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Renaissance House Salon Series will Feature Jessica B. Harris, Author, Scholar and African Diaspora Food Anthropologist, Discussing “Writing About Cultural Cuisine” in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard. Free to the Public.

Renaissance House Salon Series will Feature Cynthia Riggs, Author of Popular Victoria Trumbull Sleuth Series, Discussing “How to Write a Murder Mystery.” Free to the Public.

The Council Celebrates 40th Anniversary at Business Opportunity Expo with Salute to Veteran Council-Certified Multicultural Business Owners and Honors Claire Scanlon, BNY Mellon, with Appreciation Award in Supplier Diversity

Renaissance House: A Retreat for Writers and Other Artists in Martha's Vineyard Holds a Pot Luck Picnic and Public Reading of Frederick Douglass' Speech “What Does the Fourth of July Mean to a Negro?” on July 4 at State Beach

Renaissance House Salon Series holds Presentations with Martha’s Vineyard Writers & Artists: Richard Greener, Susan Klein, Jill Nelson, Jessica Harris, Cynthia Riggs, Dan Waters, Shana Mahaffey, Michael West, Len and Georgia Morris and Holly Nadler

Jill Nelson, author of Finding Martha’s Vineyard: African Americans at Home on an Island is Speaker at Renaissance House Retreat for Writers & Artists Series of Presentations and Workshops by Noted Martha’s Vineyard Writers June – August.

The Council Celebrates 40th Anniversary at Expo with a Salute to First Multicultural Minority Businesses and Corporation Members from 1973. Keynote speaker is Cheryl Pearson-McNeil, SVP of Public Affairs and Government Relations, Nielsen Company.

Annual June – October Writers Retreat in Historic Oak Bluffs Inspired by Harlem Renaissance Writers Helene Johnson and Dorothy West there are Retreat Applications Still Available for June and July

Selective Corporate Internship Program (SCIP) Holds Awards Gala at New York City's Battery Gardens on March 7 to Commemorate the Scholarship and Leadership Organization Serving Diverse Youth from the Tri-State Area

Corporate Awards Presented to Fortune 500 Companies PepsiCo, Public Service Enterprise Group and Novartis Pharmaceutical for Outstanding Supplier Diversity Programs and Minority Business Awards to Griffin Security Agency and The Bartech Group