The 2010 Awards Gala is a Don’t-Miss Event -
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Thursday, October 28, 2010, at the Knoxville Convention Center
Reception: 6 p.m.
Dinner and Entertainment: 7 p.m.
Special Guest: Peabo Bryson
Ticket Cost: $150; table of 10 $1,500
The Equal Opportunity Awards Gala
The Gala is our most significant fundraising event of the year. More importantly, it affords us the opportunity to celebrate our Volunteer of the Year, Minority Business, Corporate Leadership and Whitney M. Young Lifetime Achievement award winners.
And, the evening is always a celebration to remember, with good food and fellowship and top-flight music provided by acts such as Jeffrey Osborne, the Whispers, the Spinners, and the Temptations.
The Gala also provides an excellent opportunity for networking with top area business professionals, and an investment in a corporate table is a good investment for local businesses.
Awards
Corporate Leadership
Recognizes a company, governmental agency or entity that has shown sensitivity to diversity, employment trends and/or special program involvement and support of the Urban League and its mission.
Past Award Recipients:
2009: Comcast
2008: U.S. Cellular
2007: Moxley Carmichael
2006: Scripps Networks
Minority Business
Recognizes a minority-owned business that has made an economic as well as a social impact in the community.
Past Award Recipients:
2009: Jones Kirkpatrick & Associates
2008: Premiere Building Maintenance Corporation
2007: Unity Mortuary
2006: Visionary Solutions, LLC
Volunteer of the Year
Salutes an individual who has made a significant impact on the programs and services of the Knoxville Area Urban League and the community.
Past Award Recipients:
2009: Eric and Jamia Stokes
2008: Tammy Strader, Denark Construction
2007: Mike Simmons, Kim Jones and Joe Austin, First Tennessee Bank
2006: Lenissa Mostella, University of Tennessee, Office of Equity and Diversity
Whitney M. Young, Jr. Lifetime Achievement
The most prestigious of all Urban League Awards, this award is named to honor the fourth executive director of the National Urban League (1961-1971). Mr. Young worked tenaciously to forge new alliances and coalitions to build bridges of understanding among the races.
Past Award Recipients:
2008: Robert Booker, Former legislator, author and historian
2007: Margaret and Felix Gaiter, Community volunteers
2006: Dr. Robert Harvey, Interim President, Knoxville College
2005: Sarah Moore Greene
2002: Gloria Garner
To view the pictures from the Gala click here
To view the 2008 Gala Photos here