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JULY 24,1997 AUGUSTA FOCUS
SCLC endorses African-American Heritage Crest
ATLANTA
The Southern Christian Lead
ership Conference (SCLC), one of
the largest and oldest civil rights
organizations headed and co
founded by Joseph Lowery, as well
as Martin Luther King Jr. and
Ralph David Abernathy Sr. offi
cially adopted and endorsed Heri
tage, the first African-American
. crest and flag at its 18th annual
: “Drum Major for Justice” Award
. Dinner, Friday, April 4.
. Asanendorser, SCLC will serve
' as one of the flagship organiza
. tions for the world dedication of
. the Heritage Crest, along with
. making a call for unity to all so
cial, political, religious and busi
ness organizations throughout the
United States. Charles Walker Jr.,
the Heritage Crest’s 29-vear-old
founder and chief executive of
ficer of Walker Worldwide, Inc.,
said the symbol was necessary
due to“the African-American com
munity losing our sense of family
Chi Eta Phi honors doctor
Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., rec
ognized four deserving honorees
during its 52nd Annual Boulé,
held at the Radisson Riverfront
Hotel July 6 - 13.
Dr. James Carter 111 and Ms.
Joanne Carr, RN, MSN, both resi
dents of Augusta, were two of the
honorees. Ms. Catherine Alicia
Georges, RN, MA, FAAN, of New
York and Ms. Donna Rae
Richardson, JD, RN, of Washing
ton, D.C. were the others.
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Dr. James E. Thisaward
Carter is given to
a person or
group who has rendered distin
guished or valuable service to
humankind.
Dr. Carter’s contributions to Chi
Eta Phi Sorority are valued and
numerous. He was the driving
force behind establishing the un
dergraduate chapter on campus
at MCG and worked with the fam
ily of Irene Williams-Hankerson
to establish a scholarship in her
name for minority nursing stu
dents at McGamon many other
tasks.
Dr. Carterrecently retired from
MCG as assistant dean of Stu
dent Affairs and director of Mi
nority Student Affairs after 24
years of service.
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values, cultural pride and iden
tity. Black on black crime is at an
all-time high, we’re at the bottom
of the economic ladder, and we're
losing the war on drugs, there
fore, on the brink of moral de
struction because we have forgot
ten where God has brought us
from.” The Heritage Crest tells a
story and is symbolic of families
and their heritage. There are hun
dreds of crests representing fra
ternal organizations and for coun
tries; however, African Americans
are the only race of people who do
not have such a symbol. Further,
the crest is a shield of faith, vi
brant in color, and powerful in
meaning. Each of the crest’s 20
symbols represents black Ameri
cans journey with God from the
peaceful beginning in Africa to
the period of inhumane suffer
ing—slavery—to the freedom of
physical, mental and spiritual
bondage. Walker states, too, that
“as a race and as a nation, we
Dr.Carterisagraduate of Paine
College and South Carolina State
University and he received the
Doctor of Humane Letters from
Faith College in Birmingham,
Ala.
He is married to the former
Judy C. Luckey. They have two
sons.
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Ms. Joanne Carr OTrary
Member
ships into Chi Eta Phi Sorority,
inc. This honoris given to a nurse
because of outstanding achieve
ments and contributions to nurs
ing.
Ms. Carr is currently employed
as the associate Medical Center
director in Patient Services at the
Augusta VA Medical Center.
During the past 25 years, she
has made significant contribu
tions to nursing at the Veterans
Health Administration, including
chief and assistant chief of Nurs
ing Service, associate chief of
Nursing Service for Education,
nursing instructor, nursing edu
cation, staff nurse psychiatry and
obstetrics and gynecology.
She was educated at Florida
State and Emory Universities.
Ms. Georges is an educator,
practitioner and community ac
tivist. She has worked in various
People/Events
highly underestimate the shame
ful institution of slavery and the
mental spiritual impact it has had
on the social, political and eco
nomic survival of our race.”
Credited by President Clinton
as the first national leader to
prompt federal intervention into
the black church burnings, Lowery
testified in 1996 before both a
U.S. House subcommittee and the
Congressional Black Caucus in
an effort to bring action and clar
ity to the issue. More recently,
Lowery, whoserved asthe SCLC’s
national chairman of the board of
directors at the time of King’s
death, has ardently called on the
Memphis judicial system to offer
immunity to businessman Lloyd
Jowers, who has admitted com
plicity in the King assassination,
therefore, possibly providing valu
able insight into the 1968 assassi
nation. Last February, Lowery
and his stafftraveled to Memphis
for a hearing seeking the long
and nurses at convent
professional roles in New York
City. She is a sough after speaker
and has spoken throughout the
United States, Africa, South
America and the Caribbean.
