Black Buzz News Service
Archives of The National Black Political Caucus
Pittsburgh PA
April 5, 2010
In 1987, Jean Bryant, reporter for the Pittsburgh Press and blogger Black Buzz (Ronald B. Saunders) received the Annual Humanitarian Award from Nate Smith, Chairman of world famous Operation Dig Careers, Inc.
That year's event (DINNER) was held at the HYATT PITTSBURGH at Chatham Center on Saturday, June 13, 1987.
Time: Cocktails 6:00 P.M.---Dinner 7 : 00 P.M.
Words from the Chairman
As the material rejected by the builders becomes the building's cornerstone, so too Operation Dig, in its 19 years of servicing society's cast-offs, has been vital to the community's structure. Once a year, we hold a Dinner to draw attention to that fact.
This year our Dinner comes at an advantageous time: The kickoff of the 1988 national elections: determination that Pittsburgh will have a better chance at truer representative government through district elections: the likely return of black representation to City Council and the second try for the presidency by a black, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. If I sound political, it's because we live in a political world. Use your own political clout in the coming months to keep on top of the issues, to speak out and to vote.
Thank you for honoring our dinner with your presence.
I love you, admire you and respect you.
Your Black Brother and Friend
Nate Smith
OPERATION DIG/CAREERS, INC.
EIGHTH ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER
PROGRAM
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Robert Johnson, Jet Magazine
MISSTRESSES OF CEREMONIES
Joan Velar, WPGH-TV 53......................Patrice King-Brown, KDKA-TV 2
INVOCATION
DINNER
INTRODUCTION OF DIAS GUESTS
WELCOME.............................................................Nate Smith, Chairman
1987 HUMANITARIAN RECIPIENTS
Operation Dig/ Careers, Inc. is privileged to honor these men and women who have made this a better world to live in. Their individual efforts and achievements must be recognized because they are truly "PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE."
FROM MINORITY BUSINESS: JOHN H. ADAMS, PRESIDENT, BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER
FROM MEDIA: JEAN BRYANT, REPORTER, PITTSBURGH PRESS
FROM MEDICINE: WILLIAM GENERETT, M.D. WEST PENN HOSPITAL
FROM COMMUNITY SERVICE: RONALD B. SAUNDERS NATIONAL BLACK POLITICAL CAUCUS
FROM BUSINESS: JACK McGINLEY, ENTREPRENEUR, WILSON, McGINLEY, INC.
FROM GOVERNMENT: K. LEROY IRVIS, PA SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
The Reverend Jesse L. Jackson
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL RAINBOW COALITION
BENEDICTION
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