20th Annual Trumpet Awards Activities Begin Wednesday

The 20th Annual Trumpet Awards—created to celebrate and honor African-American achievement in diverse fields—brings a series of events to Atlanta this week.

Southwest Atlanta resident Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc. and Creator and Executive Producer of the Foundation’s Trumpet Awards.

Initiated in 1993 by Turner Broadcasting, the Trumpet Awards has been televised annually and distributed internationally to over 185 countries around the world.

Many southwest Atlantans are involved in behind-the-scenes management of the nationally-acclaimed awards show.

Here's the schedule from southwest Atlanta-based First Class Inc. Public Relations:

• Race Relations Symposium, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., at The Hyatt Regency Hotel

• The Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, January 4, 2012 at 8:30 a.m., The Hyatt Regency Hotel

• High Tea with High Heels, Thursday, January 4, 2012 at 3:00 p.m., The Hyatt Regency Hotel

• International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, Friday, January 5, 2012 at 8:00 a.m., Ebenezer Baptist Church, Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

• The Trumpet Awards, January 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm. Red Carpet at 2:30 p.m., Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

•  The after party – “A Soulful Ending,” Following the Trumpet Awards taping The Hyatt Regency Hotel