Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter welcomes the largest organization of journalists of color, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), back to the city where the organization was founded at a Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress (a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau) press event held during an NABJ board visit recently. The NABJ convention will bring nearly 4,000 journalists to Philadelphia from August 3-7, 2011.


(Standing from l-rt) Bruce Crawley, Multicultural Affairs Congress (MAC) founder; Maurice Foster, NABJ executive director; Tanya Hall, MAC executive director; Sandra Long, NABJ founding member; Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter; Kathy Times, NABJ president; Ahmeenah Young, Pennsylvania Convention Center president & CEO; and Sarah Glover, Philadelphia chapter president of NABJ.