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Historic Sears House sold: DC landmark to
house National Council of Negro Women
' .' WASHINGTON, DC
« _ TheNational Council of Negro
‘Women (NCNW), the primary
' advocacy and service organiza
“tion for African-American wom
_enandtheir families, announced
‘l‘ Saturday that it has acquired
hSears House, one of the last re
~maining examples of mid-19th
“century architecture in the na
‘tion’s capital. The building will
house the non-profit organiza
tion’s national headquarters and
" its new initiatives, the National
" Centers for African-American
“Women and the Dorothy I. Height
“Leadership Institute. The build
“ing once housed the studio of
famed presidential photographer
“Matthew Brady.
~ The purchase of the six-story,
42,000 square-foot facility, locat
“ed at 633 Pennsylvania Avenue,
!(midway between the White
House and the Capitol) was made
possible by: a partnership be
tween the seller, Sears, Roebuck
-and Company, and the First
{Union Bank of Washington, DC;
IFord Motor Company; General
. Motors Corporation and Chrysler
Corporation.
= “This collaboration is a ster
ling example of corporate citi
.zenship,” stated Dr. Dorothy I.
-Height, President and CEO of
NCNW. “We now have the op
jportunity to consolidate and
-maximize resources to respond
to the needs of the 21st century.
sth Annual Cattle Drive and
Roundup not just a bunch of bull
You are invited to the sth Annual Cattle Drive and Roundup.
It all gets underway at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 21, 1996 at
15th and Broad Streets. It will end at 7th Street in front of the
Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.
You will experience something rarely seen these days: a herd
of Texas Longhorn Cattle being driven down Broad Street along
with hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls on horseback. There will
also be wagons.
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The Pennsylvania Ave. facility was purchased with the help of
several corporations.
We will train and prepare a new
generation of African-American
women leaders for the enhance
ment of their families, communi
ties and organizations. This new
entity will also give us a strong
The fun doesn’t stop there! The 17th Annual Augusta Cutting
Horse Futurity will be going on inside the arena of the Civic
Center. The Futurity will be open to spectators and partici
pants, free of charge, following the sth Annual Cattle Drive and
Roundup.
The sth Annual Cattle Drive and Roundup is open to non
motorized participants. For information, please contact Jenni
fer Plunkett at (706) 823-3702 or John Wise at (706) 823-3391.
base to fulfill our community
based mandates.
NCNW is in the midst of a
three-year, S3O million Fund for
the Future Campaign chaired by
Dr. Maya Angelou. This effort
was launched with a substantial
contribution by Camille and Bill
Cosby. The campaign will fund
the purchase of the building and
provide an endowment to sus
tain NCNW programs.
The National Council of Negro
Women was formed in 1935 as a
community-based coalition of
national organizations. Through
its 34 affiliated national member
organizations and 250 commu
nity-based sections, NCNW
reaches out to over four million
women in 42 states and works
internationally through offices
in seven countries. NCNW has
played a historicrolein the strug
gle for human rights and justice,
preparing women to be catalysts
for change in their neighborhoods
and the world.
“Our founder, Mary McLeod
Bethune, dreamed about what
could be accomplished if the col
lective power of African-Ameri
can women could be harnessed,”
stated Dr. Height. “We are now
closer to fulfilling her dream and
insuring that we indeed will
‘leave no one behind.”
A formal opening and dedica
tion of NCNW’s new home is
planned for February, 1996.
AUGUSTA’S HITS AND OLDIES
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WAKB is proud to welcome
Afternoons Mon.-Fri. 2 - 7 p.m.
AUGUSTA FOCUS
» Episcopal Day School
2248 Walton Way
Augusta, GA 30904
(706) 733-1192
Three-year-olds through Eighth Grade
Open House
for Prospective Parents
Tuesday, January 23rd at 7:00 p.m.
Now accepting applications for the 1996-1997 school year
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The Episcopal Day School practices a non-discriminatory admission policy
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“It takes a villiage to raise a child.”
Contact the Richmond County Department of
Family and Children Services at 721-3559, 721-
3540 or 721-3684.
AUGUSTA FOCUS is
a Walker Group
Publication
January 18, 1996
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