High Aspirations’ 9th Annual Mentors Challenge was held at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown on November 7th. Dr. Elijah Anderson, the Sterling Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, was the guest speaker. Dana and Dr. Doug Nelson were honored with the Robert B. “Bob” Rogers Legacy Award. This year’s theme was “We’re All In.”
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Dana Nelson, honoree |
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(Front row) Fariid Tokhpah and Linda Woodsmall-DeBruce (back row) Henry Wash, High Aspirations; Dalton Hermes, and Paul DeBruce |
Also featured in the December 14, 2019 issue of The Independent
Photo credit: David Riffel
