From left: Karen Witherspoon, vice president, Division of Government, Community and Cultural Affairs at CCNY; Lisa S. Coico, president of City College; actor Malik Yoba, and Gilda Barabino, dean of CCNY's Grove School of Enginnering, at the gala.
Two-time Grammy Award winner was among the honorees at the Inaugural Awards Benefit at the Aaron Davis Hall on the CCNY campus on Monday.
Themed 鈥淐elebrating the Arts and Artists,鈥 the gala also honored actress, dancer and choreographer ; director and screen writer and singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel.
Musical highlights of the evening included a celebration concert by O鈥橣arrill, the 2009 and 2015 Grammy Award winner for Best Latin Jazz album, who performed with his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra. There were also performances by Batoto Yetu, the Sho-Off Dance Company and Darilyn Castillo, a City College theater major.
CBS News anchorman Maurice DuBois emceed the gala which was presented by Terrance McKnight, evening host of WQXR radio.
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