Past Peanut Luncheon Honorees
CARVER ROSE RECIPIENTS
2022
Jeremiah J. White, President
iPraxis
2022
Andrea Carter, Vice President of Internal Communications
City Year
2021
Rickey Duncan, Executive Director,
New Options More Opportunites
2021
Tanya T. Morris, Founder
MOM Your Business
BLACK ROSE RECIPIENTS
2020
Al Harris, CEO and Founder,
"Team Overtime"
2019
Chase Smith, comedian, actor and CEO,
Founder, No Dreams Deferred
2018
Chase Smith, comedian, actor and CEO,
Founder, No Dreams Deferred
Kevin J. Harden, Jr., Esq.,
Philadelphia District Attorney's Office
2017
Jordan Burnham, professional public speaker
Robert Sorrell, founder and President of
R.W. Sorrell Enterprises, LLC.
2016
Glenn D. Bryan, Assistant VP & Director of
Community Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Nehemiah Davis, Social Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
2015
Dr. John T. Williams, Orthopedic Surgeon
Michael Roberson Reid,
Executive Director of Tree House Books
2014
Bertram L. Lawson II, YMCA Group Vice-President
Lonnie Hunter, Radio Personality &
Gospel Recording Artist
2013
Dr. Clifford L. Stanley, Major General
USMC, Retired
Reverend Dr. G. Daniel Jones
Grace Baptist Church of Germantown
2012
Gary J. Bell, BEBASHI
Rev. Mark K. Tyler, Ph.D.
Mother Bethel AME Church
Dr. Charles A Williams lll
Drexel University
2011
Louis Colbert, Delaware County Office of
Services for the Aging
Chad Dion Lassiter, Co-Founder and President, Black Men at Penn School of Social Work, Inc.
Kofi Asante, President & CEO,
National Comprehensive Center for Fathers
2010
Reverend Tokunbo Ayodele Richard Adelekan, Ph.D., Pastor, Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
Minister Troy Gore, Assoc. Clergy Minister,
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Dr. Jamaine S. Davis
2009
Mr. Robert Bogle, President Philadelphia Tribune
State Representative Kenyatta Johnson,
PA House of Representatives
Bishop Ernest C. Morris, Pastor
Mt. Airy C.O.G.I.C.
2008
Mr. Jerry T. Jordan, President,
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
State Senator Vincent J. Hughes,
Seventh Pennsylvania District
Dr. Molefi K. Asante, Professor, Department of
African American Studies, Temple University
2007
Mr. Bilai Qayyum, Community Activist
Dr. Walter D. Palmer, Community Activist and Educator
2006
Mr. Samuel Staten, Sr.
Career Development and Community Service
2005
Mr. William B. Miller, Owner& Editor of “Voice Publication,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004
Reverend Dr. Jeffrey N. Leath, Mother Bethel A M E Church, Preservation of Richard Allen House
Mr. Salome Thomas-EL, Principal,
John F. Reynolds Elementary School
2003
The Honorable Chaka Fattah, United States
House of Representatives,
Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania
Mr. Sylvester M. Johnson,
Philadelphia Police Commissioner
Mr. Derrick H. Pitts, Chief Astronomer,
The Franklin Institute of Science Museum
2002
Rev. James S. Hall, Triumph Baptist Church
2001
Rev. Dr. Thomas, J. Ritter, DD,
Second Macedonia Baptist Church
Rev. Dr. Alvin A. Jackson, Pastor,
St. Paul Baptist Church, Cinnaminson, NJ
2000
Mr. Harold B. Adams Principal
Vaux Middle School
1999
The Honorable Levan Gordan
First District Court
Mr. James Davis
Zion Baptist Church Community Center
1998
Rev. T. Henry Wells
One Day at A Time Recovery Program
Mr. Joseph Certaine
City Managing Director, Philadelphia
1997
Mr. Kernie Anderson, General Manager
WDAS AM/FM
1996
Mr. James E. Rhone
Temple University, Cross Ages Program
The Rev. Dr. Gus Roman, Pastor, Canaan Baptist Church, Community Education Development
1995
Mr. Al Simpkins
Founder, Bushfire Theatre of Performing Arts
Mr. William Blackmon
President Guardian Civic League
Mr. James Emanuel
Philadelphia Gas Works, Community Relations
1994
The Honorable Dwight Evans
Pennsylvania State Representative, Education
Dr. George French
Germantown Historical Society
Commissioner Harold Hairston
Philadelphia Fire Department
Mr. Herman Wrice
