Africare The 2010 Bishop Walker Memorial Dinner

Over the past four decades with the support of a visionary community of donors, Africare has lead the way in achieving measurable progress in improving the lives of millions of people on the continent of Africa. You can assure that millions continue to benefit from Africare’s work by supporting the “Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner (BWD) Gala and the 40th Anniversary of Africare”on November 5, 2010, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.

This year’s gala event will honor His Excellency Nelson R. Mandela for his lifetime commitment to freedom in South Africa and his contribution to peace for all mankind. Africare will also present two other special awards, the Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award, which recognizes the work of an individual or individuals who have made a significant difference in Africa to Ngozi N. Okonjo-Iweala, PhD, Managing Director of the World Bank and the Corporate Award which honors a business that has been a stalwart supporter of Africare over the years to Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation.

The BWD Gala, will again, bring together over 1500 extraordinary citizens including national and international government leaders, the African Diplomatic Corps, representatives from multinational corporations, and outstanding individuals from social, educational and religious organizations. These incredible friends of Africare will come together this fall to show their support for Africare’s work in the areas of health and HIV/AIDS, water and sanitation, food security and agriculture, and emergency and humanitarian relief.

The Africare Bishop John T. Walker Memorial Dinner, in memory of Bishop John T. Walker, is the nation's largest annual fund raising event for Africa. Bishop Walker was Africare's longtime Board chairman and the first African-American Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC, who distinguished himself as an exemplar of peace, justice and interracial harmony.

Prior recipients of the Bishop Walker Humanitarian Service Award include singer songwriter, John Legend, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Jimmy Carter, then-President Nelson Mandela, Ambassador Andrew Young, Dr. Dorothy I. Height, Graça Machel, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates. ...more

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