2019 Gen-Fed Banquet will feature A’Lelia Bundles

The Genealogical Institute on Federal Records Alumni Association (Gen-Fed Alumni Association) will hold its Annual Banquet on Friday, August 2, 2019, at the Vantage Point Restaurant, Holiday Inn Rosslyn, in Arlington, Virginia. The traditional post-institute gathering offers the Class of 2019 an opportunity to meet area alumni and a beautiful evening view of Washington, D.C.

We are pleased to welcome Ms. A’Lelia Bundles as our guest speaker. Her talk is entitled “Genealogy Gens: Discovering Our Family Legacies in Unexpected Places.”

A’Lelia Bundles is the author of On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker, a biography of her great-great-grandmother. This New York Times Notable Book is in production as a four-part Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer and scheduled to air in early 2020. She is at work on her fifth book, The Joy Goddess of Harlem: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, about her great-grandmother whose parties and arts patronage helped define the era. Ms. Bundles is the brand historian for Madam C. J. Walker Beauty Culture, a line of hair care products manufactured by Sundial Brands and sold exclusively at Sephora. A former network television news executive and Emmy-award winning producer at ABC News and NBC News, she is a vice chairman of Columbia University’s Board of Trustees and immediate past chair of the board of the National Archives Foundation. She founded the Madam Walker Family Archives and is on the advisory boards of the March on Washington Film Festival and the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute.

The cash bar opens at 6:00 PM, followed by dinner at 7:00 PM, and the program at 8:00 PM.

Seating is limited; parking is $5.00.

Holiday Inn Rosslyn, 1900 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209.

To make a reservation online, visit the Members’ Corner and pay via PayPal or download a registration form and mail it with your check: 2019 Gen-Fed Banquet Registration  Do not delay! Deadline for reservations is Monday, July 29, 2019, or until it sells out.