Urban League Now Accepting Nominations for its Five Key Business and Community Awards

Urban League Now Accepting Nominations for its Five Key Business and Community Awards

- Deadline for Applications March 6, 2009 -

PORTSMOUTH, Va., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The Urban League of Hampton Roads will hold its 19th Annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Dinner on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at the Renaissance Hotel in Portsmouth. Awards nominations are now being accepted for the following categories:

   1. Whitney M. Young Jr. Award: for an international or national company      that has made significant progress diversifying its workforce at the      management and non-management levels.   2. Phillip Randolph Award: for a local or regional company that has made      significant progress toward diversifying its workforce at the      management and non-management levels.   3. Vivian C. Mason Award: for an individual or group making significant      contributions through long-term service to the region by demonstrating      the highest value of citizenship in promoting inter-racial      understanding and cooperation.   4. Marian Palmer Capps Award: for an individual or group who has made      significant contributions to the Hampton Roads community through the      promotion of educational initiatives which support inter-racial      understanding and cooperation.   5. Jocelyn P. Goss Award: for a high school or college student who has      demonstrated exceptional leadership through community service, academic      achievement and/or excellence in the performing or creative arts.   

Deadline for submissions is March 6, 2009. Winners in each category will receive an array of recognition opportunities, to include the following:

   --  Feature story on the Cox 11 show Cox Connections hosted by Gary       McCollum, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cox Hampton       Roads   --  Feature story on the WSKY show The Good Lyfe hosted by local       television personality DeeDee Gee   --  Year long recognition on the Urban League of Hampton Roads website   --  Promotion via commercials aired on the 70 networks within the Cox       Communications of Hampton Roads networks   

For more information on the dinner, please contact Lessie Bowser-Wharton at (757) 627-0864, lbwharton@ulhr.org, or visit www.ulhr.org.

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CONTACT: Lessie Bowser-Wharton of Urban League of Hampton Roads,
+1-757-627-0864, lbwharton@ulhr.org

Web Site: http://www.ulhr.org/

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