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Black News, Commentary and Culture | The Washington Informer

Tag: Lezli Baskerville

In celebration of Women’s History Month and the 192ndanniversary of the Black Press, Hazel Trice Edney presented the 2019 Stateswomen for Justice luncheon and panel discussion at the National Press Club in Northwest on Friday, March 29. Trice Edney with panelists (L-R): Kezia Williams - CEO of the Black upstart, Dr. Lezli Baskerville - president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. E. Faye Williams - national chair, National Congress of Black Women, Hazel Trice Edney, Dr. Princess Asie Ocansey – Nekotech Center of Excellence, Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Janice Mathis, executive director of the National Council of Negro Women, and Kim Sanders, president and CEO of the National Bankers Association. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBlack Experience, Business

Edney’s Outstanding Black Women ‘Tell It Like It Is’

by James Wright Jr. April 3, 2019October 31, 2020

Hazel Trice Edney, one of the leading women entrepreneurs in the Black Press realm, recently feted noted African American women who are making a difference in the lives of Blacks and don’t bite their tongues when it came to issues that Black people have to deal it.

From left: Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP; Leon Russell, the chairman of the NAACP; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA, and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA sign a strategic partnership agreement to join forces in focusing on key issues that affect the Black community, during the 2018 NNPA Mid-Winter Conference in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inNNPA Events

NNPA Conference Focuses on ESSA, State of Black America

by Stacy M. Brown January 31, 2018October 31, 2020
From left: Lisa Frison, the vice president of African American segment strategy at Wells Fargo; Julius Cartwright, the former president of National Association of Real Estate Brokers; Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of the NNPA; Reverend Tony Lee, the pastor of Community of Hope A.M.E. Church; Dr. Amos Brown, the pastor of the Third Baptist Church of San Francisco; Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA; and Dr. Lezli Baskerville, the president and CEO of NAFEO pose for a photo during the NNPA's State of Black America 2018 Forum in Las Vegas. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience

State of Black America Is Strong, Experts Say

by WI Guest Author January 28, 2018October 31, 2020
Posted inBenjamin F. Chavis Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

CHAVIS: Ford Empowers Blacks in STEAM Careers at HBCUs

by Dr. Benamin F. Chavis, Jr. November 1, 2017October 31, 2020
Posted inEducation, Video, Videos

HBCUs State of the Union

by WI Guest Author October 13, 2017October 31, 2020
Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education speaks during a panel discussion at the 7th Annual Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon and Issues Forum held March 31, 2017 at the National Press Club in Northwest. (Photo by Lateef Mangum)
Posted inPhoto Galleries

7th Annual Stateswomen for Justice Luncheon (Photos by Lateef Mangum)

by WI Webstaff March 31, 2017October 30, 2020
**FILE** Lezli Baskerville, president and CEO of NAFEO (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)
Posted inBlack Experience, Education

NAFEO’s Baskerville Calls HBCU White House Meetings Successful

by WI Guest Author March 6, 2017October 30, 2020
Posted inNational

Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Meets with Black Pastors

by NNPAFreddie December 17, 2015October 30, 2020
Posted inOp-Ed, Opinion

NAFEO Supports ‘America’s College Promise’ Initiative

by Reporter II January 19, 2015October 30, 2020

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