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SUMMARY:WCBP & PrideIndex.com 2009 Esteem Awards
DESCRIPTION:Windy City Black Pride™ and PrideIndex.com Presents the\n2009 Esteem Awards during Black Pride Weekend in Chicago \nNAACP\, Luck Care Center and Chicago History Museum Among Honorees\n\n(CHICAGO – May 19\, 2009) Today\, Windy City Black Pride™ and PrideIndex.com announced the 24 recipients of the 2009 Esteem Awards. The Esteem Awards honors local and national organizations and individuals for their continued efforts in supporting the African-American LGBT community in the areas of entertainment\, media\, civil rights\, business and art.\n\nThe 2009 Esteem Award honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony on Wednesday\, July 1st at Sidetrack Nightclub\, 3349 North Halsted\, from 6p – 10p in Chicago. The reception will be the official opening celebration for the Windy City Black Pride Weekend which takes place July 1-5\, 2009 across various venues in Chicago. \n\n“PrideIndex.com is pleased to partner with Windy City Black Pride in congratulating the extraordinary individuals and organizations that have been named to receive this year’s Esteem Award\,” said Phillip Esteem of PrideIndex.com. “These organizations and individuals are outstanding examples of activism and service. They serve as role models and industry trailblazers for all\,” he continued. \n\nThe 2009 Esteem Award recipients are: \nOutstanding Newspaper Reporter: Andrew Davis of the Windy City Times (Chicago) \nOutstanding Newspaper: The Washington Blade (Wash\, DC)\n\nOutstanding Magazine: N'DIGO (Chicago)& Go Guide by the Chicago Free Press (Chicago)\n\nInstitutional Award: NAACP (Baltimore)& Lambda Legal (NY) \nOutstanding Social Services Org/CBO: South Side Health Association’s Luck Care Center (Chicago)& National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NY) \n\nOutstanding Website or Blog: Ray Cunningham for Raysbleujuice.blogspot.com (Los Angeles)& GBMNews.com (San Diego) \n\nPod cast of the year: Windy City Queer Cast(Chicago)\nDJ Baker of the Da Doo Dirty Show (New York) \n\nPromoter of the year – Male: Craig Loftis of Loftwerk Productions (Chicago)& Traxx Atlanta (Atlanta) \n\nPromoter of the year – Female:Performers or Writers for Women on Women – POWWOW (Chicago) & Traxx Girls (Atlanta) \n\nOutstanding Service - Male: Chris Brown of Chicago Department of Public Health (Chicago) & Actor/Director Maurice Jamal (New York)\n\nOutstanding Service - Female: Alicia Ozier of Task Force Prevention & Community Services (Chicago)& Actress/ Comedienne Wanda Sykes (Los Angeles) \n\nOutstanding Service - Transgender: Gay City Health Project’s Gender Odyssey (Seattle)& For Ourselves Reworking Gender Expression – FORGE (Milwaukee\, Chicago) \n\nSpecial Recognition: Chicago History Museum for “Out at CHM” (Chicago)& Until There’s A Cure (Redwood City\, CA) \n\nArtistic Expression: Jerry Boles Photography (Atlanta)&\nMonica Haslip of Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center (Chicago)\n\nSponsors for the event are Sidetrack and Remy Cointreau. For more information about the 2009 annual Esteem Awards\, contact Philip Esteem at 773-577-3260 or by email esteemfeedback@hotmail.com. \n\nAbout Windy City Black Pride \nFor ten years\, Windy City Black Pride™ (WCBP)\, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization\, has progressively established and created programs to promote and celebrate pride in the African-American LGBT community. WCBP has worked to develop resources for LGBT people of African descent in other communities across the country and around the world. For more information\, visit www.windycityblackpride.org.\n\nAbout Pride Index.com \nEstablished in 2000\, www.prideIndex.com is an online news resource for African American LGBT and gay-friendly companies.
LOCATION:Sidetrack 3349 N Halsted St Chicago IL 60657
URL:https://chicago.gopride.com/calendar/event.cfm/id/75794/wcbp-and-prideindex-com-2009-esteem-awards
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