FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
July 28, 2023
Black Women’s Congressional Alliance’s Chair and Co-founder, Keenan Austin Reed, and Senior Advisor, Hope Goins, Awarded at Washington Government Relations Group’s 2023 Tin Cup Awards
Washington, D.C. - The Washington Government Relations Group (WGRG) held the twelfth annual Tin Cup Awards on Wednesday, July 19th where Keenan Austin Reed, Executive Vice President at Alpine Group and Chair and Co-founder of the Black Women’s Congressional Alliance (BWCA), and Hope Goins, Staff Director of the House Committee on Homeland Security (Minority) and Senior Advisor to BWCA’s Hill Team were both awarded.
The Tin Cup Awards pay tribute to individuals with a proven commitment to the enrichment of African-American government relations professionals. The ladies and gentlemen who are honored embody leadership in their fields for their proven commitment to diversity. Austin Reed received the Reginald “Reg” Gilliam Lobbyist of the Year Award and Goins received the Bennie G. Thompson Champion of Diversity Award.
“For every Black woman that has dedicated her life to public service and advocacy and dreamed dreams so big and so insistent they won't let you rest, I want you to know that I see you and for as long as I am in this game you have a place at the table, your name is on the list, and you have got people.
I will bring you into every room I enter and I know that you will do the same for me and for one another. It is an honor to accept this award on behalf of the talented women of the Black Women's Congressional Alliance.”
– Keenan Austin Reed, BWCA Chair and Co-founder
“I am grateful to the WGRG and WGRG Foundation for honoring me with the 2023 Bennie G. Thompson Champion of Diversity Award. This award is named for a legislator who is a prominent defender of our democracy and to be aligned with that legacy is truly a distinction. I’m thankful that so many people recognize my career as instrumental to the success of this nation.
I realize that part of the reason I received the award is my BWCA colleagues always allow and provide me the space to grow and connect as I use this platform to advance black women across the Hill and beyond.”
– Hope Goins, BWCA Senior Advisor, Hill Team
WGRG is a non-partisan, independent, volunteer association founded to enrich the careers and leadership abilities of African-American government relations professionals.
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