NCBW/OBAC Awards 17 Scholarships to Deserving Students

Posted: Aug 14, 2010 | Category: Public Service

         2010 Young Black Schol­ars Awards Reception

NCBW’s Pub­lic Ser­vice & Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee hosted its annual Schol­ar­ship and Awards Recep­tion on Thurs­day July 29 at the Mont­clair Bistro in Oakland.

Oakland’s May­oral Can­di­date, Vice Mayor Jean Quan, Coun­cilmem­ber Des­ley Brooks, Assem­bly Mem­ber San­dre Swan­son and Super­vi­sor Keith Car­son all attended the cer­e­mony.  Each of the offi­cials pre­sented encour­ag­ing words on the impor­tance of edu­ca­tion and reach­ing for stars. “You can be any­thing you want to be in this world of oppor­tu­ni­ties,” said Super­vi­sor Keith Car­son who had ear­lier par­tic­i­pated in an event for Mae Jami­son,  First African Amer­i­can Female Astronaut.

The Schol­ar­ship cer­e­mony pro­vides an oppor­tu­nity for the Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter to honor and sup­port women and girls who are work­ing towards improv­ing their own lives within their com­mu­ni­ties through the pur­suit of higher edu­ca­tion. A spe­cial Tech­nol­ogy Schol­ar­ship pro­vided by the Ora­cle Cor­po­ra­tion high­lighted this year’s cer­e­mony. The Ora­cle Tech­nol­ogy schol­ar­ship was pre­sented by Bar­bara Williams, Imme­di­ate past pres­i­dent of the Oak­land Bay Area Chap­ter and Direc­tor of Engage­ment and Inclu­sion for Ora­cle. Glo­ria Jenk­ins, Pres­i­dent of the Oak­land Bay Chap­ter brought the offi­cial greet­ing to the stu­dents on behalf of the board of direc­tors and mem­bers of the chap­ter. This year’s Theme: “Link Lever­age Lead” – Stu­dents Today – Lead­ers Tomorrow.

Founder, Cathy D. Adams served as Mis­tress of Cer­e­monies in the absence of Rose Scott, Schol­ar­ship com­mit­tee Chair, and VP Cor­po­rate Tech­nol­ogy QA/Risk for Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo has served as strate­gic part­ner of the Oak­land Bay Chap­ter and a direct sup­porter of the Schol­ar­ship pro­gram since its inception.

 To date, the Oakland/Bay Area Chap­ter has awarded over $200,000 in scholarships.

 2010 Schol­ar­ship Awardees

 Ca’Shea Airy, East Side Col­lege Prepara­tory School

Thome­cia Busby, San Lean­dro High School

Breeanna Decker, St. Joseph Notre Dame High School

Sharorie Evans, Excel High School

Kat­rina Gilbert, Excel High School

Tay­lor Lyons, Holy Names High School

Lashawn Moore, Pitts­burg High School

Ali­son Mor­gan, Clark Atlanta

Ash­ton Purvis, St. Eliz­a­beth High School

Kiara West­brooks, Cal­i­for­nia High School

Jade Robin­son, Bishop O’Dowd High School

Suphia Simon, Sky­line High School

Kye­sha Thomp­son, San Fran­cisco State

Charles­tine Vann, El Cer­rito High School

Bivett Brackett-Thompson, City Col­lege of San Francisco

Tahlema Mar­tin, Berke­ley City College

Lea Williams, City Col­lege of San Francisco