{"id":217735,"date":"2022-02-26T00:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=113325"},"modified":"2022-02-26T00:06:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T22:06:17","slug":"at-the-53rd-naacp-image-awards-prince-harry-and-meghan-the-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-to-receive-presidents-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/at-the-53rd-naacp-image-awards-prince-harry-and-meghan-the-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-to-receive-presidents-award\/","title":{"rendered":"At The \u201c53Rd NAACP Image Awards,\u201d Prince Harry And Meghan, The Duke And Duchess Of Sussex To Receive President\u2019s Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/at-the-53rd-naacp-image-awards-prince-harry-and-meghan-the-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-to-receive-presidents-award.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/at-the-53rd-naacp-image-awards-prince-harry-and-meghan-the-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-to-receive-presidents-award.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Johannesburg, 25 February 2022 \u2013 The NAACP and BET today announced that humanitarians, global leaders, and co-founders of Archewell Foundation, Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, will receive the prestigious President\u2019s Award during The \u201c53rd NAACP Image Awards,\u201d which airs on Sunday, 27 February at 19:00 WAT \/ 20:00 CAT on BET Africa (DStv Channel 129).<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s Award is presented in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service, with previous recipients including Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, LeBron James, Rihanna, Shawn \u201cJAY-Z\u201d Carter, Lauryn Hill, Soledad O\u2019Brien, among others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to present this award to Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who together have heeded the call to social justice and have joined the struggle for equity both in the US and around the world,\u201d said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP. \u201cNot only do they continue to lead by example, The Duke and Duchess have also decided to inspire the next generation of activists through the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award, ensuring the support and recognition of generations of civil rights leaders to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award, supported by Archewell Foundation and administered by the NAACP, is a newly created annual award that recognizes leaders creating transformational change\u2014at the intersection of social justice and technology\u2014to advance civil and human rights. The 2022 inaugural recipient of the NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award is renowned author and scholar Dr. Safiya Noble, who has pioneered the study of how digital technologies intersect with culture, race, and gender.<\/p>\n<p>The NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award seeks to recognize long-term contributors to the digital rights space while also supporting a new generation of visionaries working to expand equity, including issues related to discrimination, misinformation, privacy, countering biases, limiting profiling and surveillance, improving transparency, increasing diversity in the tech sector, and more. Each year, the honoree will be awarded a $100,000 unrestricted stipend to be used to advance new work, expand leadership and expertise, or continue to make an impact in the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a true honor to be recognized by President Derrick Johnson and the NAACP, whose efforts to propel racial justice and civil rights are as vital today as they were nearly 115 years ago,\u201d said Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to support the NAACP\u2019s work and to also partner with the organization on the newly created annual NAACP-Archewell Digital Civil Rights Award, which will be bestowed to Dr. Safiya Noble as part of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Noble is an internet studies scholar and Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she serves as the Co-Founder and Faculty Director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2i2), which is a partner to Archewell Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, she was recognized as a MacArthur Fellow for her ground-breaking work on algorithmic discrimination, which enabled her founding of Equity Engine, a non-profit committed to creating the conditions for Black women and women of color to thrive through access to education, investments, mentorship, and mutual aid. She is the author of a best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines, entitled Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press), which has been widely-praised in scholarly and popular publications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt both the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and at the Equity Engine, we are working toward greater possibilities for vulnerable people,\u201d said Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble. \u201cDigital civil rights and protections from harm on the internet are a crucial pathway to a more just world, and I am grateful for the support of the NAACP and Archewell Foundation for contributing to our efforts to create more compassionate and democratic societies where Black women and women of color can thrive, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As previously reported, the \u201c53rd NAACP Image Awards\u201d will include a performance by Nine-time Grammy Award winning singer Mary J. Blige and appearances by Issa Rae, Kerry Washington, LL Cool J, Michael Strahan, Morgan Freeman, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Paula Patton, Questlove, Samuel L. Jackson, Simu Lius, Tiffany Haddish and Zendaya.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c53rd NAACP Image Awards\u201d are presented by Wells Fargo and sponsored by AT&amp;T, Google, T-Mobile, Bank of America, General Mills, FedEx, and Airbnb. For all information and the latest news, please follow NAACP Image Awards on Instagram @NAACPImageAwards.<\/p>\n<p>For all information and the latest news, please follow NAACP Image Awards on Instagram @NAACPImageAwards.<\/p>\n<p>Catch all exciting moments of the \u201c53rd NAACP Image Awards,\u201d on Sunday, 27 February at 19:00 WAT\/ 20:00 CAT on BET Africa (DStv Channel 129).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/at-the-53rd-naacp-image-awards-prince-harry-and-meghan-the-duke-and-duchess-of-sussex-to-receive-presidents-award\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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