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Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers
ONTARIO, CA – Sacred Sistahs, Inc. will host its 8th Annual Awards Recognition and Scholarship Fundraiser on Saturday, March 12 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel Ontario Airport located at 2200 East Holt Blvd. in Ontario.
Sacred Sistahs will honor three high school seniors with a scholarship. Akua Adeneke McLeod of The Webb School, La Verne, CA, Kennedy Jordyn Parker Tucker of Colony High School, Ontario, CA, both of whom have each completed the Sacred Sistahs, Inc. rites-of-passage program, and Nia Lynn Rasshan, also of Colony High School, Ontario, CA will receive scholarships at the start of their fall semester in college.
Sacred Sistahs will also honor several outstanding African American women who have significantly impacted the lives of others in the community including Dr. Melina Abdullah, Professor and Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and Black Lives Matter Organizer, Shannon Kim Carter, Founder and Executive Director of the Nationally recognized Time for Change Foundation for her commitment to helping women and children, and Gwendolyn Dowdy-Rodgers, Founder and President Emeritus Young Women’s Empowerment Foundation and governing board member of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, for her outstanding contributions in the field of education. Carolyn Tillman, Special Assistant to the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools, will deliver the keynote address.
Sacred Sistahs, Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to empower, serve, and improve the overall health, well-being, spirit, and vitality of African American and African women and children by nourishing and elevating the mind, body, and spirit. For information on how to register, please visit www.sacredsistahsinc.org/news_and_events or call (909)910-7564.
