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COMMUNITY
Mission director receives
2013 Humanitarian Award
BY DAN WHISEMIWT
danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net
Leaders of Sandy Springs gathered
at City Hall on Jan. 21 in memory of
Dr. Marin Luther King
Jr. and singled out a man
who they felt best exem
plified King’s message.
Felix Lora is the 2013
recipient of the city’s Hu
manitarian Award, a dis
tinction awarded people
who serve the local com
munity. He is the first
man to receive the award
since the city, founded
in 2005, started bestow
ing the honor. In his role
as director of the San
dy Springs Mission, Lora
provides an additional
resource for more than
140 children who need help in school.
Lora gives them that and more, previ
ous award winner Tamara Carrera said.
“When you see Felix at work, what
impresses you is his ability to connect
with young people,” Carrera said. “They
respect him, they listen to him, they
learn from him.”
Carrera said 100 percent of students
from High Point Elementary in Lora’s
program passed the state CRCT exams.
Lora thanked God and thanked the
other people like him who are living Dr.
King’s dream.
“It’s just a privilege to be recognized
today as someone who exemplified the
work and legacy of Martin Luther King
Jr.,” he said.
Rodney Bullard, keynote speaker for
the event, is executive director of the
Chick-fil-A Foundation. His remarks
focused on progress made but also on
the promises yet unfulfilled, with an em
phasis on education and low graduation
rates among Georgia students.
“Too many of our families, too many
of our children still suffer from the soft
bigotry of low expectations, the faint
bigotry of the acceptance of status quo,
and the blind bigotry of inattention and
apathy,” Bullard said.
Bullard said that while
the state ranks near the
bottom in terms of ed
ucational achievement,
it has other dubious dis
tinctions.
“The size of our prison
population in the state
of Georgia ranks fourth
in the nation and metro
Atlanta leads the nation
in child sex trafficking,”
Bullard said.
He said that dreams
do come true, but people
must take action to make
their dreams a reality.
Pastor Henry Bush of Sharon Com
munity United Methodist Church in
Sandy Springs said at first many in the
community were skeptical when San
dy Springs decided to hold the event.
When the city became a reality in 2005,
it contained a majority white population
that had formed its own city within a
majority black county.
Bush said the city’s decision to con
tinue the event shows its commitment
and shows leaders are not denying more
can be done toward improving opportu
nity for all.
“I commend you for Sandy Springs
because even though you don’t say it
publically, your continuous acknowl
edgement of this event and this day say
there’s room for more,” Bush said. “We
all agree we are all trying to do one thing
and that’s making America better.”
Past award recipients:
2012: Tamara Carrera
2011: Melanie Noble-Couchman
2010: Carolyn Axt
2009: Lucy Hall-Gainer
2008: Randi Passoff
2007: Nancy McCord
Felix Lora
Lucy Hall-Gainer
Couchman
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