Denver
News: Colorado Black Women for Political Action has opened nominations for awards to be given at its 43rd annual Tribute to Black Women Luncheon. The deadline for submissions is July 31.
Award categories are Arts, Community, Education, Politics, Public Health and Youth. Nomination forms and detailed descriptions of each award category can be found at cbwpa.org/43rd-annual-tribute-to-black-women-award-nomination/
Nominees must be women, youths or groups who represent the values and principles of Colorado Black Women for Political Action and have demonstrated authentic and meaningful work in the community by actively engaging and addressing social, political and economic factors impacting BIPOC. In addition, according to a press release issued by CBWPA, nominees are those who have âStood up to authority when it was not in their best interest to do so.â
N. J. Burkett joined the
Eyewitness News team in 1989. His distinctive storytelling, production skills and award-winning international reporting have added a unique dimension to WABC-TV’s coverage of metropolitan New York.
Over his thirty-year career, he has reported on everything from war and diplomacy to crime and politics; from aviation disasters to natural disasters, race relations and police misconduct.
Burkett’s work has been honored with several of the most prestigious awards in American television news. He is a two-time winner of the coveted Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association (formerly the RTNDA) and a four-time Emmy Award winner, including the Emmy for Outstanding On-Camera Achievement in 2003 and 2007. Burkett has received seventeen Emmy Nominations.