Frances “Toni” Draper CEO and publisher of the AFRO American Newspaper, Darroll Cribb, president of the Upton Planning Committee, Savannah Wood executive director of AFRO Charities, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume D-MD-7, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). The elected officials designated $2,257,000 to AFRO Charities for the renovation of the Upton Mansion. (Photos by James Fields)