<p dir="ltr">An audience of mostly women filled the banquet hall of the Woman’s National Democratic Club in Northwest D.C. Thursday evening to honor four women in the first Women Who Make a Difference awards, organized by the Top Ladies of Distinction D.C. chapter.</p> <p dir="ltr">The honorees represented a spectrum of public service in the nation’s capital, from the rising political career of D.C. mayoral <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/new-poll-gives-bowser-double-digit-lead-but-reveals-that-vulnerabilities-remain/2014/09/17/b58e6602-3df3-11e4-b0ea-8141703bbf6f_story.html">front-runner</a> Muriel Bowser to the first female African American U.S. senator, former Ambassador to New Zealand Carol Moseley Braun.</p> <!-- wp:image {"align":"center"} --><div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter"><img src="https://cdn.videos.rollcall.com/blogs/sites/14/2014/09/honorees-240x180.jpg?w=1024" alt="From left: DC Mayoral Candidate Muriel Bowser, Rev. Girton Mitchell, Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, during the Top Ladies of Distinction awards ceremony Thursday night. (Clark Mindock / CQ Roll Call)" /><figcaption>From left: Bowser, Girton-Mitchell, Moseley Braun, during the Top Ladies of Distinction awards ceremony Thursday night. (Clark Mindock/CQ Roll Call)</figcaption></figure></div><!-- /wp:image --> <p dir="ltr">“It’s very humbling, because I’m doing what I’m supposed to do,” said another honoree, Rev. Brenda Girton-Mitchell, the director of the <a href="https://www.ed.gov/edblogs/fbnp/">Department of Education’s Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships</a>. “To have people wanting to recognize that is very extraordinary,” she added. <a href="https://rollcall.com/2014/09/26/women-who-make-a-difference-honored-in-d-c/#more-150593" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading ‘Women Who Make a Difference’ Honored in D.C.">(more…)</span></a></p>
