
Group, LLC
and
Synchronoss
Technologies,
Inc.
Additional
sponsors
were Loida
Lewis; the
Reginald F.
Lewis
Foundation;
Sidley
Austin LLP;
Greenberg
Traurig LLP;
RBC Capital
Markets;
Wellness
Interactive;
Adam and
Stacy Coyle;
Christina
Lewis
Halpern;
Moët
Hennessy
USA; Notorious Pink
Rosé; Jean,
Martin,
Jacqueline
and
Elizabeth
Shafiroff;
Sankofa
Global
Project;
Errol and
Paula
Taylor;
Zelnick
Media
Capital;
Stifel; and
Jeff and
Caren
Hendren.
Guests in
attendance
included
such
notables as
Don Lemon,
Earl Graves,
Flo Anthony,
Elsie McCabe
Thompson and
Dale Mason
Cochran.
The
electrifying
weekend
included a
VIP brunch,
silent
auction,
entertainment
by Kym
Hampton and
Flow and a
student
testimonial
from UNCF
Gates Millennium Scholar,
Rahim
Mahmoud
(Rutgers
University,
2018) and
Clark
Atlanta
Alumnus of
the Class of
2007, Kevin
Brown, CEO
of Legacy
Thinking
Labs and
founder of
Debt Free
College
Academy.
About UNCF:
UNCF (the
United Negro
College
Fund) is the
nation’s
largest and
most
effective
minority
education organization.
To serve
youth, the
community
and the
nation, UNCF
supports
students’ education
and development
through
scholarships
and other
programs,
supports and
strengthens
its 37
member colleges
and
universities,
and
advocates
for the
importance
of minority
education
and
college readiness.
UNCF
institutions
and other
historically
black
colleges and
universities
are highly
effective, awarding
21 percent
of African
American baccalaureate
degrees.
UNCF
administers
more than
400 programs,
including
scholarship,
internship
and
fellowship,
mentoring,
summer
enrichment,
and curriculum
and faculty
development
programs.
Today, UNCF
supports
more than
60,000
students
at over
1,100
colleges and
universities
across the
country. Its
logo
features the
UNCF torch
of
leadership in
education
and its
widely
recognized
motto, ‟A
mind is a
terrible
thing to
waste.”® Learn
more at UNCF.org or
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