ADVISORY/AMISTAD America Honors Freedom Awards Recipients At New York City Gala.Business & Assignment Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) On Tuesday Tuesday: see week. , April 30, Freedom Schooner schooner (sk  `nər), sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Amistad AMISTAD Cardiology A clinical trial–Acute Myocardial Infarction Study of Adenosine to determine the efficacy of IV adenosine in combination with either streptokinase or tPA in limiting the size of AMIs See Acute myocardial infarction. moves to New York
City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , for the Amistad Freedom Awards, a gala event featuring prominent African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. celebrities A celebrity is a person who is widely-recognized in a given society and commands a degree of public and media attention. The word is derived from the Latin celebritas, from the adjective celeber ("famous," "celebrated"). and national and local leaders. The mission of AMISTAD America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. is to promote reconciliation and harmony harmony, in music, simultaneous sounding of two or more tones and, especially, the study of chords and their relations. Harmony was the last in the development of what may be considered the basic elements of modern music—harmony, melody, rhythm, and tone among races through ownership and operation of Freedom Schooner Amistad. WHAT: The Amistad Freedom Awards honors five individuals for their commitment to promoting equality and justice as well as for their contributions in this area that have advanced the human condition. WHEN: Tuesday, April 30 5:30 - 7:00 PM (VIP/Media Tour of Freedom Schooner Amistad with Capt. William Pinkney) 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM (Awards Presentation and Photo Opportunity-no interviews) 7:40 PM - 7:50 PM (Interviews and Photo Opportunity) WHERE: The Lighthouse, Pier 61, Chelsea Piers, West 23rd Street and the Hudson River, NY WHY: Following events of September 11, AMISTAD America decided to hold the gala and to berth Freedom Schooner Amistad in New York City as a powerful symbol to underscore the values and ideals of freedom, justice, cooperation and tolerance held so dearly in our Nation, and to draw positive public attention to New York. AWARDEES: Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah - President and Minister of Defense, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Sengbe Pieh Award. William Blase - President, SNET/SBC accepting the Lewis Tappan Award. Rev. Dr. Bernice Powell Jackson - Executive Minister, United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries. Sarah Margru Kinson Award. Harold Hongju Koh - The Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at the Yale University. John Quincy Adams Award. Henry Louis Gates - Professor and Chair in the Department of Afro-American Studies, Harvard University. Josiah Willard Gibbs Award. FROM AMISTAD AMERICA: Captain William Pinkney, Master, Amistad. Captain Pinkney is the only African American and one of only five Americans in history to have sailed around the world alone. Christopher R. Cloud, President & CEO of AMISTAD America, Inc. Fredrica Gray, Chair of the Board of Trustees, AMISTAD America, Inc. EMCEE: Daphne Maxwell Reid, Actress. Best known as Aunt Viv, the matriarch on NBC's hit comedy, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. CONTACT: Kristine Wolf, Brodeur Worldwide, 203-399-8200 Marge Kuhlmann or Carla Morrison, AMISTAD America, Inc., 203-498-9000 x 20 |
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