LADIES RULE…2024 CELEBRATING WOMEN AWARDEES
As I said to the 150-plus people in attendance at the 50th consecutive Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Celebrating Women Awards…but the first newly named “Delores J. Neal Celebrating Women Awards”…”You all may think that you had the greatest mother in the world, and understandably. But I did in fact have the greatest mother in the world!”
I echoed those feelings on Saturday, July 27, at the fabulous Riverside Landings Event Center. I was blessed to pay recognition to my mom, affectionately known by family and friends as “Neda”…short for her middle name, Juanita.
DELORES J. NEAL AND HER BABY BOY…BILLY!
As would be the case with you and your mother, I could go on for days about the tremendous love I had for my mother and all she meant to me and countless others. But neither time nor space will allow for it. Just know that you would never meet a better God-loving Baptist woman, and if you needed anything at any time, “Neda” was your girl. AND YOU ONLY NEEDED TO HAVE SAT IN ONE SUNDAY DINNER OF CORNBREAD GREENS, YAMS, MAC & CHEESE, POTATO SALAD, FRIED CHICKEN AND EGG CUSTARD PIE TO KNOW YOU WERE IN THE FAMILY FOR “LIFE”!!!!
This year’s honorees were some of the finest women the world has known. They are…Rev. Lisa R. Richbourg, Dr. Christina A. Clark, Shelly Lavelle, Cassandra L. Seth, Daina Hunter, Reneé Giles, Deanna Dias, Jeannie Hall-Harris, Cheryl Jackson Giles, Camille Edmonds, Sharon Briggs, Mercedes Wilson (national entrepreneur, Buffalo, New York), Jane Marra, Angela McCallister, Michele Molete, Tricia Mayo, Carmella Dearmon, Peggy Rivers and the Pittsburgh Black Nurses Association.
SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTER, BASKETBALL LEGEND, BARON “BB” FLENORY, EDUCATOR TRICIA MAYO, AND COACH DR. KAREN HALL, GUEST SPEAKER
Our thanks go out to this year’s special guest awards presenter, Baron “BB” Flenory, Duquesne University basketball superstar, Boston Celtics draftee, and European professional player; along with special guest speakers Coach Dr. Karen Hall and political guru Jerry Chiappinelli.
JEANNIE HALL-HARRIS IS AWARDED BY BARON FLENORY.
Needless to say, a special thanks to our sponsors Senator Jay Costa, UPMC, Attorney Alexis Cobb, Goodrich and Geist, PC, Briggs Transportation Co., Super Bakery (in memory of the late, great Franco Harris), Councilman Khari Mosley, Mayor Pauline Calabrese, Attorney Jack Goodrich and Associates, Frank Fuhrer Wholesale Co., Diversified Municipal Services, Judge Dwayne Woodruff, AND OF COURSE THE NEWSPAPER THAT ALWAYS SHOWS UP FOR YOU…THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER.
“BB” FLENORY, AWARDEE ANGELA MCCALLISTER AND EUROPEAN BASKETBALL STAR AND AGI VICE-PRESIDENT, WARREN WILSON.
And of course, we couldn’t get it done without the AGI Advisory Board and Executive Staff: Daina Hunter, Mike Booker, Warren Wilson, Ivy Tucker, Jeannie Harris, Jamie Locicero, and “Smokin’ Jim” Frazier.
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