Congresswoman Maxine Waters

D a n n y J. B a k e w e l l , S r . CHAIRMAN/CEO Bakewell Media/LA Sentinel/Taste of Soul

Welcome Honorees, Sponsors and Friends of our Community to the first Annual Celebration of Black Women. Bakewell Media and the LA Sentinel are proud to present ‘Power, Leadership and Influence of the Black Woman’ honoring Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Tina Perry, President of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke, Retired LA County Supervisor, “Sweet Alice” Harris, Founder and Executive Director of Par- ents of Watts and Tammy Tumbling, Director of Government Relations for Southern California Edison.

Special thanks to my good friend Congresswoman Maxine Waters who has taken time from her very busy sched- ule to come out this evening and share in our inaugural event. I must also give a special Thank You to our Chair, Pamela Bakewell, EVP/COO of Bakewell Media/LA Sentinel, Co-Chairs, Pat Harvey, CBS2/KCAL9 News An- chor and Sheryl Underwood, CBS the Talk (also Moderators for the evening) and Cheryl Grace, SVP, Nielsen.

It is with great pride that we present to you The Power, Leadership and Influence of the Black Woman. My motivation for creating this powerful event has been two fold. My personal experience of working with each of these incredible women and recognizing along the way their strength and dignity in advocating tirelessly for the HONORING advancement of our people and because Black women have played an indelible role in my life. Starting from my INFLUENTIAL mother (Marybell Bakewell) my grandmothers, The Love of my life, my life partner and wife, Aline Bakewell, my AFRICAN AMERICAN daughters Brandi and Sabriya and granddaughters , my sister and my nieces. All who are women of strength and WOMEN dignity who in their own right and who work tirelessly and courageously to make the role of Black women more IN CELEBRATION respected and influential everyday. A special acknowledgement to my sister and tonights event Chair, Pam, who OF BLACK HISTORY has been my back bone in taking the lead in making tonight’s event a huge success and for working to make The AND WOMEN’S Power, Leadership and Influence of the Black Woman an annual event. HISTORY MONTHS The Power, Leadership & Influence of the Black Woman is the right event at the right time in our community, our city, our state and our country. Black Women have played such an instrumental part in the fabric of our community and certainly in my life. Taking time out to honor these women is not only fitting, but necessary. Each of tonight’s honorees has dedicated their lives towards the goal of making life better for Black people both here in Los Angeles as well throughout this nation.

Tonight, we gather together to honor Outstanding Women who are carrying the mantel of leadership in politics, business, entertainment, community advocacy and public service. Each of these women are bold, brilliant, beau- tiful and quietly work daily for the betterment of our community. They are a driving force within their chosen professions and use their Power, their Leadership Skills and Influence for the betterment of our people.

Our Awards are named after five Black Women Legends who blazed trails and broke down barriers, whether it was behind the scenes or on the front lines, these courageous women fought for the rights of their communities. The dynamic women who paved the way for us all and stood by my side (ALWAYS) to make a difference in the lives of Black people. Each of tonight’s honorees are being presented with an award named after one of these dynamic women who paved the way for us all – Brenda Marsh-Mitchell, my long-time confidant and Personal Assistant for over 45 years, the President of Mothers In Action and Taste of Soul. Johnnie Tillmon, Pioneer and Activist for Welfare Rights and Founder of Aid to Needy Children (ANC). Mary B. Henry, Civil Rights Activist and Executive Director of Avalon Carver for over 30 years. Lillian Mobley, Community Activist, known as the Community Mother who worked for justice and resources in the South Central and Watts neighborhoods and Superior Court Judge Vaino Spencer, who founded the National Association of Women Judges and worked per- sonally with me (as did all of these women) to speak to employees in the City about the importance of contributing to their own communities by signing up for payroll deduction through the Brotherhood Crusade.

We hope you enjoy this evening as we focus on Black Women, who bring us life and who are always working to improve the quality of our lives.

Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. 2

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CHAIR

P a m e l a A. B a k e w e l l

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Bakewell Media/ LA Sentinel/Taste of Soul

CO-CHAIRS

P at H a rv e y S h e ry l U n d e rw ood C h e ry l G rac e

CBS2 / KCAL9 CBS THE TALK SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/ U.S. STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCES & CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT Nielsen

3 P at H a rv e y R CBS2 / KCAL9 O

Pat Harvey is anchor of CBS2’s 5, 6 and 11 pm broadcasts. RAT E She joined CBS2 after 20 years with sister station KCAL9 as one of the original anchors of the nation’s first D nightly three-hour newscast. In recognition of her 20th anniversary with KCAL and contributions to the

O people of Southern California, the Los Angeles City Council and L.A. County Board of Supervisors declared Oct. 30, 2009, “Pat Harvey Day” by proclamation. M /

R The veteran newswoman has covered some of the biggest local news stories, political conventions, presiden- I tial inaugurations and traveled internationally. Pat has reported on the civil war in El Salvador, the AIDS A epidemic in Eastern Africa and Russia and the first all-race elections in South Africa. She followed the works of a homeless painter in Los Angeles to the galleries of Paris and covered the installation of Pope Benedict XVI in Rome. Pat has won 22 Emmy Awards, including three for best newscast. The most recent presented in 2018, for Outstanding Feature Reporter.

