Introducing Our 2014 “Mentor Of The Year”  Award Honoree, Dr. Brenda M. Greene!! Dr. Brenda M. Greene who has committed her life to teaching, learning and scholarship, is Chair of the English Department and Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York.  Professor Greene’s research and scholarly work includes composition, African American literature, and multicultural literature. She is editor of The African Presence and Influence on the Cultures of the Americas, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2010), a book of essays which focus on the impact of Africa in the Americas from the perspectives of literature, language, music, dance, and psychology.  Greene is also the proud mother of two sons, Talib Kweli Greene, an internationally known hip hop artist and Jamal Kwame Greene, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law at Columbia University. 

Our 2014 6th Annual Awards Fundraising Gala will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 630 Second’s Grand Ballroom (35th Street and 2nd Avenue) in NYC. This year’s theme is ‘Giving Chances’.