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INSIDE MOREHOUSE, FEBRUARY 2015 Inside Morehouse is about the people who make up the Morehouse College community. To tell those stories, WE NEED YOU to send us your ideas, comments and thoughts, along with your news, information about your new books or publications and your commentary for sections like My Word. To send us your information, contact Inside Morehouse Editor Add Seymour Jr. at aseymour@morehouse.edu For up-to-the minute information about the College, go to www.morehouse.edu or visit Morehouse on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Tumblr. r www.morehouse.edu YouflTETa Dalton Becomes New Morehouse Police Chief College’s First Female Chief to BY ADD SEYMOUR JR. WHEN VALERIE DALTON first joined the Atlanta Police Department as an officer in the late 1980s, she made it clear that she didn’t want to sit behind a desk. “I stood toe to toe with everybody,” she said. “I was on the streets. I did the chasing. I did all of those things. I was determined that I was not going to be looked at as a female, but as a fellow officer.” It’s a mindset that propelled her up through the APD ranks during a 27-year career where she eventually became a major and zone commander. She’s now blazing a new trail at Morehouse, as she has become the first female to be sworn in as the College’s police chief. Dalton also becomes the associate vice president for Public Safety. “I am confident that we have chosen the right person at the right time for the right assignment, and that’s our new chief,” said President John Silvanus Wilson Jr. ’79. Dalton said she understands the significance of being the first female chief, but she is focused on providing a safer campus for the Morehouse community, especially students. “It’s a great opportunity for me to be part of a team that is responsible for securing and providing a secure atmosphere for future leaders,” Dalton said. “That’s a wonderful thing to have the opportunity to do.” A Cincinnati, Ohio, native who moved to South Georgia as a young ster, Dalton wants to tackle an issue plaguing many of the nation’s HBCUs - decaying communities that surround them. Her answer comes in community policing, a concept that Dalton said makes community stakeholders partners with law enforcement in proac tively combating crime. “That’s one of the things that I’m definitely excited about doing here because even though we’re providing this atmosphere of safety and security, students should understand that they have a part in it,” she said. “And I think Focus on Community Policing Morehouse Police Chief Valerie Dalton speaks after her swearing in. the best way to do that is to develop things where there is some connectivity and partnerships. I’m excited about making sure that happens and there is not that disconnect between the police and students here on campus.” Dalton took her new post on Jan. 5 and was officially sworn in by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard ’72 on fan. 27 during a cere mony in the lobby of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. “Here in the audience today are a number of other law enforcement officials, Howard said. “We have had an opportunity to work with Valerie and to see her excellent performance over a number of years and under a lot of very pressing circumstances. So we want you to know that you have selected an outstanding candidate.” ■ Inside MOREHOUSE King’s Legacy Commemorated in January With Speeches, Music and His Own Words Acting Director of Public Relations Elise Durham edurham@morehouse. edu Executive Editor Vickie G. Hampton vhampton@morehouse.edu Editor Add Seymour Jr. aseymour@morehouse.edu Photographers Philip McCullom Add Seymour Jr. Graphic Design Glennon Design Group Web Services Kara Walker Administrative Assistant Minnie L. Jackson Inside Morehouse is published during the academic year by Morehouse College, Office of Communications. Opinions expressed in Inside Morehouse are those of the authors, not necessarily of the College. MOREHOUSE STUDENTS have the ability to change the world, Ben Jealous told a group during his Jan. 16 Martin Luffier King Jr. Lecture Series speech in the Bank of America Auditorium. But they first have to get organized, he said. “If you look at any movement and see its future, look at the position of young people in that movement,” Jealous said. “If young people are... kind of on the side, that movement, which could be extraordinary, is des tined to be mediocre. If young people are pushing their way out front, it’s probably headed towards being successful. “Social media activism is important and starting your own thing is important,” he said. “But at the end of the day, you’ve got to figure out how to get organized. Figure out what you want to change about this world and get organized.” Jealous, the former national president of the NAACP and currently a member of the Morehouse College Board of Trustees, gave an address that was part of the College’s monthlong celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. ’48. A number of events were held across campus to remember King’s legacy through books, music and his own words. ‘I was very excited about how the month of commemoration turned out because it was really important to revisit King’s legacy this year, especially in the context of all the events happening in the nation and the world, such as what happened in Ferguson, Missouri,” said Vicki Crawford, executive direc tor of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection.” King’s own words were on display during a King Collection Open House in the Woodruff Library on Jan. 26. The Ritz Chamber Players gave the concert, “Ties That Bind: From Swastika to Jim Crow," in the Emma and Joe Adams Concert Hall of the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center. Students discussed the book Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt with author Hasan Jeffries, an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University on Jan. 22. The Rev. Rafael Wamock ’91 spoke during the Martin Luther King Jr. Sunday service in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. During the service, oil portraits were unveiled of King’s sister, Christine King Farris, and Juanita Abernathy, wife of one of King’s confidant, Ralph David Abernathy. On Jan. 21, award-winning film legend Danny Glover, who stars in the movie Supremacy, took part in a tjuestion-and-answer session with the film’s director, Deon Taylor, and Stephane Dunn, director of the Morehouse Cinema, Television and Emerging Media Studies Program. The Rev. Richard Willis Sr., pastor of First Baptist Church of Hampton, Va., gave the annual King Day Crown Forum in King Chapel on Jan. 15. “Dr. King was born for that world, but Morehouse I’ve stopped by to remind you of your birthright. You were bom for this day. Don’t let anybody turn you around. Don’t let you turn you around. Don’t let your doubts turn you around.” ■ togSngKsSte reCtar 060,1 ^ SP ° k6 ^ 3 ot their film -AS