CO-CH In addition to her anchoring duties, Harvey has appeared nationally as a guest co-host on the CBS Television Network daytime show “The Talk.”

Pat has dedicated her career to community service, advocating for children, education, those in the special-needs community and victims of domestic violence. Pat was awarded the prestigious LA Area Gov- ernor’s Award from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2015 for her body of work at CBS2/ KCAL9 and philanthropic work in the community. In February 2012, Harvey was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. She has also received the Silver Star Award from the YMCA, and the NAACP’s Ida B. Wells Award among other prestigious awards.

Pat is the recipient of two lifetime achievement awards, which include the L.A. Press Club’s Joseph M. Quinn award in 2004 and the Golden Mike for Lifetime Achievement award from the Radio & Television News Association in 2010. In 2008, Pat received the Genii Award for excellence in TV broadcasting from Southern California’s chapter of American Women in Radio and Television. Other awards include a national Emmy, Golden Mikes, Society of Professional Journalists, LA Press Club, Hollywood Women’s Press Club award for Ethics, Chicago, Los Angeles and National Association of Black Journalists Associated Press “best news anchor” award and the Edward R. Murrow award presented to KCAL news for overall excellence.

Harvey was a co-founder and co-chairwoman of the Good News Foundation. The nonprofit built by five TV newswomen awarded grants and scholarships to area community based organizations, established computer centers, partnered with the Home Depot Foundation to build a playground for inner city youth, built a library for the Downtown Women’s Center, among many other accomplishments. Aspiring journalists were also given scholarships based on merit and commitment to community service. During her tenure, the group received honors from the American Women in Radio & Television, Downtown Women’s Center, Central City Business Association of LA and the LAPD Hollenbeck PAL Humanitarian Award.

4 S h e ry l U n d e rw ood R CBS THE TALK O

Sheryl Underwood is a savvy businesswoman, philanthropist and a multi- faceted, multi-media entrepreneur RAT who is recognized as one of the most articulate, well-informed women of our time. Underwood is co-host of the E Emmy award winning CBS television show THE TALK, watched by an average of 3+ million viewers per day and co-host of the 2017 and 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards show, is a much sought after entertainer and public speaker D who is described as one of the world’s brightest contemporary humorists. O M

Underwood is Owner and Chief Executive Officer of Pack Rat Productions, Inc. and is the 23rd International /

President of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; the only full-time entertainer to ever hold the sorority’s highest post. Un- R derwood holds an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Benedict College in Columbia, SC, South Carolina I State University in Orangeburg, SC, the University of Illinois-Chicago and Voorhees College in Denmark, SC; A is national spokesperson for Kimberly-Clark’s DEPEND brand Underwareness Campaign; creator and host of Sheryl Underwood Radio (Sheryl Underwood Radio is heard on over 340 radio affiliates with 14 million listeners by the combined reach of the signals strength of 340 affiliates) and recently launched Sheryl Underwood Radio – The APP and The World According To Sheryl Podcast. CO-CH Committed to using her visibility and influence in positive ways, Sheryl Underwood is Founder & Chief Execu- tive Officer of the Pack Rat Foundation for Education (PRFFE) and is currently raising money to support Histor- ically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the students committed to pursuing a higher education. Her life story was the subject of the TVOne bio-documentary UNSUNG Hollywood: Sheryl Underwood and she was recently named a Membership Ambassador for the NAACP.

Underwood, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, joined the television show THE TALK on CBS television for the start of season two. She sits alongside hosts Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Eve and Carrie Ann Inaba. With Under- wood at the table, THE TALK, received its first Daytime Emmy for Best Talk Show and another Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment and multiple Emmy nominations. As a result of the success of the show Underwood’s contract has been renewed through the year 2021. In 2017, THE TALK received a record eight (8) Daytime Emmy Nominations, tying with TV host Ellen Degeneres. Underwood, who has received numerous awards and accolades, was named one of the 10 most influential talk show hosts on Twitter in 2012 and currently has over 1 million social media followers. As part of THE TALK hosting team, Underwood received a 2016 Peo- ple’s Choice Award for “Favorite Daytime TV Hosting Team,” a 2016 NAACP Image Award for “Outstanding Talk Series” and a 2017 nomination in the same category, and is a KJLH (Los Angeles) Proven Achiever 2018 honoree. She is also the subject of an exclusive multi-page feature article in PEOPLE Magazine.

