Sunday, October 26, 2014

10/23/14 50th Anniversary of The Informer

Pre-Party Enjoyments


The Harpist
The Tickets Bar's amazing servers





   The Photo Show

Carol Schwartz and Ron Burke.
Go Carol !  A really new kind of mayor  ! 


 The Photo Booth

Mayoral Candidate Carol Schwartz
Influencer Eloise Greenfield





Influencer Donald Hense, Founder and Chairman of Friendship Public Charter School

Beverly Perry, of PEPCO

Influencer Sylvia Cyrus
Influencer Darrell Watson


Jean-Pierre Jean-Marie
Influencer Eleanor Stewart


Stanley K Williams standing in for Influencer Sterling Tucker
Influencer Bernie Demczuk and his red sox.  

 

Reverend Tony Lee
 Reverent Tony, Nancy and Bill Lee




Influencer Ron Clark, Founder of RAP, Inc.
Influencer Ron and wife Angela Owens Clark


Marie and Wendell Johns

The inimitable, one and only, incomparable sports photographer John DeFreitas
Yvonne Davis and Kevin Breckinridge


John El-Badre
Thomas Byrd
Sandra Peres, Brandon Brown and Tiffany Long



DC's hardest working Statehood activist and influencer, Anise Jenkins

Andrea Sullivan
Tim Pulliam


Mabel and her lovely daughter Vinsha Neville

Davis Kennedy and "a pretty girl" Linda Zottoli

Davis Kennedy alone

Influencer Roach Brown and his lovely wife Mertine
 

Curtistene and Gregory Crawford


THE PROGRAM


Denise Rolark Barnes makes her way to the stage. /Photo by Nancy Shia  

Ron Burke, Denise Rolark Barnes, Kevin McNeir and a young artist  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

A gift from PEPCO  /Photo by Nancy Shia  
A big give from the American Association of Retired People.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

WJLA Camera Woman is always there when it matters.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

Dr. Ben Chavis speaks on behalf of black newspapers.  /Photo byNancy Shia  

Students from Richard Wright Public Charter School recite poetry. /Photo by NancyShia  


Denise Rolark Barnes addresses the gathering at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Washington Informer October 23rd.  /Photo by Nancy Shia

Ben Chavis, Avis Lester Thomas, Desmond Rolark Barbes UnID'd, Harry Wingo, UnID'd
Influencer Sharon Farmer rocking and rolling her way to the stage at the Washington Informer's 50th anniversary celebration.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

The spirit of the 50 Influencers is irrepressible.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

RAP Inc. Founder Ron Clark



Influencer Donald Hense, Founder and Chairman of Friendship Public Charter School



Influencer Sharon Farmer


Influencer Lori Kaplan, founder of the Latin American Youth Center

Influencer Sylvia Cyrus


Influencer Askia Muhammad



Influencer Phil Pannell
Reverend Tony Lee

Influencer Roach Brown and Angela Owens Clark







Influencer and Washington Informer Photographer Roy Lewis                                         

All the Influencers together on stage.


Go Denise !  50 More Years !  I'll be there for the 75th !
                                                                             
Lafayette Barnes III and Mayor Vincent Gray at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Washington Informer  /Photo by Nancy Shia



Lafayette Barnes III and Mayor Vincent Gray at the Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Washington Informer  /Photo by Nancy Shia

Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher of the Washington Informer, and Mayor Vincent Gray pretty well reflect the mood of the evening at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Washington Informer.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  




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