(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Americans for a Better Future Educational Fund (BAFBFED) announces their 7th Annual Black Republican Trailblazer Awards. Along with the Annual Black Republican Trailblazer Awards, there will also be an Economic Summit. The Summit is set for Friday, June 21, 2019 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW at 8:00AM. The Annual Black Republican Trailblazer Awards will be presented at a dinner on June 22, 2019 at the J.W. Marriott at 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW at 7:00PM.
The Economic Summit with feature a host of speakers and panels highlighting issues of interest to entrepreneurs.
For the Trailblazer Awards Dinner, this year’s honorees are:
- Honorable Claude A. Allen – Health Care Policy Executive (DC)
- Honorable Fred Brown – Chairman, National Black Republican Council (NY)
- Ada Fisher – Physician an North Carolina National Committee Woman RNC (NC)
- Mayor James Garner – President and CEO, Garner Group International; Former Mayor Village of Hempstead, NY
- Aaron Manaigo – Partner, Potomac International Partners (DC)
A partial list of confirmed speakers are:
* Stephen K. Bannon
Former White House Senior Advisor
* Alfredo Ortiz
President/CEO
Jobs Creator Network
*Robert L. Woodson, Sr.
The Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (CNE)
Founder & President/Civil Rights Icon
*Michael S. Steele
Former Chairman Republican National Committee
*Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-4th)
*Former Congressman Tom Davis
*Jennifer Carroll
Former FL. Lt. Governor
*Kris Kobach
Former Kansas Secretary of State
*Richard Finley
Finley Group, Inc.
*Carvin Haggins
Multi Grammy Award winning songwriter/producer
*Eric Roberson
Multi Grammy Award nominated R&B singer
“Black Americans for a Better Future Educational Fund” was founded by longtime Republican political operative, syndicated newspaper columnist and author Raynard Jackson.
According to Jackson, “We established Black Americans for a Better Future Educational Fund, a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization, as a grassroots conservative issue advocacy group for the purposes of educating and actively involving more minorities in promoting conservative values and policies. This includes Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians. Our focus is strictly on minority entrepreneurs.”
Within the various minority groups, entrepreneurs tend to be the leaders of their communities and are the major job creators within the U.S.
Six years ago, the first annual Black Republican Trailblazer Award Luncheon was created. It has become the signature Black History Month event for conservative entrepreneurs throughout the country. To see videos and photos of previous events: http://www.bafbf.org/events/.
Because of the government shutdown, we postponed this year’s event and now have a new date, June 20-22 in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the event is to honor Black Republicans who meet three criteria:
*made significant contributions to America
*made significant contributions to the Black community
*made significant contribution to the Republican Party
They must meet all three to qualify for our award. Previous honorees have been: William T. Coleman, the first Black to graduate from Harvard College’s Law School and wrote the legal brief for Brown v. Board of Education, and was a law partner with Justice Thurgood Marshall; Robert J. Brown, the highest ranking Black in the Nixon Administration; Jennifer Carroll, the first Black to win state-wide office in Florida, serving as the state’s first Black Lt. Governor; and Herman Cain, former presidential candidate and businessman.
Our goal is to counter radical liberal groups like the NAACP and the National Urban League by providing free-market, conservative policies that will create a more positive business environment for minority businesses to flourish.
Official website; http://www.bafbf.org/events/