Her self-syndicated Sheryl Underwood Radio is heard on over 340 radio affiliates nationwide. She offers civic, government, non-profit and Greek organizations access to this vast network through Sheryl Underwood Radio PSAs. Because of her commitment to civic engagement she created and organized the Black Radio Day of Soli- darity to drive Souls to The Polls; Black Radio Day of Solidarity Day to Drive Souls to the Theaters in Support of Hidden Figures and Black Radio Solidarity Day Radiothon to Drive Souls to Give to HBCUs. Participating radio personalities included: TOM JOYNER, STEVE HARVEY, SHERYL UNDERWOOD, J. ANTHONY BROWN, RUSS PARR, SWAY, BIG BOY, ROLAND MARTIN, MICHAEL COLYAR, JEFF “UZI D” ANDERSON, KEN- NY SMOOV, ANJALI MCGUIRE, DEDE IN THE MORNING, SAM SYLK, CAFÉ MOCHA, KJ “MIDDAY” BLAND, CARL NELSON AND FREDDIE BELL.

Underwood is an entertainer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and woman with a big heart and a strong desire to share of her time and talents to positively impact her community...and her community is the “world” community.

Through her service, philanthropy and excellence in business, Sheryl P. Underwood is a source of inspiration and wisdom for women, across the country and the world. She is a supreme model of what happens when you blend the Zeta principles of scholarship, service, sisterly love and finer womanhood in an effort to enhance her beloved sisterhood Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and the world.

5 P a m e l a A. B a k e w e l l EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Bakewell Media

Pamela A. Bakewell is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bakewell Company, one of the largest African American commercial real estate development companies in the Western United States. The Bakewell Company is also the parent company of Bakewell Media, owner of the LA Sentinel and the LA Watts Times newspapers and WBOK Radio Station in New Orleans, LA. As Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Bakewell oversees the day-to-day operations of the real estate development and redevelopment projects, the print and broadcasting divisions of The Bakewell Company and the company’s premier food and family festival, Taste of Soul, the largest street festival in Los Angeles, which reached record attendance of over 350,000 on Crenshaw Blvd. in 2017. Ms. Bakewell’s pivotal leadership role in the growth of her family’s businesses, as well as her family’s legacy in civil rights advocacy, has led to her strong relationships with corporations, advertisers, retailers, small to mid-size businesses, community groups, non-profits and political R leadership in the Los Angeles City and County communities. I

A Continuing her family’s legacy in non-profit leadership, Ms. Bakewell currently serves as the President of Sabriya’s Castle of Fun Foundation, which helps hospitalized children affected by leukemia, sickle cell disease CH and other blood disorders. At different points in her career, Ms. Bakewell also held executive leadership positions at the Los Angeles Urban League, the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade, and Sickle Cell Disease Association of America.

Highly regarded as a uniquely talented business leader, motivator and mentor, Ms. Bakewell has given her time and expertise to numerous social and community causes. She currently serves as a Board Member of the Brotherhood Crusade, Brotherhood Business Development & Capital Fund, Mothers In Action and the African American Unity Center. Ms. Bakewell recently served on the Commission on the Status of Women for the City of Los Angeles as an appointee of Mayor Eric Garcetti. She is also a member of the Coalition of 100 Black Women, a lifetime member of the National Council of Negro Women and was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund for advancing human rights for African Americans. Ms. Bakewell is also a former board member of the Los Angeles Education Partnership (LAEP). In 2016, Ms. Bakewell was the recipient of the Woman of Power Community Service Award by the 10th Council District’s Women’s Steering Committee under the leadership of L.A. City Council President Herb Wesson. In 2013, she received the Community Leadership Award from the Woman-to-Woman Recovery Programs in Long Beach and later that year, the L.A. Urban League Young Professionals honored her for outstanding leadership. In 2011, Ms. Bakewell received the prestigious SHERO award presented by former Senator Curren Price (currently L.A. City Councilman for the 9th District), for her outstanding community service and leadership. Ms. Bakewell is passionate about advancing leadership and career opportunities for young people.

Pamela Bakewell was born in New Orleans, LA. She earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, and holds a California Real Estate Sales License. Although Ms. Bakewell has attained an impressive list of professional achievements, her most cherished personal accomplishment has been raising five wonderful children in the midst of balancing her demanding career. Faith and family are Ms. Bakewell’s top priorities.

6 C h e ry l G rac e SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT / U.S. STRATEGIC COMMUNITY ALLIANCES & CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT Nielsen

Cheryl Grace was named one of Black Enterprises’ Top 50 Powerful Women in Business in 2017. She is the Senior Vice President of U.S. Strategic Community Alliances and Consumer Engagement for Nielsen, the global company that measures what consumers watch and what consumers buy. As the lead content executive for all domestic multicultural and diversity initiatives, she spearheads important conversations, presentations, and conferences on trending diversity issues of importance to Nielsen, its clients, stakeholders, influencers, and communities across the United States. R

Cheryl is the visionary behind Nielsen’s award-winning African-American Consumer Report, which led to I

the company’s historic creation of Nielsen’s Diversity Intelligence Series — a robust portfolio of comprehen- A sive reports which focuses solely on diverse consumers’ unique consumption and purchasing habits. Known for her engaging and refreshing perspective about why we buy what we buy, Cheryl is a much sought after speaker. CO-CH

7 C o n g r e ss w o m a n M ax i n e W at e r s U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 43rd Congressional District

Congresswoman Maxine Waters is considered by many to be one of the most powerful women in American politics today. She has gained a reputation as a fearless and outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color and the poor.

