Our Minds Our Voices Awards
Sat, Mar 02
|JB Duke Hotel
Featuring 2019 Aura " Woman of Influence" Ms. Cathy Hughes and honoring ten "Women of Distinction". Women's Expo...clothing, accessories, consumer products and services starts at 9:00am.
Time & Location
Mar 02, 2019, 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
JB Duke Hotel, 230 Science Dr, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Guests
About the event
9:00am...Woman's Expo - Vendors and exhibitors with fine wears, clothing, jewlery, accessories, consumer products and services and more.
11:30am...Awards Luncheon - The Aura Galleria third annual “Our Minds, Our Voices” event featuring trailblazer Cathy Hughes, an African-American entrepreneur, radio and television personality and business executive.
Ms. Hughes founded the media company Radio One (now known as Urban One), and when the company went public in 1999, she became the first African-American woman to head a publicly traded corporation. In the 1970s, Hughes created the urban radio format called "The Quiet Storm" on Howard University's radio station WHUR with disc jockey and fellow Howard student Melvin Lindsay.
Both Cathy Hughes and her son, Alfred Liggins have been named Entrepreneur of the Year by the company Ernst & Young. She is a notable member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Ms. Hughes life story is featured on the documentary series Profiles of African-Americ…
Tickets
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