African Heritage Awards Dinner 2025
UFT members celebrated African heritage and honored educators, students and colleagues at the 22nd annual UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner on Feb. 7 at Antun’s in Queens Village.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
Tatum Boothe (right), a teacher at PS 299 in Brooklyn, is hugged by UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chair Latoya Lebby after Boothe is awarded the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.
Nadene Williams-Grant (left), a teacher at PS 156 in Brooklyn, and her colleague teacher Mavis Yon congratulate Williams-Grant’s daughter, student Jade Grant, the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship.
Congratulating PS 299K teacher Tatum Boothe (center), the recipient of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence, are (from left) UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chairs Lebby and Wendy Walker Wilson, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Brooklyn District 32 Representative Veronica Wilensky-Sorkin.
Members and their guests enjoy a bounty of dining selections at the UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner.
Giving Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (second from left) her flowers as the recipient of the evening’s Trailblazer Award are (from left) Mulgrew and committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby.
UFT Political Director Vanecia Wilson appears onstage to accept, on behalf of City Council Member Rita Joseph, the UFT African Heritage Committee’s Frederick Douglass Award for Civil & Human Rights.
Sean Blanks, a teacher assigned and coordinator for the UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher program, leads attendees in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
Enjoying the evening are Chapter Leader Katrina Thomas of PS 289 in Brooklyn, committee liaison and UFT Vice President Karen Alford and Zakkiyya Rock, a UFT Teacher Center coach at PS 93 in the Bronx.
Student Eileen Cedillo is presented the Armando Blasse Scholarship by Brooklyn District 16 Representative Camille Eaddy.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
Tatum Boothe (right), a teacher at PS 299 in Brooklyn, is hugged by UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chair Latoya Lebby after Boothe is awarded the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.
Nadene Williams-Grant (left), a teacher at PS 156 in Brooklyn, and her colleague teacher Mavis Yon congratulate Williams-Grant’s daughter, student Jade Grant, the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship.
Congratulating PS 299K teacher Tatum Boothe (center), the recipient of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence, are (from left) UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chairs Lebby and Wendy Walker Wilson, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Brooklyn District 32 Representative Veronica Wilensky-Sorkin.
Members and their guests enjoy a bounty of dining selections at the UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner.
Giving Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (second from left) her flowers as the recipient of the evening’s Trailblazer Award are (from left) Mulgrew and committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby.
UFT Political Director Vanecia Wilson appears onstage to accept, on behalf of City Council Member Rita Joseph, the UFT African Heritage Committee’s Frederick Douglass Award for Civil & Human Rights.
Sean Blanks, a teacher assigned and coordinator for the UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher program, leads attendees in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
Enjoying the evening are Chapter Leader Katrina Thomas of PS 289 in Brooklyn, committee liaison and UFT Vice President Karen Alford and Zakkiyya Rock, a UFT Teacher Center coach at PS 93 in the Bronx.
Student Eileen Cedillo is presented the Armando Blasse Scholarship by Brooklyn District 16 Representative Camille Eaddy.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
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UFT Political Director Vanecia Wilson appears onstage to accept, on behalf of City Council Member Rita Joseph, the UFT African Heritage Committee’s Frederick Douglass Award for Civil & Human Rights.
Sean Blanks, a teacher assigned and coordinator for the UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher program, leads attendees in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
Enjoying the evening are Chapter Leader Katrina Thomas of PS 289 in Brooklyn, committee liaison and UFT Vice President Karen Alford and Zakkiyya Rock, a UFT Teacher Center coach at PS 93 in the Bronx.
Student Eileen Cedillo is presented the Armando Blasse Scholarship by Brooklyn District 16 Representative Camille Eaddy.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
Tatum Boothe (right), a teacher at PS 299 in Brooklyn, is hugged by UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chair Latoya Lebby after Boothe is awarded the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.
Nadene Williams-Grant (left), a teacher at PS 156 in Brooklyn, and her colleague teacher Mavis Yon congratulate Williams-Grant’s daughter, student Jade Grant, the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship.
Congratulating PS 299K teacher Tatum Boothe (center), the recipient of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence, are (from left) UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chairs Lebby and Wendy Walker Wilson, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Brooklyn District 32 Representative Veronica Wilensky-Sorkin.
Members and their guests enjoy a bounty of dining selections at the UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner.
Giving Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (second from left) her flowers as the recipient of the evening’s Trailblazer Award are (from left) Mulgrew and committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby.
UFT Political Director Vanecia Wilson appears onstage to accept, on behalf of City Council Member Rita Joseph, the UFT African Heritage Committee’s Frederick Douglass Award for Civil & Human Rights.
Sean Blanks, a teacher assigned and coordinator for the UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher program, leads attendees in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
Enjoying the evening are Chapter Leader Katrina Thomas of PS 289 in Brooklyn, committee liaison and UFT Vice President Karen Alford and Zakkiyya Rock, a UFT Teacher Center coach at PS 93 in the Bronx.
Student Eileen Cedillo is presented the Armando Blasse Scholarship by Brooklyn District 16 Representative Camille Eaddy.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
Tatum Boothe (right), a teacher at PS 299 in Brooklyn, is hugged by UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chair Latoya Lebby after Boothe is awarded the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence.
Nadene Williams-Grant (left), a teacher at PS 156 in Brooklyn, and her colleague teacher Mavis Yon congratulate Williams-Grant’s daughter, student Jade Grant, the recipient of the Helen Daugherty Memorial Scholarship.
Congratulating PS 299K teacher Tatum Boothe (center), the recipient of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award for Teacher Excellence, are (from left) UFT African Heritage Committee co-Chairs Lebby and Wendy Walker Wilson, UFT President Michael Mulgrew and Brooklyn District 32 Representative Veronica Wilensky-Sorkin.
Members and their guests enjoy a bounty of dining selections at the UFT African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner.
Giving Manhattan Borough Representative Servia Silva (second from left) her flowers as the recipient of the evening’s Trailblazer Award are (from left) Mulgrew and committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby.
UFT Political Director Vanecia Wilson appears onstage to accept, on behalf of City Council Member Rita Joseph, the UFT African Heritage Committee’s Frederick Douglass Award for Civil & Human Rights.
Sean Blanks, a teacher assigned and coordinator for the UFT’s Dial-A-Teacher program, leads attendees in singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem.
Enjoying the evening are Chapter Leader Katrina Thomas of PS 289 in Brooklyn, committee liaison and UFT Vice President Karen Alford and Zakkiyya Rock, a UFT Teacher Center coach at PS 93 in the Bronx.
Student Eileen Cedillo is presented the Armando Blasse Scholarship by Brooklyn District 16 Representative Camille Eaddy.
Committee co-Chairs Walker Wilson and Lebby appear onstage with the evening’s emcee, Anthony Harmon, whose bright yellow fan captures the “Carnival Colors” theme of the event.