Elected in November 2018 to her fifteenth term in the U.S. House of Representatives with more than 77 percent of the vote, the 43rd Congressional District of California, Congresswoman Waters represents a large part of South Central Los Angeles including the communities of Westchester, Playa Del Rey, and Watts and the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County comprised of Lennox, West Athens, West Carson, Harbor Gateway and El Camino Village. The 43rd District also includes the diverse cities of Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lomita and Torrance.

Congresswoman Waters serves as the first woman and first African American to Chair the House Committee on Financial Ser- R vices. An integral member of Congressional Democratic Leadership, Congresswoman Waters serves as a member of the Steering O & Policy Committee. She is also a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and member and past chair of the Congres-

N sional Black Caucus.

LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP HO ee Throughout her 40 years of public service, Maxine Waters has been on the cutting edge, tackling difficult and often controversial issues. She has combined her strong legislative and public policy acumen and high visibility in Democratic Party activities with an unusual ability to do grassroots organizing.

Prior to her election to the House of Representatives in 1990, Congresswoman Waters had already attracted national attention for her no-non- sense, no-holds-barred style of politics. During 14 years in the California State Assembly, she rose to the powerful position of Democratic Cau- cus Chair. She was responsible for some of the boldest legislation California has ever seen: the largest divestment of state pension funds from South Africa; landmark affirmative action legislation; the nation’s first statewide Child Abuse Prevention Training Program; the prohibition of police strip searches for nonviolent misdemeanors; and the introduction of the nation’s first plant closure law.

As a national Democratic Party leader, Congresswoman Waters has long been highly visible in Democratic Party politics and has served on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) since 1980. She was a key leader in five presidential campaigns: Sen. Edward Kennedy (1980), Rev. Jesse Jackson (1984 & 1988), and President Bill Clinton (1992 & 1996). In 2001, she was instrumental in the DNC’s creation of the National Develop- ment and Voting Rights Institute and the appointment of Mayor Maynard Jackson as its chair.

Following the Los Angeles civil unrest in 1992, Congresswoman Waters faced the nation’s media and public to interpret the hopelessness and despair in cities across America. Over the years, she has brought many government officials and policy makers to her South Central L.A. district to appeal for more resources. They included President Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Secretaries of Housing & Urban Development Henry Cisneros and Andrew Cuomo, and Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve System. Following the unrest, she founded Community

8 Build, the city’s grassroots rebuilding project.

She has used her skill to shape public policy and deliver the goods: $10 billion in Section 108 loan guarantees to cities for economic and infrastructure development, housing and small business expansion; $50 million appropriation for “Youth Fair Chance” program which established an intensive job and life skills training program for unskilled, unemployed youth; expanded U.S. debt relief for Africa and other developing nations; creating a “Center for Women Veterans,” among others.

Rep. Waters continues to be an active leader in a broad coalition of residential communities, environmental activists and elected officials that aggressively advocate for the mitigation of harmful impacts of the expansion plan for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Furthermore, she continues initiatives to preserve the unique environmental qualities of the Ballona wetlands and bluffs, treasures of her district.

She is a co-founder of Black Women’s Forum, a nonprofit organization of over 1,200 African American women in the Los Angeles area. In the mid-80s, she also founded Project Build, working with young people in Los Angeles housing developments on job training and placement. R

As she confronts the issues such as poverty, economic development, equal justice under the law and other issues of concern to O people of color, women, children, and poor people, Rep. Waters enjoys a broad cross section of support from diverse communities N across the nation.

Throughout her career, Congresswoman Waters has been an advocate for international peace, justice, and human rights. Before HO ee her election to Congress, she was a leader in the movement to end Apartheid and establish democracy in South Africa. She op- posed the 2004 Haitian coup d’état, which overthrew the democratically-elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, and defends the rights of political prisoners in Haiti’s prisons. She leads congressional efforts to cancel the debts that poor countries in Africa and Latin America owe to wealthy institutions like the World Bank and free poor countries from the burden of international debts.

Congresswoman Waters is the founding member and former Chair of the ‘Out of Iraq’ Congressional Caucus. Formed in June 2005, the ‘Out of Iraq’ Congressional Caucus was established to bring to the Congress an on-going debate about the war in Iraq and the Administration’s justifi- cations for the decision to go to war, to urge the return of US service members to their families as soon as possible.

Expanding access to health care services is another of Congresswoman Waters’ priorities. She spearheaded the development of the Minority AIDS Initiative in 1998 to address the alarming spread of HIV/AIDS among African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities. Under her continuing leadership, funding for the Minority AIDS Initiative has increased from the initial appropriation of $156 million in fiscal year 1999 to approximately $400 million per year today. She is also the author of legislation to expand health services for patients with diabetes, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

Congresswoman Waters has led congressional efforts to mitigate foreclosures and keep American families in their homes during the housing and economic crises, notably through her role as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity in the previous two Congresses. She authored the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, which provides grants to states, local governments and nonprofits to fight foreclosures, home abandonment and blight and to restore neighborhoods. Through two infusions of funds, the Congresswoman was able to secure $6 billion for the program.

