By AFRO Staff
The AFRO will host its annual D.C. High Tea on Sept. 7 from 2 – 5 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church.
Each year the publication hosts the tea in honor of men and women who have significantly impacted the Black community.
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The AFRO will recognize Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks at the 2024 event, along with Congresswoman Eleanour Holmes Norton, civic leader and professor Cora Masters Barry and Former D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt.
“This year’s honorees were chosen due to their remarkable and unwavering service to the D.C. community,” said Diane Hocker, AFRO director of community and public relations. “It’s going to be a delightful tea with lots of high energy. Our attendees will have the chance to network, be entertained and enjoy some delicious food.”
Hocker started planning this year’s tea in December 2023. The event last came to D.C. in 2022, honoring Cathy Hughes, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Denise Rolark Barnes, Michelle Richardson and Karyn A.Temple. The job of organizing the D.C. tea passed to her after the death of D.C.’s own Edgar Brookins, a beloved member of the community and long-time AFRO circulation and general manager, who orchestrated the inaugural D.C. High Tea years ago.
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The AFRO High Tea will once again return to the D.C. area on Sept. 7, 2024. Each year the publication hosts the event, complete with elected officials, residents and community leaders in attendance. Shown here from left to right, Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Michelle Richardson, Cathy Hughes, Frances “Toni” Draper, Karyn A.Temple and Denise Rolark Barnes. (AFRO Photo / James Fields)
“Edgar Brookins was everything. He was ‘Mr. D.C.,’” said Hocker. “He was very instrumental in the AFRO bringing the tea to the D.C. in 2018.”
This year’s tea will be a highlight of the 2024 social calendar, complete with catering from B&B II, great entertainment and of course, the AFRO High Tea fashion show, where participants show off their finest threads and hats.
Tickets for the 2024 D.C. AFRO High Tea are available for $100 at afrotix.live and the admission price includes a free six month subscription to the publication.
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