It's been a decade since she made a promise to celebrate and honor women throughout the city for their work in the community and in business, and today she'll celebrate their contributions at the Women Making a Difference Awards Luncheon, an annual tradition she started in 1999.

"These awardees don't just represent the nine-to-five job," Brown said. "They work the second shift as well."

The sold-out luncheon is to begin at noon at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 12th and Market streets, with awards presented to women in various professions from around the city, said Brown.

Throughout the year, Brown said that she combs through newspaper articles and television broadcasts for news of women who contribute "well over and beyond that which feeds them," she said.

"Some of [the awardees] are ordinary, some are not," Brown said, "but they're all doing extraordinary things."

Below is a list of this year's Women Making a Difference award recipients:

* Pamela Brown and Beverly Dawson, co-owners of ArtJaz Gallery, 2nd Street near Arch, who opened a venue for African-American artists.

"Artists of African descent can do any type of work," said Dawson. "There is no limitation."

Brown agreed: "We love the work that we do and don't think of the honor," she said. "There's so much for us to do."

* Veronica Joyner, founder and chief academic officer, Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School, which began as a tutoring program in her dining room in 1999 and now has more than 1,000 students.

* Sharon Humble, a Center City attorney in the Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson law firm.

* Evelyn Hidalgo, executive director of Intercultural Family Services, a social-services agency for immigrants, a little "United Nations" that has grown from a $50,000 refugee center in 1979 to a $6 million organization, Brown said.

_ Dorothy Johnson-Speight, founder and executive director, Mothers in Charge, a community advocacy and support organization for families affected by violence, that boasts more than 300 members.

* Jane Golden, director of the city's Mural Arts Program, responsible for "the city having the most murals in the country," said Brown.

* Tanya Hall, executive director for the Multicultural Affairs Congress, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

* Karen Nicholas, president and CEO, of the Education Advancement Alliance, which offers academic support and resources to Philadelphia students.

* Rev. Bonnie Camarda, director of partnerships for the Salvation Army.

* Rebecca Campbell, president and general manager, WABC-TV. *