She is lauded by African American entrepreneurs for her work to expand contracting and procurement opportunities and to strengthen businesses. Long active in the women’s movement, Rep. Waters has given encouragement and financial support to women seeking public office. Many young people, including those in the hip-hop music community, praise her for her support and understanding of young people and their efforts at self-expression. One testament to her work is the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center, a multimillion dollar campus providing education and employment opportunities to residents of the Watts area.

PERSONAL BACKGROUND Maxine Waters was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the fifth of 13 children reared by a single mother. She began working at age 13 in factories and segregated restaurants. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked in garment factories and at the telephone company. She attended California State University at Los Angeles, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. She began her career in public service as a teacher and a volunteer coordinator in the Head Start program.

She is married to Sidney Williams, the former U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is the mother of two adult children, Edward and Karen, and has two grandchildren. 9 T i n a P e r ry PRESIDENT OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network

Tina Perry was named General Manager of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network effective January 2019, spear- heading all day-to-day operations and creative areas of OWN. Perry, who reports to OWN Chairman and CEO Oprah Winfrey, also oversees the network’s growing digital division, as well as “WATCH OWN,” the network’s TV Everywhere app, and a variety of online content on Oprah.com, the network’s award-winning website.

Perry is a seasoned dealmaker whose exceptional leadership and business acumen provides strong direction for the network to reach and grow OWN’s diverse audience. Perry has been leading business and legal affairs for OWN and Oprah.com since joining the network in 2009. She has been instrumental in the net-

R work’s ongoing evolution into scripted programming. Perry led negotiations for the network’s acclaimed

O drama “Queen Sugar” created by award-winning director/producer Ava DuVernay featuring an all-female

N slate of directors. She also negotiated the overall deal with Lionsgate which has included one of the network’s most successful series launches to date with hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf” from writer/producer Craig Wright. HO ee Most recently, Perry negotiated the deals for the network’s two new series from prolific hitmaker Will Pack- er, and the upcoming drama “David Makes Man” from Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”).

Perry is a regular speaker and panelist at industry and academic events aimed at fostering growth and advancement for both women and minorities. She was a panelist at The Merge Summit: Merging Faith and Entertainment, as well as at Harvard Law School’s Celebration 60 conference. She also provided the keynote address at the Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) Rising Leaders Program.

Perry has a passion for contemporary art and is a member of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Board of Trustees. Perry is also a founding board member of The Mistake Room, LA’s independent, non-profit global platform for contemporary art and ideas.

Prior to joining OWN, Perry handled business and legal affairs for VH1 and MTV at Viacom. Before her role at Viacom, she was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP in New York. While there, she represented public companies in connection with public offerings, private placements and general corporate governance matters.

Perry holds a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, a Master of Science in Comparative Social Pol- icy from the University of Oxford and graduated with Honors from Stanford University.

10 Yvonne Brathwaite-Burke L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISOR Retired

Yvonne B. Burke, served four terms on the Los Angeles County Board Supervisors and Los Angeles Metro serving as Chair of the Board of Metro in 2005. She was appointed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the six member Committee on Congressional Ethics in July 2008. In 2012, President Obama appointed her to the Board of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK) and she was confirmed by the Senate in 2013. She also serves on the Board of Directors of California Transportation Commission, LA 84 and Century Housing.

She is a Mediator and Arbitrator with ARC , AAA and FINRA.

As a product of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Burke attended Manual Arts High School, where R

she developed her interest in public speaking by joining the oratory society and participating in citywide O

competitions. Her numerous extracurricular activities helped to earn her scholarships from the University of N California, Berkeley, and received a BA Degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

She received her J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law in 1956. During this era, HO ee many private law firms showed no interest in hiring women. She worked as a Deputy Corporation Commis- sioner and later had her own law firm.

She became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress from California, in 1972, rep- resenting California’s 37th District. She was selected to serve as vice chair of the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami and later on the House Select Committee on Assassinations. In 1973, she became the first member of Congress to give birth while in office. She did not seek re-election to Congress in 1978, in- stead she ran for Attorney General of California. She became a Public Finance and Real Estate Attorney with various firms and from 1987 to 1993 was a partner in the firm of Jones Day, Reavis and Pogue.

In 1984, she was selected to serve as vice chairman of the U.S. Olympics Organizing Committee, and served as Chair of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Board and a Regent of the University of California before becoming the first African-American elected to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, in 1992. She served on the Board of Ford Foundation and Educational Testing. She has honorary doctorate degrees from Pepperdine University and Virginia State University.

As a Los Angeles County Supervisor, she represented nearly 2.5 million residents in the nation’s largest county. Her efforts focused on improving the lives of children, economic development and improving transportation. Her unused campaign funds were donated to the Burke Education and Policy Foundation that has provided over $300,000 in scholarships for Los Angeles college students. She is married to Los Angeles Businessman Dr. William Burke and they have two daughters Autumn and Christine.

