Former Gov. Beasley to be keynote speaker at Columbia Urban League Equal Opportunity dinner
Former Gov. David Beasley will be the keynote speaker for the Columbia Urban League’s 57th annual Fund Campaign and Equal Opportunity Day Dinner on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Beasley, who was governor from 1995 to 199, was the first South Carolina governor to push for removing the Confederate flag from the State House dome, according to a news release from the Columbia Urban League. That effort earned him a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, according to a news release.
Beasley also was executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, which received the Nobel Peace Prize during his tenure, according to the news release.
The theme of the Columbia Urban League’s dinner and program this year is “Civility and Inclusion: In the Community and Workplace.”
James T. McLawhorn Jr., president and CEO of the Columbia Urban League, said the theme was selected “because today, divisiveness, if unchecked, will impede our quality of life and may negatively impact our future.”
The dinner will be held at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center beginning with a reception at 6 p.m.
The league also will honor several community leaders at the event, including:
Virgil C. Summers Corporate Citizen Award presented by Dominion Energy
Karen Jenkins, president and CEO of KRJ Consulting
President’s Award
Bishop Herbert Bailey, Right Direction Church International
Stewart Mungo, CEO, The Mungo Foundation
Whitney M. Young Jr. Award
I.S. Leevy Johnson, attorney, Johnson Toal and Battiste, PA
Stephen G. Morrison/Nelson Mullins Social Justice Award
Lila Anna Sauls, president and CEO, Homeless No More
Ethel M. Bolden Community Service Award
Sara Fawcett, president and CEO, United Way of the Midlands
Anthony and Alice Hurley Award
Willis Langley III, Langley 3/McDonald’s
For more information about the Annual Fund Campaign and Equal Opportunity Day
Dinner (#CULEOD24), visit culsc.org and follow CULSC on Facebook and Instagram or
call Juanita Dean-Bates or Cynthia Baxter at (803) 799-8150.