Company: Xavier University
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Affiliations/Associations/Societies:
- Advocates for Science and Mathematics Education, Inc. (board of trustees, 2005-2018)
- Affiliated Louisiana Women’s Forum
- Amistad Research Center (1970-present) (board member, 1981-present)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana and HMO Louisiana, Inc.
- Boston University
- I’ve Known Rivers Afro-American Pavilion Louisiana World Exposition (president, chair 1982-1985)
- International Women’s Forum
- International Women’s Forum Leadership Foundation
- Liberty Bank and Trust (secretary of the board, 1980-present)
- Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp (chairman)
- PICO National Network
- Southern Institute for Education and Research
- The Links, Inc.
- The National Arts Committee and Humanities Youth Program
- The Public Law Center
- Xavier University
Achievements:
- Honoree, Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award (2021, 2020)
- Inductee, Top Professionals of the Year, Marquis Who’s Who (2021)
- Recipient, 42nd Ben Smith Award, American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (2019)
- Recipient, Louisiana Legend Award, Louisiana Public Television (2018)
- Recipient, New Orleans Legend Award, Mayor Mitchell Landrieu (2017)
- Recipient, A Legend in Her Own Time Award, William Faulkner Society (2016)
- Author, “Witness to Change: from Jim Crow to Political Empowerment,” Blair Publishing (2015)
- Recipient, Women of Power Award, National Urban League (2012)
- Recipient, Breath of Life Award, American Lung Association (1999)
- Recipient, Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award, Xavier, Tulane, and Loyola Universities’ Black History Month Activities (1995)
- Recipient, Hannah G. Solomon Award, National Council of Jewish Women (1993)
- Recipient, Candance Community Service Award, National Coalition of Black Women, New York, NY (1992)
- Recipient, Role Model Award, Young Leadership Council (1992)
- Recipient, Ray of Hope Award, Hope House (1992)
- Recipient, Humanitarian Award, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO (1991)
- Executive Producer, “A House Divided” (1987)
- Recipient, Citizen of the Year Award, Spectator News Journal (1984)
- Recipient, A. Philip Randolph Community Service Award (1981)
- Recipient, Weiss Award, National Conference of Christians and Jews (1979)
- Recipient, Torch of Liberty Award, Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith (1978)
- Recipient, Woman of the Year Award, The Links, Inc. (1977)
- Recipient, Whitney M. Young Brotherhood Award (1974)
- Recipient, The ALIOT Award, Faulkner Society