Girlfriends Luwanda Jenkins, Dr. Lisa Loury Lomas, Yvette Mozie-Ross, Anna Williams

Due to the pandemic, the Baltimore Chapter of Girl Friends have been anxiously waiting for more than two years to celebrate their 90th anniversary luncheon (1930-2020). The chapter’s “Woman of the Year,” Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a 2008 UMBC alumna and Meyerhoff Scholar, is the first Black woman scientist who led the National Institutes of Health team in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Other honorees included many national Black women’s organizations that have made significant contributions in Baltimore and beyond, and created a legacy of friendship, sisterhood, civic and community engagements. This milestone anniversary celebrates the significant impact that these organizations make on the world.

  • GFs Cheryl Hitchcock, Trena Brown
  • Girlfriends Luwanda Jenkins, Dr. Lisa Loury Lomas, Yvette Mozie-Ross, Anna Williams
  • GFs Dawn Kimble-Vance, Sheila Drummond Camm, Lucinda Ware
  • GF Elizabeth Williams, Amy Strang, Wanda Better-Davis
  • Lydia McCargo-Redd, Heather Williams, Kim Mumby Green, Mattie Mumby
  • GFs Kay Tillman, Karen Bond
  • Teressa Payne-Nunn, Donna C. Graves, Ethel Issacs Williams, JD, National president, the Links, Inc., Pamela Gentry
  • Ethel Issacs Williams, JD, National President, Links Inc., GF Margo Copeland, 15th National President, The Links,Inc.
  • GF Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, Erika Salter
  • GF Gloria Parker
  • GF Roslyn Smith, GF Dr. Shuana Tucker-Sims, VP the Links, Inc.
  • GF Lynn R. Selby, Courtney Moore, national president, Girl Friends, Julie G. Manley, president, Baltimore Chapter, Girl Friends.
  • Girlfriends 2022 honoree “Woman of the Year”, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, is introduced by Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, premiere sponsor and Jacqueline Hrabowski, co-chair, 90th Anniversary celebration.
  • President of UMBC, Dr. Valerie Shears Ashby
  • Dawn Moore, wife of Wes Moore, Democratic nominee 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election.

The co-chairs of the anniversary celebration were Girlfriends Jacqueline Hrabowski and Maritha Gay.

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