Mantua Against Drugs
1993
Mr. Jerome Wyatt Mondesire
Philadelphia Sun
Commissioner Richard Neal
Philadelphia Police Department
Mr. Randy Urquhart
Concerned Black Men
The Reverend Dr. Paul Washington
Episcopal Church of the Advocate, Activist
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2000
Mr. Alphonso Deal
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
BUDDING ROSE RECIPIENTS
2022
Niya Simone Danzy-Ghaffaar, Author & Student
2021
Leonard Chester, Teacher and Community Manager
Tree House Books
TRUE BLUE RECIPIENTS
2021
Katherine Gilmore Richardson,
Councilmember At-Large
City of Philadelphia
GOLDEN ROSE RECIPIENTS
2020
Marjani Harris, CEO and Founder,
"Team Overtime"
Joanna McClinton, Esq.,
Pennyslvania State Representative
Jasmine Sessoms, Founder and CEO,
“She Can Win”
Laina Stevens, Sergeant,
Upper Darby Police Department
2019
Sonia Lewis, CEO
The Student Loan Doctor LLC
Tinesha Banks
CEO Tabor
Traci Adrian Beasley, Treasurer,
African Descent Lutheran Association &
Lutheran Settlement House of Philadelphia
2018
Kelli Caldwell
Executive Director, The Hope Bag Mission
2017
Katherine Gilmore Richardson,
Chief of Staff Blondell Reynolds Brown
2016
Bernadine Hawes, Chairwoman,
Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center
Sarah-Ashley Andrews, Founder,
“Dare to Hope” Non-Profit Organization
2015
Anne Rice-Burgess, CEO
Methodist Home for Children
2014
Dyana Williams
Radio Personality
2013
Dr. Addie J. Butler
Veronica J. Joyner, M. Ed.
2012
Sharmain Matlock-Turner
Urban Affairs Coalition
Natalye Paquin, Esq.,
Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania
2011
Mrs. Ellyn Jo Waller, First Lady
Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church
Ms. Susan Cook, Future Minds, Inc.
Senator Leanna Washington
Pennsylvania State Senate
2010
Joan Myers Brown, PHILADANCO
Trudy Haynes, Television Reporter
Claudia Hearst Curry, Ed. D. ,
Director, Womens Center at CCP
2009
State Senator Shirley M. Kitchen
Pennsylvania Sate Senate
Rev. Cathy M. Johnson, Asst. Pastor
Triumph Baptist Church
Soror Sylvia Nichols, Retired Educator
2008
Mrs. Viola D. Thigpen, Community Activist,
Alpha Eta Sigma Rhoer Club Organizer
Mrs. Blanche Burton-Lyles, Founder & CEO of the
Marian Anderson Historical Society, Inc.
Dr. Michelle R. Howard-Vital, President
Cheyney University
2007
Mrs. Fatimah Ali, Senior Citizens Advocate
Soror Shirley M. Dennis, Advocate,
Public Administrator, Lecturer and Businesswoman
2006
Soror Naomi Wyatt Satchell Strange
Education and Community Service
2005
Dr. Chernita Zeigler-Johnson, Ph. D., Epidemiologist Researcher in African-American Health, University of Pennsylvania
The Reverend Barbara R. Jones,
Faith-Based Community Outreach Coordinator for Philadelphia Coordinator for Aging
2004
Mrs. Denise Taylor Patterson, Director,
Office of Children Services, Philadelphia Health Department
2003
Ms. Francis F. Aulston, Founder and Director
West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
2002
Ms. Denise Saunders
News Anchor, KYW-3 Eyewitness News
2001
Ms. Anita Porter, Educator, Activist
School Board President, Village Charter School
2000
Dr. Carolyn L. Holmes, Supervisor
African and African American Studies Department
Office of Curriculum Support
School District of Philadelphia
1999
Mrs. Helen Chapman, Founder
Youth Scientist Program
1998
Mrs. Novella K. Lyons, Founder
Women of Faith & Hope Breast Cancer Awareness
1997
Soror Yvonne J. Jones, Overbrook High School
Creative Education Programs
1996
Soror Karla D. Smith, Esq.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Legal Council of Northeastern Region
1995
Mrs. Helen Wilkinson, Vaux Middle School Innovations in Education, Ebony Pearls
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
2011
Soror Vanetta Cheeks Reeder, Syntaktes, Northeastern Region
2000
Soror Inez B. Vanable, Syntaktes,
Northeastern Region
Mrs. Gertrude W. Barnes
1986
The Honorable Shirley Dennis,
Gwendolyn Cherrie Award for
Excellence in Government Service