Tribute to Women of Color Awards from the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County were handed out yesterday in Annapolis to 17 recipients.
Mary C. Brown of Annapolis won the Good Samaritan Award. She has been active in First Baptist Church as the director of Christian education. In 1945, she was the first African-American full-time guidance counselor at Bates High School.
Aliceteen Wade of Annapolis won the Service to Youth Award. She organized the "little Doorkeepers" for children from age 4 who usher and participate in church and community activities. A member of Mount Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church, she sponsors a trip each year for local youth and is coordinating a program to teach young people to cook and sew.
Grace Maria Dennis of Glen Burnie won the Pathfinder's Award. She opened a beauty salon in 1991 and has appeared on talk shows and taught classes in how to start a business.
Fourteen award winners received Future Leader Scholarships: Camille Holt of Lothian is a student at Southern High School and is active in school and in her church. She plans to major in business administration and law at Morgan State University, where she has a full scholarship.
Josalyn Anderson of Broadneck is a senior at Broadneck High School and has a full scholarship to Morgan State. She is involved at Broadneck United Methodist Church and in the community. She plans to be a preschool teacher.
Arika Pritchett of Arnold is a senior at Broadneck High and has a four-year scholarship to Howard University, where she plans to major in engineering. She is a student government leader and cheerleader and a youth officer at Hall United Methodist Church.
Nahema Howard of Broadneck won the $1,000 Anne Arundel Medical Center Scholarship. The Broadneck High student is a volunteer at Providence Center, active at school and at Asbury Broadneck United Methodist Church. She plans to major in elementary education at Towson University.
Lakia Tongue of Broadneck is a senior at Annapolis High School and winner of the $1,000 Nationwide Insurance Scholarship. She is involved in activities at Cecil Memorial United Methodist Church and is a class officer at school.
Dawn Belt of Millersville, a senior at Arundel High School, won the $1,000 Dr. Faye W. Allen Scholarship. She is active at Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, a volunteer for Sarah's House, Helping Hand and the Lighthouse Shelter. She plans to major in computer engineering in college.
Tara L. Brown of Annapolis, a senior at Annapolis High, won the $1,000 YWCA Barbara Hale Scholarship. Active at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, she participates in the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth and is in the county's gifted and talented program.
Bonnie Sowa of Severna Park won the $500 Annapolis Bank and Trust Scholarship. She is a senior at Severna Park High School, active at St. John the Evangelist Church and a volunteer in the Appalachia Service Project. She plans to major in prelaw at James Madison University.
Joanna Perry of Arnold, a senior at Severna Park High, won the $500 scholarship from Alternative Travel. She is an accomplished viola player and pianist. She plans to major in veterinary medicine.
Jessica Jones of Annapolis is winner of the $500 Connie and Calvin Gray Scholarship. She has been president of her class during each of her high school years. She is a member of Mount Zion AME Church, an outstanding student and a volunteer in several community organizations. She plans to major in political science at Florida A&M; University.
Tameka Tongue, a graduate of Southern High School and a resident of Annapolis, is a freshman at Anne Arundel Community College. She won the $500 AACC Scholarship. She is a member of First Community Christian Church and has done volunteer work with the aged and homeless.
Markesa Thomas of Glen Burnie won the $500 Dick D'Amato Scholarship. She completed studies at AACC, then transferred to Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is majoring in African-American Studies and law.
Shaunte Edmonds of Odenton won the $500 Formerly Flowers by Alice Scholarship. She is a senior honor student at Arundel High, an athlete and a community volunteer. She plans to major in communications or engineering at Columbia University.
Robyn Birch of Crofton, a senior at Severn School, won the $500 William Reese and Sons Mortuary Scholarship. She is active in school clubs and plans to major in journalism in college.
Pub Date: 3/07/99