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PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release - July 29, 2005
For more information, please call: 212-604-9552 ext. 203, 917-279-4038,
908-531-7239

CELEBRATE AFRICA FOUNDATION TO HONOR DR. ANNIE B. MARTIN

The Celebrate Africa Foundation has announced that Dr. Annie B. Martin,
President of the New York Chapter of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will be honored with the Celebrate
Africa Foundation Humanitarian Award. Dr. Martin will be the first to
receive this award, which will take place at the Tavern-on-the-Green at
Central Park West, New York, on September 14, 2005, from 6-9 pm. The event
is in partnership with the New York City Central Labor Council of the
AFL-CIO - the 1.6 million-member umbrella organization representing all
labor unions in New York.

The Celebrate Africa Foundation Humanitarian Award was established to honor
the individual(s) who has/have devoted their lives to the well-being of
humanity as a whole. Dr. Martin has certainly devoted her entire life to
advancing the interests of all races, but specifically African-Americans and
continental Africans. In fact, last year she was recognized for her work
with Africans when the Udumeze of Ohafia (an Ohafian King), conferred her
with the chieftaincy title of Ada di Oha Mma 1 of Ohafia - the first
daughter who is loved by everybody).

Dr. Martin, a tireless and consummate leader in the ranks of labor and civil
rights, is currently a member of the NAACP National Board of Directors and
the unprecedented 12-term President of the New York Branch NAACP - the first
branch established and chartered by the national organization and currently
the largest branch in the eastern region with over 6,000 members.

A native of Eastover, South Carolina, Dr. Martin's long and illustrious
career in civil rights, labor and community affairs has won her over 200
awards, incuding the honorary Doctor of Humane Letter from Claflin College
in Orangeburg, S.C., and one of the first persons to receive the coveted
national Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

She is both a Life and Golden Heritage and Diamond member of the NAACP; a
life member of the National Council of Negro Women; a Commissioner on the
Commission of the Dignity of Immigrants; has been listed in "Who's Who in
Black America" for many years; was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women
Achievers, and has served as a member of the Board of Directors and
Treasurer of the New York Lung Association.

Guided by the scripture, "Ican do all things through the Lord who
strengthens me," she is an active member of the First Bethel African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Harlem, where she serves as a Trustee and also
a member of the Laymen's League.

The Celebrate Africa Foundation is the continental- and Diaspora-wide
organization devoted to celebrating Africa and to promoting all things
positive about the African continent and its people, while recognizing the
problems still facing the continent. Celebrate Africa Foundation believes
that until Africa
begins to celebrate itself and its achievements, no one else will do it.
Africa is endowed with great history and great people, and it is incumbent
upon all of us who love Africa to do our best in promoting this great
continent.

In July, 2004, Celebrate Africa Foundation partnered with the African
Consuls-General Group in New York and MoneyGram International (which helps
you to send money to Africa) to take Ambassadors of the 53 African countries
to Wall Street, to dialogue with the titans of industry and to say to them,
"African Wants Your Investment in Africa," as well as having 53 children
carry the flags of the 53 African countries around the Bowling Green Park,
then hoisted on 53 poles inside the park, while the African Union flag flew
on the main pole in
front of the 'Charging Bull,' for a whole week.

In June this year, Celebrate Africa Foundation partnered with Medgar Evers
College to screen the movie "Hotel Rwanda," to bring the stark reality of
the genocide that occurred in Rwanda with the murders of more than 800,000
Rwandan Tu tsis and Hutus. Several colleges have already signed on to
partner with Celebrate Africa Foundation to show this movie in the Fall
semester.

Just this July, 2005, Celebrate Africa Foundation engineered the funding of
the 13th Parade of the Murid Islamic Association in New York, which took
place on July 28 from 110th to 125th Streets in Harlem. This was the first
year that the parade had been sponsored, and partnering with the WellCare
Health Management Company in New York, the parade was provided with 100,000
bottles of water, 3,500 t-shirts as well as financial support.

Celebrate Africa Foundation has also announced that in 2007, the greatest
African cultural event will take place in America - the "BLACK FESTIVAL OF
ARTS AND CULTURES (FESTAC) WEST", which will dwarf the Live Aid and Live 8
concerts.

The donation for the Celebrate Africa Foundation Humanitarian Award
Reception/Dinner is $250 per person, and a portion of this is
tax-deductible. Also, a portion of the money will go to aids agencies
working in Niger.
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Now...what could possibly BE on the menu for $250.00??

Furthermore, as I learned from a man of Afreekan descent who identifies as a communist...the 'aid' in Niger is really a cover for the u.s. to set up camp. I can certainly BE~lieve this. When I saw the newscast about Niger, my first thought was: "Why now". Why are they re~porting this now? I am sure folks knew what was happening there, yet, they decide to inform the public now...why? To have a reason why they are going in...to "help". BS. They have never done anything to "Help" US so why now?

Also, this adds or lends support to the many critiques folk here have about the NAACP. Off they rocker for supporting the continued and systematic destruction of Afreekans world wide.

Akpe for allowing me to share

In Love of Afreekans home and abroad

Not withstanding the Sistren's contributions and works for which she is Be~ing honored for. Who knows what to think bout all this bs going down