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PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
2006 |
 Rev.
Dr. Floyd H. Flake
Rev. Dr. Floyd H. Flake, former U.S. Representative, is the
Senior Pastor of the more than 20,000Member Greater Allen A.M.E.
Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens and President of Wilberforce
University in Ohio. During his 25-year pastorate, Allen become one of
the Nation’s foremost Christian churches which operates an innovative
and development corporation. The church also operates a 500-student
private school founded by Flake and his wife Elaine, and a range of
social service and commercial enterprises, making it the third largest
private sector n Queens.
In Congress, Rep Flake established a reputation for leading innovative,
bipartisan legislative initiatives to revitalize urban commercial and
residential communities. Most notably, he authored the Bank Enterprise
Act, providing incentives for financial institutions to make investments
in
destabilized urban and rural economies. Dr. Flake earned the Doctor of
Ministry Degree from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. He
recently authored the book, “The Way of the Bootstrapper.”
Queens Borough President Helen Marshall
 Helen
Marshall was elected overwhelmingly as Queens Borough President in
November 2001with 68 percent of the vote. She is the 18th Borough
President of Queens, the first African-American and the second woman to
assume the post of the highest elected official in a borough with a
population of more than 2.2 million people.
Prior to her election as Queens Borough President, Ms. Marshall
represented the 21st District (Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights,
Elmhurst, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and LaGuardia Airport) in the
City Council for ten years. She was first elected to the post in
1991,securing 96 percent of the vote. As the first minority and woman
elected from the district, she worked to enrich and unify an
extraordinarily diverse community. Before leaving the City Council, she
served as Chair of the Higher Education Committee and was a member of
the Housing &Buildings, Environmental Protection and Women's Issues
Committees. She also was Co-Chair of the Council's Black and Latino
Caucus.
As Chair of the City Council's Higher Education Committee, Ms. Marshall
successfully fought against the privatization of the City University of
New York. Ms. Marshall, a native New Yorker, has been in public service
for 20 years. Before her election to the City Council, Marshall was
elected in 1982 to the first of five terms in the New York State
Assembly. For eight years, prior to her election to the Assembly, Ms.
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Pei-Sze Cheng, General Assignment Report,
WNBC
 Pei-Sze
Cheng joined News Channel 4 as a general assignment reporter in April
2005. Cheng has covered a wide range of stories including the Lake
George boat tragedy, exposing immigration fraud in the New York area and
the December 2005 transit strike.
Cheng came to WNBC from WFSB-TV in Hartford, CT where she served as the
New Haven bureaucrat porter and fill-in anchor, covering stories that
included the bombing of the Yale Law School, the black out of 2003, the
trial of former Governor John Rowland and the delayed execution of
convicted serial killer Michael Ross. Prior to that, she was a reporter
at News 12 in Norwalk, CT where she reported for the 5 and 10 p.m.
newscasts. In 2002, Cheng produced stories for News 12 in Long Island. A
graduate of Columbia University, Cheng holds a bachelor-of-arts degree
in Political Science. A trusted reporter with strong community ties, she
is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association and was
recently recognized by the Asian-American and Pacific Islanders
Association during their heritage month celebration. A native of Dix
Hills, NY, Cheng and her husband currently reside in Manhattan.
David Ushery, Anchor/Reporter WNBC
 David
Ushery joined News Channel 4 in August 2003. He is the co-anchor of
“Weekend Today in New York,” the station’s No. 1-rated weekend morning
news programs and also files reports for WNBC’s various newscasts.
Ushery is the recipient of a National Association of Black
Journalists Award for a series of his reports on children and violence
and was honored by the Israeli Consulate for his dedicated reporting and
commitment to the community. Ushery also works as a volunteer at St.
Charles Borromeo City with his wife and son. |
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 MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT
Mr. Tyrone Patrick
Pianist Ms. Juana Johnson
SOLOISTS
Ms. Marsha Thompson Tyrone
Patrick Jazz Quartet Contralto Soprano
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