She is currently a lecturer and
coordinator of the RN sequence
in the Department of Nursing at
Lehman College of the City Uni
versity of New York.
Ms. Georges has been actively
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Ms. Catherine National
Georges Black As
sociation president and is ac
tively involved in several organi
zations, boards, associations and
societies.
She is a graduate of Seton Hall
University College of Nursing.
Ms. Richardson is the commu
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Ms. Donna Rae Medlantic
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Howard University. She is an as
awaited trial for Ray based on
new forensic evidence that may
prove hedid not fire the shots that
felled King, April 4, 1968.
Chairman ofthe National Black
Leadership Forum, an umbrella
organization that includes 20 of
the nation’s foremost advocacy
groups, Lowery was aleading force
in the successful negotiations with
Texaco that moved the White
Plains, New York-based corporate
giant to establish new guidelines
for economic inclusion for minori
ties after executives were caught
uttering racial slurs against Afri
can Americans, in particular.
The SCLC was founded by King,
Abernathy, Lowery and several
other Southern ministers in 1957
in an effort to win equality in
transportation, housing, the work
force, voting rights and other ar
eas for African Americans.
Lowery is expected to retire at
the SCLC’s 40th annual conven
tion held in Atlanta this week.
sistant professor at Howard Uni
versity School of Nursing. She
also serves as counsel to the law%
firm of Joan Wilbon . ..l Associ
ates. |
Ms. Richardson is an RN and
an attorney. She has cxperience
as a lobbyist directing legislative
and regulatory staffofthe nation’s
largest professional nursing or
ganization.
She is a graduate of Akron City
Hospital School of Nursing, Ak
ron University and Howard Uni
versity Law School.
There were about 600 sorors,
fraters and friends on hand to
wtness the award ceremonies. Phi
Chi Chapter of Augustais excited
about being actively involved in
such a momentous event.
Phi Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi
Sorority, Inc., was the host chap
ter of this national meeting.
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SCLC national president Joseph Lowery and Charles Walker
Jr. (left) present the first African-American Heritage Crest
during the 18th annual “Drum Major for Justice” Awards
Dinner held April 4, at Atlanta’s Marriott Marquis. Lookin on
is Eveylon Lowery, SCLC/WOMEN national convener and
general chair of the annual dinner commemorating SCLC
founding president, Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and ideals.
Photo by Phillip McCullom
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Son of Augusta couple serving
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By David W. Crenshaw
Special from NAVY PUBLIC AFFAIRS
CENTER
Onboard USS Spruance
Summers on the Mediterranean.
While it may sound like something
only discussed in Beverly Hills, for
Rufus Cummings, it’s all in a days
work. -
Cummings, sonof Rufusand Bessie
Cummingsof Augusta, Ga.,isacrew
member onboard the destroyer USS
Spruance. Spruance recently left its
home port of Mayport, Fla., to take
station in the Mediterranean Sea.
The 28-year-old Navy sécond class
petty officer said he joined the Navy
because he wanted more out of life. “I
wanted the opportunitytotravel,”he
said.
~ And while amajor role of the Navy
is to protect the United States from
our enemies in time of war, it also
supports U.S. foreign policy in the
time of peace. o
As an operations specialist,*
Cummings operates radar, naviga
tionand communicationsequipment
inthe combatinformationcenterand
on the bridge. He detects and tracks
ships, planes and missiles.
“The most important thing I've
learned is about working with differ
ent people, and flexibility,”
Cummings said.
- Cummings says heintends to stay
on active duty until he’s eligible to
retire. Whenever he does decide to
leavethe Navy, he'llalwaysbeableto
look back at his time on deployment
in the Mediterranean and know his
service was' valuable and appreci
ated by the people back home.
Lead ship of a class of destroyers,
Spruance has a critical role in the
Navy’s mission. Known as the work
horses of the U.S. Navy, destroyers
like Spruance defend battle groups
against threats from land, sea and
air. Equipped with advanced sonar
systems and torpedoes, the ms
pri role is to the e
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