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Three local women to be honored May 21
LaShawn Cunningham was recently voted in as a board member of the Norwich Arts Center Board of Directors.
Published May 06. 2021 9:00AM
By ROBERTA VINCENT, Special to The Times
“The 100 Women of Color” will honor three women who are well-known in the Norwich area and are also affiliated with the Norwich Arts Center. LaShawn Cunningham, Laura DelGado-Clemons and Sharece Sellem will be honored at a gala designed to honor those amongst us who have had a positive impact in their communities.
Published April 23. 2021 8:03AM
LaShawn Cunningham named to NAC board
LaShawn Cunningham has been voted a member of the Norwich Arts Center s Board of Directors.
Cunningham, a 2003 Norwich Free Academy alumna, is a licensed foster parent through Waterford Country School and works at the Oak Hill Connecticut Institute for The Blind. She is the mother of three children.
Cunningham s history of community service began as a youth leader at Tabernacle of Deliverance and Praise. That s when her dance company, Unique Praise Anointed Worship, was also born.
Cunningham is also founder and director of Blooming into Greatness,a nonprofit youth organization. She won the 2016 Norwich NAACP Robertsine Duncan Youth Council President Award and the 100 Women of Color 2021 award.
LaShawn Cunningham joins NAC Board
NORWICH The Norwich Arts Center announced Friday that LaShawn Cunningham was voted in as a member of the Board of Directors, according to a press release.
Cunningham is a 2003 Norwich Free Academy Alumni, a mother of three, and a community leader, the release states . She is a licensed foster parent through the Waterford Country School and works at the Oak Hill Connecticut Institute for The Blind.
Cunningham is also the founder and director of Blooming into Greatness, which is a nonprofit youth organization.
She has received the 2016 Norwich NAACP Robertsine Duncan Youth Council President Award and the 100 Women of Color 2021 award.