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Week of August 27,2008 - September 2,2008 • Vol. 36 No. 28 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
CBCF
Celebrates the
Life and
Service of Rep.
Tubbs Jones
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
WASHINGTON - The
Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation (CBCF) celebrates the
life and legacy of U.S. Rep.
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, who died
Wednesday, August 20, 2008, in
Cleveland after representing the
11th Congressional District of Ohio
since 1998. She was 58.
Rep. Tubbs Jones served on
the Foundation's board of directors
and was chairwoman of the board's
nominating committee. She was
also a co-chairwoman of the
CBCF's annual Mervyn L. Jones
Memorial Golf and Tennis Classic,
which is named after her late hus
band and each year raises thousands
of dollars for the Congressional
Black Caucus Spouses' scholarship
programs.
Rep. Tubbs Jones was in her
fifth term in the House of
Representatives. A former prosecu
tor and judge in Cleveland, she
achieved multiple firsts as an
African-American woman: the first
elected to Congress from her state,
the first to serve as chairwoman of
the House Standards of Official
Conduct Committee and the first to
serve on the House Ways and
Means Committee.
"Stephanie Tubbs Jones didn't
like people; she loved people," said
U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek of
Florida, the CBCF Board Chairman.
"She didn't shake constituents'
hands; she warmly hugged them.
She didn't just enter a room, sitting
silently as an observing onlooker;
she was the life of the party, with a
lightning bright smile and an infec
tious laugh. I have shed many tears
remembering a woman who lived
an extraordinary life and accom
plished much in the short time she
was with us. We have lost a champi
on for the underserved and a heroine
to so many."
BARACK HAS CHG5FN
JOE QIDEN
TO BE HIS RUNNING MATE
D emocratic presidential hopeful Sen.
Barack Obama has chosen
Delaware Sen. Joe Biden to be his
running mate. A massive crowd gathered to
watch as the Democratic presidential ticket
launched a crucial phase of the campaign as
it heads to Denver for this week's nominat
ing convention.
Obama called Biden "what others pre
tend to be — a statesman with sound judg
ment who doesn't have to hide behind blus
ter to keep America strong."
"Joe won't just make a good vice pres
ident — he will make a great one," Obama
told thousands who flocked to Illinois' Old
State Capitol. "After decades of steady
work across the aisle, I know he'll be able to
help me turn the page on the ugly partisan
ship in Washington."
The announcement was at the same
site where Obama began his presidential
campaign on a cold day in February 2007
and where Abraham Lincoln launched his
career as a revered political leader.
Biden, 65, is chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. He has four
children, one of whom is deceased. In 1966,
while in law school, Biden married Neilia
Hunter. They had three children, Joseph R.
“Beau” Biden III, Robert Hunter, and
Naomi. His wife and infant daughter died in
a car accident shortly after he was first
elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972. His two
young sons, Beau and Hunter, were serious
ly injured in the accident, but both eventual
ly made full recoveries. In 1977, Biden mar
ried Jill Tracy Jacobs. They have one
daughter, Ashley.
Obama and Biden will face off in the
November 4 presidential election against
Republican John McCain, who has not yet
announced his choice for VP candidate.
AXIS Savannah Returns for a 2nd Year
Savannah's Call To
Economic Development
Savannah will once
again host the South Coast
Regional M/WBE
Conference, Axis Savannah,
September 30 - October 1,
2008. This year's conference
will open with a golf tourna
ment on Tuesday, September
30th , 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,
at the Westin Savannah
Harbor Golf Resort. The
event, which connects
Minority and Women
Business Enterprises
(M/WBEs) to greater corpo
rate, government and busi-
ness-to-business access, fea
tures a full-day schedule on
Wednesday, October 1st
from 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., at
the Savannah International
Trade & Convention Center.
Axis Savannah prepares
attendees to embrace the
value of supplier diversity
and to equip their companies
for broader success.
Axis Savannah pro-
Leadership Breakfast and
Luncheon keynote speaker
Cornell McBride.
vides the opportunity for key
corporate/governmental
players, minority and
women-owned councils, and
regional small businesses in
the Savannah metropolitan
area, other Georgia cities,
Florida, and The Carolinas to
have direct networking
access to one another-coordi-
nated by a broad-based col
laborative. The Georgia,
Carolina, and Florida
Minority Supplier
Development councils have
partnered with co-title spon
sors Georgia Power and
Gulfstream Aerospace, the
Savannah Area Chamber of
Commerce, the City of
Savannah, and the Georgia
Women's Business Council,
along with The Savannah
Tribune, The Atlanta
Tribune-The Magazine and
the Georgia Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce to
ensure that Axis Savannah
reflects the interests and
addresses the needs of both
purchasers and M/WBE sup
pliers.
The conference's
diverse steering committee
positions Axis Savannah to
connect southeastern
M/WBEs with governmental
entities and corporations
(including Fortune 100 enter
prises) like never before.
Geared towards turning
See Axis Savannah, page 15
Michelle Obama
'Hit Homerun' at
Democratic
Convention
But, Will it Resonate With
Hillary Clinton Supporters?
Michelle Obama
By. Hazel Trice Edney
NNPA Editor-in-Chief
DENVER (NNPA) - Some delegates and visitors
who left Denver’s Pepsi Center on Monday night
had a look of euphoria on their faces like they’d
seen something totally mystifying.
“Michelle hit a homerun - plus,” said Elsie
Burkwalter, a super delegate from a city that she
called “Katrinaville, Louisianna,” obviously New
Orleans. “When she did a comparison of the way
that she and Barack were raised and the values that
her family taught her and that his taught him, it
turns out that they both stand for what America is
about.”
Young and old, the sentiments were the same.
“It was a pivotal moment in history,” marveled 17-
year-old New York native, Emma Christman. “And
to have an African-American woman to finish off
the night...”
Colette Divine of Los Angeles, said she just
cried. "She moved me to tears. She's just so genuine.
To see people rising together just gives me hope."
The women were in awe over the speech given by
Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama as
Democrats prepared for his official nomination at
Invesco Field Thursday.
“Barack and I set out to build lives guided by
these values, and pass them on to the next genera
tion. Because we want our children - and all chil
dren in this nation - to know that the only limit to
the height of your achievements is the reach of your
dreams and your willingness to work for them,” her
clear, passionate voice resonated throughout the
gigantic center, where it seems everyone had paused
for the keynote speaker of the evening.
In the speech, scripted to help Americans of all
races and backgrounds establish empathy and rap
port with the Democratic nominee, Obama talked
personally about her husband and family to an
America that has historically oppressed Black peo-
See Michelle Obama, page 15
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