11 Dr. “Sweet Alice” Harris FOUNDER / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Parents of Watts

A prominent community activist in Los Angeles, Alice Harris has dedicated her life to mentoring youth and providing assistance to people who are disadvantaged or underserved. She is the executive director of Parents of Watts, a social services organization that she started out of her home in the mid-1960s as a way to alleviate tensions in her culturally diverse neighborhood after the 1965 riots.

The nonprofit organization, which was incorporated in 1983, encourages children to stay in school and avoid drugs. Operating on a shoestring budget out of eight homes on Lou Dillon Avenue, the organization’s programs provide emergency food and shelter for the homeless, prepare teenagers for college and the job market, and offer drug counseling, health seminars and parenting classes. R Affectionately known as Sweet Alice for her generosity and empathy, Harris collects toys and clothing that she O distributes to children each Christmas. She is a highly regarded neighborhood advocate who works closely N with elected officials and often serves as a liaison between parents and their children’s schools. She is well- known for speaking her mind in pursuing equal services and opportunities for her fellow residents and for also

HO ee countering any resistance she gets from uncooperative parents, school administrators or city officials with her trademark question: “Do you want to be part of the building crew or the wrecking crew?” All of her children and many of the children she has mentored through her organization’s programs have gone on to attend college. Her granddaughter Renaissance Forster just completed her first year at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Harris herself took college courses in sociology and child development when she could and was awarded a bachelor’s degree from California State University Dominguez Hills.

For her inspiring leadership in the field of community activism, her legacy of improving the lives of countless individuals and her devotion to helping young people achieve their dreams, the University of Southern Cali- fornia proudly honored Sweet Alice Harris with the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa in 2008.

Harris is the recipient of many honors, including the prestigious Minerva Award, which was create in 2004 by California first lady Maria Shriver to honor remarkable women. In 2002, Harris was named the state lieutenant governor’s Woman of the Year by Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante. Moreover, Harris was named President George H. Bush #702 Points of Lights out of one thousand phenomenal citizens working to aid their communities through volunteer work.

Born in Alabama in 1934, Harris studied cosmetology and later operated her own beauty shop in Detroit before moving to L.A. in the late 1950’s. As a teenager she experienced poverty, homelessness and single moth- erhood. In talking about her dedication to helping others, she is quoted in Essence magazine as saying, “I do what I do because I was given a second chance.”

12 T a m m y T u m b l i n g DIRECTOR, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS Southern California Edison

Tammy is the Director of Government Relations for Southern California Edison’s (SCE’s) Local Public Affairs department. She is most known for developing and leading high-performing teams, organizational management, and strategic planning and implementation. Tammy is responsible for providing strategic oversight and direction for all local government relations work in the Northwest, Central, and Eastern regions within SCE’s 50,000-square-mile service territory.

For more than 20 years, Tammy has served in a variety of leadership roles at the company. Tammy created the Design Support Quality Assurance group in the Transmission & Distribution Organization Unit. While in Corporate Communications, she developed and implemented the strategic framework for Edison Inter- national’s Corporate Philanthropy program that resulted in the distribution of $150 million to grassroots R

communities over an eight-year period. While leading the Customer Service Credit and Payment Services O

team, Tammy’s strategic oversight and focus on driving favorable outcomes resulted in the reduction of the N company’s exposure to customer debt by more than $7 million within a 12-month timeframe.

Tammy is a graduate of SCE’s Executive Edge Program for high-potential leaders, Leadership California, and HO ee the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute, and a national board member for the American Association of Blacks in Energy. Tammy earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration/ Computer Information Systems and a master’s degree in Public Administration from California State Uni- versity, Dominguez Hills. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and she is the proud mother of four young adults.

13 B r e n da M a r sh -M i t ch e l l PIONEER / COMMUNITY ORGANIZER 1947 - 2014

Brenda Marsh-Mitchell served as the loyal confidant and special assistant to Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. for over 45 years. Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. is known throughout the nation as an “Institution Builder” building the Brotherhood Crusade into the largest African American Self Help Organization in the country, as well as, the founder of Sabriya’s Castle of Fun, The African American Unity Center, Mothers In Action, Brotherhood Business and Capital Development Fund and Taste of Soul. Throughout the building of all of these institutions, Brenda Marsh-Mitchell was always working alongside him to turn these visions into a reality.

Throughout Brenda’s career she was an iconic multitasker, planner, organizer and mobilizer of hundreds of community rallies, protests, fundraisers and community events. These were Brenda’s God-given talents. Following the 1992 D civil unrest, Bakewell called together Brenda, Johnnie Tillmon, Lillian Mobley, Mary Henry and others to create a community empowerment program for women to better serve our community, this organization was Mothers In Action

E (MIA) where Brenda served as the organization’s first President and CEO and continued serving in that role for over

G two decades.

