About us
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From its very beginning in 1969, the United Black Fund, Inc. worked to help people help themselves. Organized by everyday people, and led by two extraordinary community leaders, Dr. Calvin and Wilhelmina Rolark, UBF pioneered community based efforts to improve the lives of Blacks and impoverished people in the Washington DC Area.
Present
UBF showcases Family focused initiatives that provide parents with tools for raising children; that encourage neighborhood education and recreation activity to guide and direct youth; that serve critical needs of special populations; and that promote community based problem solving.
Future
We are continuing the work required for our youth to grow into their full design, for our families to gather the resources available for nurturing, living, and ending
violence in our communities by promoting respect, cooperation and achievement.
BARRY LENOIR
ubf President
Mr. LeNoir brings a perspective to the UBF mission of Meeting Unmet Needs, much influenced by experiences growing up and working in Cincinnati, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; St. Louis, Missouri; Harlem, New York; and Washington, DC. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Howard University, and a Juris Doctor Degree from Howard University School of Law in Washington, DC. Much of his life’s work connects to the message that resonated through Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Barry LeNoir designed and directed the renown Comprehensive Impact Program, a drug and delinquency prevention program to help youth engage and answer the question: “What does it mean to be Human?”
He held the position of Senior Operating Officer with Crawford Edgewood Managers, Inc., one of the nations leading minority community development and multi-family housing management firms. His experience in multi-family housing, especially in promotion and development of community based self-help programs and activities in Section 8 Communities, provides great substance for understanding the present challenge of restoring the social economic infrastructure of the “village”.
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“We are in denial. Violence is pandemic in our communities throughout the nation. We don’t even talk about it past the morning news. If we don’t talk the talk about violence, we will not walk the walk. We have to get college students and young people in prison to begin the talk.” -Barry LeNoir
staff Members
Herman Washington
Vice President
Cheryl Kelly
Campaign Director
Ronae Neal
Office Manager
Keith Silver
Director Special Projects
K.silver@ubfinc.org
UNITED BLACK FUND, INC.
TRAINING CENTER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Johnnie Scott Rice
Chair
Dr. Denise Erskine
Vice Chair
Dr. Lonise Bias
Member at Large
Dionne Bussey-Reeder
Member at Large
Cpl. Raymond Griggs
Member at Large
Dr. Cherie A. Ward
Member at Large
Barry LeNoir, JD
President
Herman Washington
Vice President
Reverend, Dr. Ruby Moone
Chaplin
Rhozier T. Brown
Member at Large
Denise Johnson, MBA, BBA
Member at Large
Charles Acree
Secretary
Richard Allen
Treasurer
Cheryl J. Kelley
Campaign Director
Cornelius Green
Member at Large
James Savage
Member at Large
Rev. Samuel T. Williams
Member at Large