Committee members and district representatives join UFT President Michael Mulgrew (fourth from right) and Councilman Donovan Richards (second from right), who flank Staff Director Anthony Harmon, after celebrating African heritage at the UFT’s African Heritage Committee Awards Dinner on Feb. 7 at Antun’s in Queens Village.

Paraprofessionals Chapter Leader Shelvy Young-Abrams poses for a photo with Staff Director Anthony Harmon, who received the Trailblazer Award at the event.

Dial-A-Teacher Coordinator Sean Blanks sings the Black National Anthem.

Guests enjoy the festivities.

Marcella Jones (center), the winner of the Mary McLeod Bethune Award, is congratulated by UFT District 28 Representative Angela Artis (left) and Special Representative Martha Lane.

Student dancers from Performing Arts and Technology HS (PATHS) on the Thomas Jefferson HS Campus in Brooklyn entertain the guests while their teacher Marcella Jones is honored.

Kareem Hubbard, a student at Automotive HS in Brooklyn, receives the Armando Blasse Award.

The Helen Doughty Award is presented to Glenjanee Robertson, a student at LaGuardia HS in Manhattan.

Committee Chair and event organizer Wendy Walker-Wilson addresses the guests.