Program for the 2009 event
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Welcome........................................................................................................Karen Graham
Mistress of Ceremony
Weekend Sports Anchor, WAGA TV Fox5 Atlanta
Frank Ski, Master of Ceremony
Morning Personality, V103 FM
Invocation.........................................................................................The Rev. Jerry D. Black
Pastor, Beulah Missionary Baptist Church
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing ...........................................................Led by Gregory S. Broughton
Accompanied by the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
Student Greetings.................................................................................................Yuriy Shor
President, GPC Dunwoody Student Government Association
Greetings and Trailblazer Award Presentation..........................................Dr. Anthony S. Tricoli
President, Georgia Perimeter College
Corporate Humanitarian Award Recipient...................................................National Association
of Chinese Americans - Atlanta Chapter
Individual Humanitarian Award Recipient.......................................................Thomas E. Brown
DeKalb County Sheriff
Musical Selections......................... Make Them Hear You from the Broadway musical Ragtime
Gregory S. Broughton, Soloist
Jupiter from The Planets by Gustav Holst
Performed by the DeKalb Symphony Orchestra
Fyodor Cherniavsky, Musical Director and Conductor
Introduction of Keynote Speaker.......................................................Chuck Dawson, President
and CEO, Harland Clarke
Keynote Speaker.....................................................................................Dr. Mae C. Jemison
First African-American Woman in Space
Conclusion ................................................................................Let There Be Peace on Earth
Led by Gregory S. Broughton
Accompanied by Susan Sigmon, GPC Associate Professor of Music |
