Florida-based civil rights legal professional Ben Crump and Jamaican singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur Rita Marley will probably be honored on the forty first International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA) subsequent month.
The occasion will be held Friday, March 22, 2024, at Lauderhill Performing Arts Middle in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Freedom Fighter Award
Ben Crump, a Florida-based legal professional and former president of the Nationwide Bar Affiliation, recognized for his advocacy on behalf of the households of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, is about to be honored with the Freedom Fighter Award at this 12 months’s IRAWMA presentation.
His important victories in securing multimillion-dollar settlements in circumstances of police brutality have spurred efforts to ban no-knock warrants in cities throughout the nation. Addressing a congressional committee, Crump emphasised the pressing want for reform, citing the obvious disparities between the justice techniques for white Individuals and Black Individuals. Notably, Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson of the Rainbow Push Coalition was a earlier recipient of the Freedom Fighter Award in 2019.
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Philanthropist Award
Dr. Rita Marley will probably be honored with the Philanthropist Award on the occasion.
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Rita Marley, the widow of legendary musician Bob Marley, has been actively concerned in philanthropy all through her life. One in every of her most notable endeavors is the institution of the Rita Marley Basis (RMF), which focuses on varied charitable initiatives in Jamaica and past. The muse is devoted to the development of schooling, well being care, and poverty alleviation, significantly in underserved communities.
One of many key tasks of the Rita Marley Basis is the “Lioness of Lebanon” initiative, which helps schooling and empowerment applications for ladies and younger ladies in Lebanon. The muse additionally runs the “Lioness on the Rise” program in Jamaica, which supplies scholarships, mentorship, and help to younger ladies pursuing greater schooling.
Moreover, Rita Marley has been concerned in quite a few charitable occasions and fundraising efforts to help causes associated to well being care, music schooling, and cultural preservation.
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From our archives: Spotlight on Rita Marley at 2019 IRAWMA Awards
Dr. Ephraim Martin, President and Producer of IRAWMA, mentioned “Some 15 particular honors and 40 nominated classes will probably be awarded. That is our eighth internet hosting of IRAWMA in South Florida, we now have for over forty consecutive years, served as the one group, honoring one of the best of reggae and world music’s finest all through the globe. We intend to uphold the integrity of IRAWMA by giving honors solely the place honors are due with out compromise.”
