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Boards and Committees
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Achievement Television Network, National Advisory Council
African Heritage Foundation, Board of Directors
After School Academy, co-founder
The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging, spokesperson and gala honorary committee member
America's Awards, story judge
American Academy of Achievement, advisory council
American Performing Arts Collaborative (APAC, Inc.), Board of Directors
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, Advisory Council [4/1]
Annie and Willie Foundation, President and Director
Bennett College, Board of Trustees and member of various committees
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Board of Directors
Carnegie Hall, Education Advisory Council and Committee of Honor
Center for Research and Development in Law-Related Education (CRADLE), Wake Forest University School of Law, Advisory Committee
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Historical Foundation, advisory council
Clinton Global Initiative participant
CMT's One Country, Advisory Board
Coalition to Stop the Violence
Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), Discipline Screening Committee for Fulbright Scholars
Dayton Contemporary Dance Co., National Advisory Board
Doctors Without Borders, Board of Advisors
Encyclopedia Britannica's "Young Achiever of the Year" jury member
Enterprise Foundation, Honorary Dinner Committee
Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), letters from students in Ghana
FAB, Inc., Board of Directors
First Commercial Bank (Arkansas), National Advisory Board
First World Festival of the African Diaspora, Advisory Committee
Folger Shakespeare Library, Renaissance Forum member
Foundation for Dance Promotion, Board of Directors
Frederick Douglass Institute, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Advisory Board
Friends of the Black Emmy Nominees member
Friends of the Black Oscar Nominees member
Friends of the Jenin Freedom Theatre supporter
Friends of the United Nations, International Panel of Advisors
Gihon Foundation, Council on Ideas
Girl Scouts, National Advisory Council
Harvard University Library, Overseers' Committee to Visit the University Library
HeadStart Capital Campaign Cabinet
Horatio Alger Association, Board of Directors and member of various committees
Howard University, Arts Visitation Program Advisory Board
Hurston/Wright Foundation, Honorary Committee
International Rescue Committee, Leadership Council
International Review of African American Arts, Advisory Board
Mafundi Institute, Sponsoring Committee
Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health (MARCH), Wake Forest University, Advisory Board
Middle East Childrens Alliance, Advisory Board
Modern Library, Board of Directors
Montblanc de la Culture Foundation, award juror
Morehouse School of Medicine, Board of Trustees
Mount Zion Baptist Church [2/1]
Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD), International Honorary Committee
National Ad Hoc Committee to End the Crimes Against Paul Robeson member
National Black Theatre Festival, national chairperson and Marvtastic Society member
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), National Advisory Board
National Book Awards, Biography and Autobiography panel judge
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Board of Directors
National Civil Rights Museum, selection committee for artwork in foyer
National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW), Board of Directors
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year (IWY)
National Council for Black Studies (NCBS), National Advisory Committee
National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), life member
National Honorary Committee for the Conference on Immigration and Ethnicity, Hofstra University, member
National Jazz Museum, Board of Advisors
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), UK, Honorary Member of Council
National Society of High School Scholars, Advisory Board
National Stroke Association, Board of Directors
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, fundraising campaign co-chair
Neustadt International Prize for Literature juror
North Carolina African-American Archives Group
North Carolina Arts Council, Board of Directors
North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Board of Advisors
North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NCCAP) sponsor
North Carolina School of the Arts, Board of Visitors
North Carolina State University, Board of Visitors
Organization of Women Writers of Africa, Inc., Advisory Board
People for the American Way, North Carolina Board of Advisors
Presidential Delegation to the Funeral of the Former President of the African National Congress, Mr. Oliver Tambo
Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa
Presidents' Summit for America's Future, spokesperson
Ralph Bunche Societies, Honorary Director
Read to Me, Honorary Board member
School Book Fairs, National Advisory Panel
Skinner Farm Leadership Institute, Board of Trustees
So Others May Eat (SOME), honorary chairperson of gala
South Florida Museum of African-American Heritage, Honorary Board member
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), Board of Advisors
III USA International Ballet Competition, Advisory Council
United Negro College Fund
United States Holocaust Memorial, Council member
United Way Leadership Circle and African-American Leadership Initiative member
USA Weekend's "Make a Difference Day" awards judge
Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project campaign supporter
W. E. B. DuBois Foundation, Advisory Board
Winston-Salem State University, Maya Angelou Institute for Family and Child Development
YSB Magazine, Editorial Advisory Board
Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Honorary Advisory Board