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FEBRUARY 21, 2002
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Paine College president addresses Congress
: AUGUSTA
' Paine College President Dr.
Shirley A. R. Lewis was among
four presidents from Histori
cally Black Colleges and Uni
versities invited to speak be
fore a Congressional Comniit
teeduring the Second Annual
Historically Black Colleges
and Universities Summit in
Washington, D.C., on
Wednesday, February 13.
« Dr. Lewis explained to the
Congressional Committee the
importance of increasing the
Pell Grant Award for students
from low income families and
abut legislative proposals to
dramaticallyincrease the com
Lesra Martin speaks at Voorhees, February 25
i DENMARK, S.C.
. Best known from the criti
cally acclaimed motion pic
ture The Hurricane, motiva
tional speaker and attorney
LesraMartin will speak at the
Leonard E. Dawson Health
and Human Resources Cen
ter on the campus of Voorhees
College on Monday, February
25,2002, at 11 a.m.
Martin went from a middle
Join in the Girl Scout parade March 10
Calling all former Girl
Scouts — no matter where
you were a Girl Scout.
Join Girl Scouts, Central
Savannah River Council in
celebrating the 90" anni
Sister Souljah comes to Voorhees on Feh. 21
DENMARK, S.C.
. Author and community ac
tivist Sister Souljah will ap
pear at Voorhees College in
the Leonard E. Dawson Cen
ter on Thursday, February
21,2002 at 7 p.m.
Sister Souljahis agraduate
of Rutgers University with a
degree in American History
and African Studies and has
studied abroad at the Univer
sity of Salamanca in Spain.
Her novel The Coldest Winter
Ever is a national best seller
and is scheduled to be made
into an HBO movie this year.
The author has traveled na
tionallyandinternationally as
a speaker, student and per-
Deltas presents
talent showcase
The Augusta Alumnae Chap
ter of Delta Sigma Theta So
rority Inc. will present their
Second Annual Talent Schol
arship Showcase at the Au
gusta State University Max
well Performing Arts Theatre
on Friday, April 26,2002, at 7
p.m.
This community wide event
provides an arena in which
areahigh, middle and elemen
tary school students may
showcase their talents
through dance, voice, instru
ments, drama and oration.
Students may obtain entry
forms at area schools or at the
Lucy Craft Laney Museum of
Black History located at 1116
Phillips Street.
Entrydeadlineis March 15,
2002. All participates will re
‘ceive awards.
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day, March 10, 2002, with a
parade.
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AUGUSTAFOCUS
munity service requirements
of the Federal Work-Study
Program. Recent legislation
was introducea to require col
leges to award 25 percent
rather than 7percent of the
federal work-study funds they
manage to go to students who
are doing community service.
“Increasing the community
service requirement places
the burden of compliance only
upon low income students,”
urged President Lewis.
Other HBCU representa
tives who addressed the con
gressional panel were Dr.
William B. Lauder, president
of Delaware State University;
pleted an Honors B.A. in an
thropology at the University
of Toronto, and studied for his
master’s in sociology at
Dalhousie University. In 1997
Martin earned his law degree
from Dalhousie Law School
and has served as a crown
prosecutor (similar to a dis
trict attorney) in British Co
lumbia.
Martin co-authored the
Greene Street in downtown
Augusta to the Girl Scout
Peace Polein Riverview Park,
North Augusta. Registration
begins at 2 p.m. with the pa
rade beginning at 3 p.m.
sity, Oprah, Today and BET
among others.
Currently, Souljah isexecu
tivedirector of Daddy’s House
Special Programs, Inc., anot
for-profit corporation for ur
ban youth 6-16, which pre
pares them to be in control of
theireducational, culturaland
financial lives.
As a performer Souljah
sparked controversial conver
sation with her debut album
360 Degrees of Power and is
the force behind the efforts of
the hip hop stars to give back
to the community.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend this free event.
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Dr. Fred Humphries, presi
dent of the National Associa
tion for Equal Opportunity in
Higher Education (NAFEO)
and former President of
Florida A & M University;
and Morehouse University
senior/ Rhodes Scholar Chris
topher Elders.
Paine College is a church
related, four-year, residential,
liberal arts college. Paine is
supported by the United Meth
odist Church, the Christian
Methodist Epjscopal Church,
and the United Negro College
Fund. Dr. Shirley A. R. Lewis
is President of Paine College.
book Lazarus and The Hurri
canewhich inspired the movie
The Hurricane.
Today Lesra speaks before
community and corporate
groups aswell asliteracy foun
dationsand is currently work
ing on his next book about his
experiences and the effects of
illiteracy.
The public is invited to at
tend this free Lyceum event.
Call the Girl Scout Ser
vice Center at 706-774-0505
or 1-800-997-2472 for details.
Joinin an afternoon of fun
and memofies.
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Augusta resident Bernard Roberson of the Transplant
Team at MCG volunteered at the silent auction at Tom
Glavine’s Spring Training 2002 to benefit the Georgia
Transplant Foundation (GTF). Sports fans had the oppor
tunity to challenge professional athletes in ping pong,
pool and foosball and participated in a silent and live
auction. All proceeds benefited GTF, which provides fi
nancial and educational assistance to transplant recipi
ents. In 2000 alone, more than $450,000 in grants was
provided to more than 500 individuals. The foundation
also sponsors Georgia Transplant4ll, anewinformation
clearinghouse, Joblink, a return to work program, an
annual wellness conference and othersupportand infor
mation programs for transplant recipients.
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