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The Red & Black | Wednesday, April 19, 2006 | 3
Black women’s group
dedicated to service
Editor’s Note: This is one in a
series of profiles about differ
ent student clubs.
By JESSICA BLOMQUIST
For The Red & Black
The Ladies of Essence are
serious about community
service.
Since it began, this stu
dent organization has
cleaned up roads, mentored
middle and high school stu
dents, worked in a day care
center, raised money for vari
ous causes, registered voters,
raised awareness about
women’s issues and co-spon-
sored a program for minority
internships, among many
other activities.
On Wednesday the group
is sponsoring a domestic vio
lence program to educate
students, both male and
female, about preventing
domestic violence and
protecting themselves from
it.
Latasha Olori, a senior
from Jonesboro, and Tracey
Monday, a junior from
Decatur, started Ladies of
Essence in March 2004.
In starting the group,
members said they wished to
create an organization that
was different from other
minority groups on campus.
Danielle Vann, a senior
from Marietta and public
relations officer of the group,
said the group’s purpose is
“to provide an avenue for
women of color on campus to
do something different and
give back to those less fortu
nate and to learn more about
themselves and their poten
tial as a woman.”
Ladies of Essence organiz
es service projects and educa
tional programs at the
LADIES OF ESSENCE
Domestic Violence Awareness
Program
“Whispers in the Dark: The Untold
Stories of Domestic Violence”
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Room 274 SLC
Guest speakers: University cam
pus police officer, Athens Police
Department detective, Safe
Campuses Now and a victim of
domestic violence
More information:
ladiesoe@uga.edu
Web site:
www.uga.edu/ladiesofessence
University and in the Athens
community.
One of the first programs
the members planned after
forming the group was a voter
registration drive in
November 2004. Monday said
that after registering more
than 100 people, she felt the
program was successful.
“It made me feel good
because I knew somehow,
some way we’d be able to
reach the African-American
population,” she said.
Olori said the group par
ticipates in road cleanups for
Adopt-a-Highway by picking
up litter along Westlake Drive
10 times a year. They also par
ticipate annually in the
American Heart Association’s
Heart Walk.
Another program started
by the club is the Ladies of
Essence Mentors.
Olori said members have
worked with girls from
Hillsman Middle School for
one-and-a-half years, helping
the students make the transi
tion from middle school to
either Clarke Central or
Cedar Shoals high schools.
“We recognize the
importance of giving
back to the community
because we’ve had so
many opportunities. ”
DANIELLE VANN
P.R. Officer, Ladies of Essence
The group also is involved
in community service for the
Rocksprings community
housing projects, where
members serve as teachers
every two weeks in the day
care, Vann said.
Members of the group said
they feel compelled to do
community service.
“We recognize the impor
tance of giving back to the
community because we’ve
had so many opportunities,”
Vann said.
Ladies of Essence spon
sors several programs on
campus to educate students
and black women in particu
lar.
“Not only are we trying to
create situations where we
can grow, but we also want to
extend that privilege to other
women of color,” Olori said.
Many times, the group
works with other organiza
tions on campus like the
National Council of Negro
Women to sponsor programs
promoting black woman
hood.
Members of the group
encourage students interest
ed in the club to e-mail
ladiesoe@uga.edu to learn
when the next meeting is
scheduled.
“We’re an organization
with a bright future,” Olori
said.
Police say
hazing
report
unfounded
University police deter
mined an alleged hazing inci
dent reported to the Greek
Life Office last week to be
unfounded.
Claudia Shamp, associate
dean for Greek life, received
an anonymous phone call
stating that some pledges at
Delta Sigma Theta were
struck and injured, said Lisa
Boone, University police
spokeswoman.
The individuals who were
supposedly injured were
brought in and questioned,
but there was not enough evi
dence to proceed, said Tom
Jackson, University
spokesman.
It is considered an
unfounded report of hazing
not a false report because the
police are not able to obtain
any more information from
the anonymous caller, Boone
said.
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