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Civic Coalition For Minority Affairs Honors African And African-American Students The Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs will honor 71 African and African-American students in its Sixteenth Annual Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. on Thu, May 1 in the main auditorium of the Career Center. The Career Center is located at 816 South Walter Reed Drive.

Civic Coalition For Minority Affairs Honors African And African-American Students

The Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs will honor 71 African and African-American students in its Sixteenth Annual Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m. on Thu, May 1 in the main auditorium of the Career Center. The Career Center is located at 816 South Walter Reed Drive.

The speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Alfred O. Taylor. Dr Taylor is an educator, a well known and highly regarded community activist, past president of the NAACP and Nauck Civic Association. He is currently involved with the Revitalization of the Nauck community project.

The honored students are:

Elementary Schools

Abingdon – Zoe Broussard

Arlington Traditional – Rita Hagos; Michael Hanafin

Ashlawn – Rebecca Yohannes

Barcroft – Kenneth Simpson

Barrett – Marisa Wright

Campbell – Brandi Moore; Aliya Harrington; Arsema Solomon; Precious Moten

ClaremontJadah Clarke

Long BranchEmily Bragaw-Butler

Mckinley – Elijah Taylor

Oakridge – Raei Tesfazghi

Patrick Henry – William Encubahre; Rim Haile

RandolphAlexie Diakite; Mecca Whiters-Russell

Middle Schools

Gunston – Ibtsam Abdoush; Sloane Mebane; Halimah Mohammed; Doneeka Royals-Rostodha; Naomi Waltengus

Thomas Jefferson – Rajee Dunbar; Biniam Gared; Caitlin O’Grady; Betieal Ghebrekrstos; Olivia Green; Aatikah De’Sert

Kenmore – Makenzie Brooks-Winkler; Turner Harris; Brittany Jones; Darryl Sampson; Imani Tinter; Micayla Veney

Swanson – Alison Bragaw-Butler; Robert Beecher; Kyla Carter; Florena Makuiza; Lassallete Newton; James Wanda

Williamsburg – Shantell Bobo; Tashicah Jackson; Brandon Justice; Burke Justice; Matthew Morris; Hakeem Sanusi

High Schools

H-B Woodlawn – David Sylvester; Elena Ponds; Sarah Sneed; Morotina Kargbo

Wakefield – Josephine Batiste; Leslie Bull; Huda Ibrahim; Sana Khalil; Robert Mayo; Brittany Smith; Anne Marie Waringo; Henos Woldegiorgis; Senit Hailemariam

Washington – Lee – Rebecca Bergena; Mark Curry; William Farley; Kimsue Grant; Fanuel Haile; Andrew McDaniel; Kwabena Stefan; Latreshia Thomas

YorktownLania Charity; Michael Dejene; Selamawit Mamo; Alexander Matta

The Civic Coalition for Minority Affairs is a council of representatives from civic, religious and social organizations in Northern Virginia that fosters high academic achievement among African and African-American students in grades 5 through 11.

Member organizations include: Arlington Public Schools – Office of Minority Achievement, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc., Langston-Brown Civic Association, Lomax A.M.E. Zion Church, Mt. Salvation Baptist Church and Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

For more information, call Dawn Willard, Arlington Public Schools Community Outreach and Special Projects Coordinator, at 703-228-2581.

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