"Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church and ADC Chairman, hosted the leadership breakfast. Ms. Sheena Wright, ADC President and CEO, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg kicked off the festivities.  ADC presented Renaissance Awards to Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase James Dimon and Kathryn C. Chenault, Esq.  The event was chaired by Senior Managing Director of Lazard Freres & Co., Vernon Jordan, Jr., Chairman and CEO of BET Networks, Debra L. Lee, President of ING Foundation, Rhonda Mims, and honorary chairs Spike and Tonya Lee.

ADC’s community development work spans from affordable housing to education, from civic engagement to supporting small businesses....

Established in 1995, HRDC highlights the year’s many accomplishments, programs and services and showcases the electrifying and continuous Harlem revival. ...

In the afternoon, ADC hosted a Street Fair on West 138th St. between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Malcolm X Boulevards, complete with free food, music, games and amusement rides.  ...

Abyssinian Development Corporation (ADC) is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit comprehensive community development corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life in Harlem.  For almost 20 years, ADC has helped to strengthen and rebuild the socioeconomic fabric of the Harlem community by developing housing, spearheading commercial development, stimulating the local economy, fostering education, strengthening families and building community capacity through civic engagement.

ADC has grown into a $300 million, 135+ person agency with significant accomplishments, playing a key leadership role in the current “Harlem Renaissance.” ADC established the Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning and Social Change, a public intermediate and high school, and its successor, opened in September of 2005, the Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School." (top page of New York Social Diary report)