LEN Brenda Marsh-Mitchell began her career at the Brotherhood Crusade in 1974 and later rose to the position of Vice President, always working to break down barriers and blazing trails for optimum community service and fighting for the underserved in the community. Brenda continued as Mr. Bakewell’s closest confidant throughout her career ultimately rising to the position of Sr. Vice President of The Bakewell Company, working closely with him through the acquisition of the LA Sentinel and supported him nationally while Chairman of the NNPA. As Brenda rose through the ranks of various organizations the one title she never relinquished was Executive Assistant to the Chairman, which always remained her true business focus. Marsh-Mitchell devoted her life to serving God and the community. Under her leadership and groundwork, MIA has operated one of the largest Back to School Festival in the country for over 25 years, they have fed thousands of seniors and needy families as part of their annual holiday food events, as well as, provided thousands of needy children with toys for Christmas. Brenda Marsh-Mitchell was also appointed as the first President of Taste of Soul implementing the vision of Taste of Soul Founder & Creator, Danny J. Bakewell, Sr.

Marsh-Mitchell worked in every aspect of community service from neighborhood empowerment and political enfranchisement to economic development to assisting in providing familial quality of life services to the masses. She was a loyal and trustworthy team player. Working on behalf of “Boss” (what she called Bakewell, Sr.) she worked with several major leaders, corporations, and organizations in our community. She assisted elected officials of: The White House, Congress, State Senate, and City Council. She has worked with: Churches, Ambassadors, Commissioners, CEO’s, Presidents of countries and corporations, and other respected members of the community. She wore many hats!!!!

Brenda Marsh-Mitchell unselfishly and tirelessly gave of her time and talent in the fight to improve the quality of life for her family and her community until her untimely passing August 3, 2014. She was the proud Mother of three daughters, Tracy, Tamela & Pamela and two Grandsons, Kennedy & Mitch.

14 J oh n n i e T i l l m o n PIONEER ACTIVIST 1926 - 1995

Johnnie Tillmon was born in Scott, Arkansas, in 1926. A migrant sharecropper’s daughter, she moved to California in 1959 to join her brothers and worked as a union shop steward in a Compton laundry. Tillmon organized workers and became involved in a community association called the Nickerson Garden Planning Organization which was established to improve living conditions in the housing project.

Tillmon became ill in 1963, and was advised to seek welfare. She was hesitant at first, but decided to apply for assistance to take care of her children. She immediately learned how welfare recipients were harassed by caseworkers who went to their apartments looking for evidence of extra support and who designated how they should spend money. In order to fight against this dehumanized treatment, Tillmon organized people on welfare in the housing project and founded one of the first grassroots welfare mothers’ organizations called ANC (Aid to Needy Children) Mothers Anonymous, in 1963. D When a former CORE activist, George Wiley, brought together local welfare recipients’ groups and transformed them into a national movement, ANC Mothers joined the movement and became a part of the National Welfare Rights Organization E

(NWRO). Tillmon quickly emerged as a leader and became a chairperson of the NWRO. Together with other welfare G mothers, she struggled for adequate income, dignity, justice, and democratic participation. LEN While the NWRO was officially run by welfare recipients, the male middle-class staff managed the finances and admin- istered the national office, wielding great influence over the organization. Tillmon and other welfare mothers became increasingly critical of Wiley and his supporters who dominated leadership positions, and sought to place control of the organization in the hands of the welfare recipients. When the number of recipients rapidly increased and the NWRO was under fierce attack, the internal conflict between the staff members and welfare recipients came to the forefront. While Wiley and his advisors tried to mobilize the working poor, especially the white blue-collar workers, into the welfare rights movement, welfare mothers led by Tillmon sought to align with a women’s movement and gain support from feminist organizations such as the National Organization for Women (NOW).

In 1972, Tillmon published an article in Ms magazine entitled “Welfare Is a Women’s Issue,” articulating how the welfare system controlled the lives of women on welfare and constantly placed them under the scrutiny of government authori- ties. She tried to broaden the horizon of the feminist movement by redefining poverty as a “women’s issue.” When Wiley resigned in late 1972, Tillmon was chosen as the new Executive Director of the NWRO. The funding for the organization, however, had become depleted by the time she became the director. After the NWRO folded in 1975, Tillmon returned to Los Angeles, continuing her struggle for welfare rights at the local and state levels. In 1995 Tillmon passed away at the age of 69.

15 M a ry B. H e n ry CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST 1927 - 2009

Born Mary Elizabeth Bradshaw on August 7, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas to Mattie Louise and Raymond M. Brad- shaw Sr., Mary’s family moved to Gary, Indiana in 1933. She graduated from Roosevelt High School. As a Psychology and Sociology major, she eraned her Bachelor of Sciene degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mary was joined in Holy matrimony to Louis Charles Henry, a welder with whom she had four sons: Raymond, Louis, Craig and Paul. She relocated to Los Angeles in 1958 and has been involved in the social, educational, religious and political and health fields in California for more than 40 years.

