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2008 Dinner Highlights

Scenes from the Joint Center for Political Studies Annual Dinner

The Joint Center honored House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn with the Louis E. Martin Great American Award, presented at its Annual Dinner April 8 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

Also, the Joint Center presented its first Partnership Award to William D. Novelli, CEO of AARP.

House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, left, with Tuskegee, Ala., Mayor Johnny Ford, co-chair of the National Policy Alliance; U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, chair of the Joint Center’s Board of Governors; and Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center.

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center, and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, recipient of the 2008 Louis E. Martin Great American Award.

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center; and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, chair of the Joint Center’s Board of Governors, present the 2008 Partnership Award to William D. Novelli, CEO of AARP.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center.

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center; and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, chair of the Joint Center’s Board of Governors, with Stephen J. Hemsley, President and CEO of UnitedHealth Group.

Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center; Dr. Gwendolyn H. Everett; Mrs. Louis E. (Gertrude S.) Martin, standing in front of Rev. Jesse Jackson; U.S. Magistrate Judge Joyce London Alexander, chair of the Joint Center’s Board of Governors, and Mayor Johnny Ford of Tuskegee, Ala., co-chair of the National Policy Alliance.

Ernest Green, Ralph B. Everett and Rev.Jesse Jackson.

Dr. Dorothy Height, Chair and President Emerita of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., with Ralph B. Everett, President and CEO of the Joint Center.

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