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Rosalind J. Harris-Diaw
Publisher Rosalind "Bee" Harris-Diaw is the owner, publisher and art director of the Urban Spectrum newspaper. Providing a voice for the community, the Urban Spectrum has been "spreading the news about people of color" for more than 16 years.
As an active member in the community, memberships and organization affiliations include the Colorado Association of Black Journalists (CABJ), the African American Leadership Institute (AALI), and the Five Points Business Association (FPBA).
"Bee," as most people know her, serves on several boards including the FPBA, where she served as president for three terms. She served on the board of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce for six years and is the secretary of the board of Black Star Communications. In an advisory board capacity, she serves on Mothers and Daughters, Inc.; Transplant Council of The Rockies (TCOR); and the Pan African Film Society. She was appointed by former Mayor Webb to serve as a commissioner for Art, Culture, and Film. She currently serves as a director for Girls Scouts, Inc. and the Denver Metro Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Bee Harris-Diaw and the Urban Spectrum have received many awards and honors. Among them are the CBWPA Business Award (1991); American Legion Community Newspaper Media Award (1994); Denver Business Journal -- Who's Who In Denver Business (1994 and 1995); Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award (1995); National Council of Negro Women Trailblazer Award (1997 Living Portraits); the LOC Million Man March Media Award (1998); and (1999) Top 100 Media Award. In 2000, she was honored as a Girl Scouts 2000 Women of Distinction honoree. The Urban Spectrum and the Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation has received honors in journalism from the Colorado Association of Black Journalist since 1991 including the Overall Excellence award. In 2003, Bee was selected as a Burger King Everyday Hero and also received the Dr. Martin Luther King Social Responsibility Award.
The Urban Spectrum recently developed the Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation, designed for at-risk youth that educate and train middle and high school students in the field of journalism. The foundation, also, focuses on literacy and computer training for youth. Since inception in 2001, the foundation has trained more than 60 participants who have produced and designed five of their own publications, the Junior Spectrum.
Bee strongly believes that you get out of life what you put in to it. As an African-American woman, she feels that it is important to give as much as you can of yourself and pass it on to someone else. Bee is a newly wed with two grown sons and two grandsons.
For more information on the Urban Spectrum or the Urban Spectrum Youth Foundation, call Bee Harris-Diaw at:
303-292-6446
(office)
303-292-6543 (fax)
urbanspectrum@qwest.net
September 2003