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George Crawley
...heads Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Black Men Inc.

Annual 200+ Scholars Breakfast This Saturday

The 11th Annual 200+ Scholars Breakfast starts at 9 a.m. this Saturday, May 17th at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. The event honors black males who are graduating with a 3.0 or better grade point average from the region's public and private high schools.
       “We want to send up a collective shout-out for these scholars,” said George Crawley, president of the Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Black Men Inc., which has honored more than 3,200 young men since 1998. "It's our way of telling the world, yes, there are pressing problems facing young black males, but there are those who are excelling, sometimes in the face of great odds."
      This year, about 350 young men will receive a specially minted 200+ Scholars medallion and items in a goodies bag.  

Posted May 14, 2008

      Tony Harris, co-anchor of the morning edition of CNN Newsroom, will be the keynote speaker. A former radio disc jockey in Baltimore, Harris joined CNN in 2004 after anchoring stints in Baltimore and Atlanta. He has also been a New York correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and a host for a celebrity news segment for HBO.
      A highlight of each breakfast is the awarding of scholarships—some to cover fours years of study—by  colleges and universities.       
For more information about the 200+ Scholars Breakfast and to purchase tickets, call 757-455-9250 or visit: www.200plusmen.org. 

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