THURSDAY • APRIL 23, 2009 • PORTSMOUTH RENAISSANCE HOTEL

Remembering the legacy of
WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR.

National Urban League Executive Director, 1961-1971

Recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1969

Whitney M. Young, Jr. was a tireless civil rights leader who meshed the tenets of Civil Rights activism with the practices of social work. On numerous occasions, Young conferred with Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon; testified before Congress and appealed to the giants of industry on behalf of the National Urban League constituents. Whitney Young’s agenda for Black America and many of the programs he initiated remain to be completed by his successors.

CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE WINNERS OF THE

2009 Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards!

CHRISTIANA PINKSTON BETTS
Jocelyn Pretlow Award: College
Christiana Pinkston Betts - Winner of the Jocelyn Pretlow Award for College

Christiana Pinkston Betts (center) was awarded the Jocelyn P. Goss Award for College. Pictured with him are (from left): Cox Hampton Roads SVP and General Manager Gary McCollum, CNN White House Correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, Urban League of Hampton Roads President and CEO Edith White and Virginia Beach Delegate Kenneth Alexander.

Christiana Pinkston Betts is an English Arts major and a United Negro College Fund Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow with a 3.77 grade point average. Aside from excelling in academics, Ms. Betts is also a community activist and supporter of environmental, equality and civil rights for all citizens of the commonwealth. She inspired a new generation of citizens to actively participate in the political process during her bid for an unexpired Hampton City Council seat in 2007. Ms. Betts is a moral and ethical person who balances her life with compassion, faith, and spirituality.