By Christina Haley O Neal, posted May 4, 2021
Bill Lawson Cameron Art Museum has welcomed Bill Lawson and Isabela Lujan to its board of trustees, according to a news release.
Lawson is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis. His areas of academic specialization are African American philosophy and social and political philosophy. He is also the author of several books, stated the release.
He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Isabela Lujan (
right) is a residential and commercial Realtor, business owner and founder and co-chair of the Latin American Business Council (LABC) with the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce.
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Left: Born in the village of Isnotú, Hernández studied in Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and New York.
Right: A worker rebuilds an altar to Hernández in La Candelaria church in Caracas days before the beatification of the doctor.
Photograph via Alamy
Hernández is now the first Venezuelan layman to be beatified a milestone that comes 72 years after his sainthood petition was first launched. It’s a rare ray of light for the country, which has been in the midst of a political and economic crisis for years and has been hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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May 1, 2021 associated press
Yeni Vasquez raises a portrait of the late, Venezuelan Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez outside the church in La Candelaria after the church bell rang, signaling the start of his Beatification ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, April 30, 2021. Known as the doctor of the poor, Hernandez is being Beatified by the Catholic church, a step towards sainthood. (Credit: Ariana Cubillos/AP.)
A man revered by millions of Venezuelans as the “doctor of the poor” is one step away from sainthood after being beatified Friday in the South American country’s capital.
CARACAS, Venezuela A man revered by millions of Venezuelans as the “doctor of the poor” is one step away from sainthood after being beatified Friday in the South American country’s capital.