Black girl magic filled arena stage as Cafe Mocha Radio kicked off its 9th annual Salute Her Awards

Washington, D.C. – Café Mocha Radio hosts Loni Love, also of The Real, and female rap legend YoYo kicked off Café Mocha Radio’s 9th Annual Salute Her Awards, at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater in D.C.

9th Annual Salute Her Awards

Guided by this year’s theme “Step Into Your Power,” the first stop of the five-city Salute Her Awards Tour presented by Toyota, Sisters from AARP, LusterPINK and American Airlines.

Yoyo and Loni Love at the Salute Her Awards

Honorees

The Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes

FOX 5 Morning personality and WHUR afternoon host Allison Seymour

Third-generation sister owners Stacie Lee Banks and Kristie Lee of their family’s Lee’s Flower & Card Shop

Madelynn’s Bake Sale CEO Madelynn Martin, tween founder/CEO of Madelynn’s Bake Sale, and her mother Tosha Terry

Community activist and MSNBC contributor Karine Jean-Pierre

Retired Marines decorated Gunnery Sergeant Tee Marie Hanible

Former Congressional Black Caucus Executive Director Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner

Washington Post first black woman reporter Dorothy Butler Gilliam

Café Mocha launched its annual Salute Her Awards events in 2011, with a mission to recognize dynamic women who have made contributions in their communities and breaking down barriers.

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