The Urban League of Pittsburgh will host the 10th annual Ronald H. Brown Leadership Banquet and Awards Presentation on Friday at the Westin Convention Center, Downtown.

		More information For more information or to purchase tickets to the banquet and awards ceremony, contact Alyssa DeLuca at 412-227-4211. Tickets are $195 each, and tables can be purchased for $1,950 each.

The reception, featuring an inaugural silent auction, will start at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 7 p.m. will be followed by awards.

Gov. Ed Rendell will be in attendance and handing out the awards to honorees, who are:

Irvin E. Williams -- Civic Leadership Award. Mr. Williams is the chief executive officer and managing partner of Ebony Development. In 1996, Mr. Williams and his wife became the first African Americans in Western Pennsylvania to become the developers and owners of a commercial office building, Williams Square, Hill District.

Imani Christian Academy -- Community Leadership Award. In 1993, the Rev. Donald Clay began Imani Christian Academy in a house with three teachers and 30 students, most of whom had been labeled with behavioral disorders and were no longer welcome in the public schools. Today, Imani has 180 students in grades K-12. Seventy-five young men and women have graduated from Imani Christian Academy and more than 75 percent have gone on to post-secondary education.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield -- Corporate Leadership Award. In 2004, Highmark provided $63 million to help hold down the cost and expand access to health care coverage for lower-income families, older adults and uninsured children.

Edna Chappell McKenzie -- Special Posthumous Leadership Award. Dr. McKenzie was the first black woman to earn a doctorate in history at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. McKenzie was an emerita professor of history at Community College of Allegheny County's Allegheny Campus in Pittsburgh, where she established the Department of Ethnic and Minority Studies and served as its chairperson for 23 years. She was a reporter for The Pittsburgh Courier during the 1940s. This work earned her the George Polk Award for Excellence in Journalism.