New York (March 6, 2023) – In an event that included some of the fragrance industry’s heavyweights, the New York Urban League (New York, NY) honored the President of The Fragrance Foundation (TFF) with its first ever Catalyst Award.

Linda G. Levy received the award at the Urban League’s 2023 Champions of Diversity Symposium and Awards event, held this year on Wednesday, Feb. 15th.

The Urban League awarded Levy due to her leadership in forwarding diversity initiatives in the fragrance industry. She is the figure behind the hashtag, #FragranceForwardTFF, a move to provide opportunities for people of all backgrounds into the industry, reflecting the diverse population of the country.

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Marc H. Morial 
President and CEO
National Urban League
 

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”  ― George Orwell, 1984

The Jacksonville ballfield where Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron played as a 19-year-old minor leaguer in 1953 now bears his name.

It’s where he and two of his teammates, Felix Mantilla, and Horace Garner, endured hostile taunts from fans. Off the field, they received death threats.  When the team traveled, they couldn’t stay at the same hotels where other teammates stayed or eat with them at the same restaurants.