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Women’s conference to be held
" A United Nations women’s con
ference, sponsored by Paine College
.and Augusta Technical Institute,
_willbe held Sept. 28 from 12:30-5:30
p.m. at the Augusta Technical Insti
tute, Building 300, 3116 Deans
Bridge Road, Augusta, Ga. Regis
tration fee is $3. '
This conference is a follow-up of
the UN. Women’s Conference held
Dr. Garolyne Jordan to speak at henefit
The Shiloh board of
directors will present
theSecond Annual Ben
efit BanquetonSeptem
ber 28, 1996 at Pull
man Hall, 560 Walton
Way, from 6 - 9 p.m.
Donation will be tax
exempt (S2O). For tick
et information, please
calltheShiloh Compre
hensive Community
Center at 738-0089.
Featured speaker will be Dr.
Céarolyne Lamar Jordan. Dr. Jor
danisan Augusta nativeand hon
or graduate of Lucy Laney High
Schiool. She holds a bachelor of
arts degree in music from Fisk
University, a master of music de
gréé from the New England Con
serVatory and the doctor of educa
tiol? degree in human develop
mént from Harvard University.
Sheé'is currently the dean of aca
demtiic affairs at Cape Cod Com
munity College. Formerly, Dr.
Jordan has served as a corporate
'Nurse fired
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for Bible
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pointing
P ADA, Old.
§ The Rutherford Institute filed suit
| lastweek in federal district court on
! behalf of a behavior specialist who
1 was fired for carrying a Bible and
| allegedly “preaching” to young pa
! tients.
- Lindiwe Hall worked with pa
--tients in the custody of the Oklaho
ma Department of Human Services
who ‘a judge had determined
e“inneedoftreatment.” Some of
these patients are self-described
-“Batanists,” and would often taunt
_Hall by saying “Satan loves you,
Lindi.”
= "fiall often carried a Bible to pro
(ffde spiritual assistance to those
“Aho requested it. Rolling Hills Hos
pital policy states that nurses are to
provideholisticcare,addressingboth
‘fgé? physical and spiritual needs of
lflhfir patients. Hall was fired after
patientsinher carecomplained that
‘shétvas preachingtothemand would
rdise her Biblewhenevershe passed
them. Hall had previously been rep
;g;i;;}qnded for leaving tracts in the
haspital foyer.
(;{CPNO one should lose their job for
(ating about the spiritual well-be
ing of those in need,” said Kelly
Shackelford, Southwestern region
jal goordinator for The Rutherford
[l;qutute, “especially when their job
Tequiressuchspiritual care. Wecan
ok, as a country, afford such reli
gious discrimination.”
The Rutherford Institute is an in
temational, nonprofit civil liberties
Orgsnization specializing in the de
fepse of religious liberty. Address:
Q. Box 7482, Charlottesville, Va.
Phone: (804) 978-3888. Fax: (804)
798-1789 E-mail: rutherford@fni.com
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AUGUSTA'S GOSPEL ALIVE
Serving the CSRA with
Soul Stirring Gospel Power
Al Day, Cvery Day !
in Beijing, China. Its purpose: (1) to
report on progress since Beijing; (2)
to share what’s working in local
communities; and (3) to look ahead
to develop alocal action agendaas a
part of a national agenda to im
prove the lives of American wom
en and their families. For part of
the day, the Conference will link
to a live satellite broadcast from
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Dr. Carolyne L. Jordan
Sand Hills
L e m A mOmE
trainer in the Inter
national Manage
ment Development
Program at Federal
Express Corporation
from 1993 to 1995,
and served as associ
ateacademicdean for
graduate studies at
Maryville University
- St. Louis. She was
appointed a visiting
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We’ve Got The Catch
of the Day Everyday.
Wednesday - Saturday
| 10a.m. -9 p.m.
2648 Wheeler Road
Augusta, Georgia 30904
706-737-0420
Washington, D.C., under the di
rection of the President’s Inter
agency Council on Women. Among
the topics to be discussed are
“Women in Power and Decision-
Making,” “Violence Against Wom
en,”“Womenand Education,”“Wom
en and the Economy,” “Women and
Health” and “Human Rights for
Women.” Thegeneral publicisinvit-
scholar at the Graduate School of
Education, Harvard University,
1990-91, and from 1988 to 1990,
she served as the vice president
for academic affairs of LeMoyne
Owen College in Memphis, Tenn.
Dr. Jordan has staff experience
with the Massachusetts Board of
Regional Community Colleges,
and was a tenured professor of
music at Salem State College, she
worked there 13 years (1971 -
ed. For more information, call Dr.
Vivian U. Robinson, coordinator at
(706) 722-8593.
The event will be sponsored by
Paine College and Augusta Tech
nical Institute. Mrs. Ann Johnson
at Paine and Mrs. Ella Jones at
Augusta Tech are working very
hard with Dr. Robinson to make
the Conference a success.
1983) prior to becoming assistant
tothe president of Suffolk Univer
sity from 1983 to 1988.
Dr. Jordan is married to Dr.
Lawrence M. Jordan, professor of
biomedical engineering, Univer
sity of Tennessee, Memphis. Their
children, Samuel Lamar Jordan
and Lara Jordan James, reside in
Chicago and Cambridge, Mass.,
respectively.
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