Mary B. Henry was a Civil Rights Activist who helped create the national Head Start Program and fostered the rise of

D the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center from the ashes of the 1965 Watts Riots. Her lifelong work to provide the quality education and social services to the poor was honored by presidents, governers and mayors over more than four decades and left an indelible mark on the community and her name on facilities treating the needy. She E served on President Johnson’s War on Poverty task force that led to the Head Start program that brings nutrition and G early childhood education to inner-city children. She was best known for her work catering to local needs as director of the Avalon-Carver Community Center serving South Central Los Angeles. When she retired, Governor Brown LEN told her that in honor of her achievements he was going to appoint eight Black judges to offices. She also served three terms as a Member and as President of the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees, where she pressed fellow trustees to more aggressively tackle drug and gang problems and to build up poor children’s self esteem. Mary B. Henry served the Los Angeles Community with distinction for over 30 years as Executive Director of the Avalon Carver Community Center. She has conducted seminars for UCLA and several other universities and colleges.

Mary was involved in such organizations as Pueblo Del Rio Council, CA Center for Community Development, Leg- islative Committe to the State Dept. of Social Welfare, Women’s Job Corps Advisory Board, Community Skills Center, Citizen’s Committee for Community Action, Board Member and President of the Compton Unified School District, Board Member of the Los Angeles Urban Coalition, Neighborhood Legal Services, Office of Urban Affairs of the Los Angeles City Schools, Los Angeles Bicentennial Committee, Commissioner of the Southeast General Hospital Authortiy, National Board American Lutheran Church Commission of the Third Centry and more.

Mary has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Among them she received the “Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year” award in 1967 for her outstanding contribution in the development of a national anti-poverty project of President Johnson’s administration. From this project the Greater Los Angeles Community Action Agency, formerly the Economic Youth Opportunity Agency was established. Additional awards include but are not limited to: The Thurgood Marshall Humanitarian Award from the Interchange for Community Action, Community Relations Award from the National Council of Negro Women, Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Windsor University and Civic Awareness from the Los Angeles Urban League Guild. She also has had the fortune of being honored by Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Jimmy Carter.

16 L i l l i a n M ob l e y COMMUNITY ACTIVIST 1930 - 2011

Lillian Harkless Mobley was born in Macon, Georgia on March 29, 1930 to Charlie Harkless and Corene Basley Harkless. She graduated from Hudson High in 1948 and married James Otis Mobley that same year. Together they have four children: Phillip, Charles, Kenneth and Corene who preceded her in death.

Lillian Mobley was a community activist. She was affectionately known as the “Community Mother”. She was founder of the South Central Multi-Purpose Senior Citizen’s Center (now the Lillian Mobley Multipurpose Center) on Central Avenue in Los Angeles which services people in the community of all ages. Mrs. Mobley also began a chapter of the Birthing Project USA which is the Grandma’s Hands Los Angeles Birthing Proj-

ect. It is a volunteer effort put forth to encourage better birth outcomes by providing practical support to D women during and after pregnancy. The ‘Community Mother’ worked tirelessly to bring equality, justice, and resources to the South Central and Watts neighborhoods of Los Angeles. E

Mrs. Mobley served on several boards of directors, councils and committees. She was a current board mem- G ber of Brotherhood Crusade, Congress of Racial Equality, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Watts Labor Community Action Committee, and Tessie Cleveland Com- LEN munity Services Corporation. She was the co-founder of Mothers in Action. Mrs. Mobley was the chairperson of the Watts Towers Community Action Council and the Black Women’s Forum Health Task Force. Mrs. Mobley was also a member of the Black Community Health Task Force and the Black Education Task Force. Mrs. Mobley received an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in 2007.

Each day presented itself with a new challenge for the 81 year old great-great grandmother, yet she continued to do as much as she could. Even with the challenge of having dialysis three times a week, Mrs. Mobley mustered up the energy to go in to the office, attend meetings and many community events. Sadly, Mrs. Mobley passed away Monday, July 18, 2011 at 7:00pm with family and friends by her side. She is sorely missed by all who knew and loved her.

17 J udg e V a i n o S p e n c e r SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY 1920-2016

Vaino Hassan was born in 1920, in Los Angeles. She graduated from Polytechnic High School in 1938, attended Los Angeles City College as an undergraduate, and earned a law degree from Southwestern Law School in 1952. She was the third African-American woman admitted to the California bar. Before her law degree, she held a real estate license, and worked in that business.

Vaino Spencer was the first African American woman appointed to a judgeship in California and had became a fierce champion of more opportunities for women and people of color in the workforce. Spencer was a trailblazer at a time when women and people of color had made few inroads at the highest levels of the legal

D profession in California or the nation. She was appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court in 1961 and served as a Superior Court judge and on the Court of Appeal, before retiring in 2007.

E Spencer served 46 years on the bench, becoming one of the longest-serving jurists in state history. G In keeping up with her passion of promoting gender and racial equality, Spencer founded the Black Women LEN Lawyers Assn. of Los Angeles in the 1970s and co-founded the National Assn. of Women Judges.

In a statement, California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Spencer was “a pioneer for women on the bench and a pioneer for people of color on the bench in Los Angeles, statewide and nationally.”

She was a practicing attorney for nine years before being appointed to the Los Angeles Municipal Court by then-Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Sr. in 1961. In 1976, she was appointed to the Superior Court by then- Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown appointed her presiding justice of Division One of the Second Appellate District Court of Appeal in 1980, making her the first black woman to sit on a California appeals court.

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