Watts Festival Honors Community Leaders
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In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the upcoming Watts Summer Festival, the event’s board of directors initiated the first “Founders Awards.”
Seven community leaders were honored Friday at a pre-festival luncheon at Phoenix Hall, a community center, for their contributions to the enrichment of education, art and history in Watts.
The honorees included: Elizabeth Eastman, representative of the Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club; Alma Reeves Woods, librarian at the library named after her; Dr. Maulana Karenga, African American studies professor at California State University, Long Beach; Roger Mosley, actor, director and spokesperson for nationwide at-risk youth groups, and the Watts Prophets, a trio of spoken-word artists.
“It’s important that today’s youth get as much education as they can,” Mosley said. “That comes in the different forms recognized today.”
The festival, which includes a parade, cultural exhibits, food and games, will take place Aug. 7 to 11 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Edwin Markham Middle School.
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