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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 27, 2008 SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS Executives Present Visions at the Hungry Club Speakers Robert E. James (left) and Joseph R. Hudson (center) network with Tom Campbell. Carver State Bank President Robert E. James and the President of Hudson Strategic Group of Atlanta, GA, Joseph R. Hudson received rave reviews follow ing their presentations during the Hungry Club Forum of Savannah (HCFS) on Saturday August 2, 2008. The Fomm’s 2008 Fall Series theme is: “We Can Raise Our Community's Economic Status in Savannah-Chatham County.” James and Hudson are longtime acquaintances who came together at the regularly scheduled HCFS monthly breakfast which was held in the Multipurpose Annex of the May Street YMCA. The Co-sponsors of the August forum were Pinnacle Communications Corporation and Professional Presence. Keynote speaker James addressed three major points. First, he did what he said he has enjoyed doing for the past 37 years. He told the group about Carver State Bank. Carver is the oldest, locally-owned bank in Savannah, and one of the old est African-American-owned commercial banks in America. According to James, “almost all of Carver's loans are made to people and institutions in Savannah, and all of the bank's executive decisions are made by the bank's manage ment team right here in Savannah.” The veteran banker, who is the African- American with the longest tenure of service as President of a bank in America, invited the audience at the Forum to open accounts at the bank and become members of the Carver family. “Remember, you need to establish your relationship before you need the relationship,” he contin ued. James discussed the eco nomic environment that we are in today. “These are cer tainly some trying economic times. I know that the down turn is led by the housing mar ket, but I want to assure you that our economic situation is far greater than a problem in any one sector,” he said. James emphasized the impact that the global economy is having on America. In his conclusion, James told the Hungry Club Forum that we are facing a crisis with many of our young people, especially young, African- American men. “We need to try to stop the drug use and crime, and help many of our young people get on the right path,” he said. “So I came here to tell some of our most talented community leaders that you must rededicate yourselves to providing leadership and help ing these young men,” he con cluded. Joe Hudson's company, the Hudson Strategic Group, Inc. of Atlanta, has been col laborating with a number of businesses and organizations in the local community over See Hungry Club, page 10 Summer Clearance IIUllS uo Savannah \ Place to Shop for Elegance summer clearance SL ITS - DRESSES FIATS - JEWELRY 912-303-9116 8311 Ferguson Avenue, Unit C tn Sandfly Committee to Re-Elect Gloria Wilson Edwards Savannah Chatham County School Board, Eighth District Dear Constituents: I bring you grealiags from the ctghtfi district of the Chatham Courtly School Boarci as I embark upon IhtJ It-etofilion campaign trait (qr the November election I have been hanores to serve as me reprasenlative for the eighth district enfl hove apjsyw) working iirefessf/ lo help iiupiovc Uie whoots in Chatham County for our children Upon ra-Sbctjan i would liku to continue touxpom! and rfovelbp new and innovative ideas to mipjorncnr tor toe benefit of our Ktudenls Vto are all a part of eil.jitel.nr. Ftttdnnls and equipping 1nf?m w;lh the rijjtiL toolis to ui.J r-eve uuomjsS eiu I Hey are teaming in Savannah'* school* As o member of the School Fsoond. some of my major oceompiishmenis are - Helped to pees-the EPLOST referendum ■ Approved to burfd several new schools m the eighth district and open a new Woodvrlle-Tompjuns Tech me iii and Career institute and Early College Program m me eighth district * 20G7 - Elected vice Pr-Mdem Pro Tempore of the Savannah Chatham County School Board Arttlilionally I .also snrvft nr have srtfv.prf in cr-e fmlr.-wing cap.adlier. * youth FuLuros Advisory Council Boa rtf or Directum r FOA Board of Directors ■ Grows High School Business Career TeclinolOyius Arhnscty Board * Vitos! Sovaonnh Neighborhood AssOOialEbn . Advisory Board - Summnr Bonanza > Hungry Ckib of Savannah ■ Member. National School Board Associalmn * Member, Georgia Sohod Board Associsuen , Miimher. Cqiine i Uriirin Hoard of Eflijrte1«qrc ■ A Componenr of Iha Nalian.nl Affiliate Program * Certificate of Merit - Georg a Department eJ Education - Executive Laarfership Program for Education el me University of Virginia - 2006 - selected to tiavet to London. England by Promethean, Inc. I nave highlighted my many dulses and accompf'Slimcnts which demonslrotei my woik time and Cc-mm.linen! In buf Cdfftmurtily I krtGw you am conVPilleri to educating bur Oh.ldmfi a* Ml Having said that. 1 am requesting your financial assistants for my TO-stoction effort! No y u s too small, tot your sitpprprt lwU help us acfiteve ttur goat Whatever ynur decision, ptense feel fnee to call on me lo answer any quustporiii you tuny trove about my education beliefs or my stance on the issues that uftect ou' Students Picas* mat* check* payable to Gloria Wilson Edvores 1710 Chester 1 Street Savannah. GA 31J15. Thank you very much tor your considcrairtn Women Making Great Strides in Leadership and Business in Savannah and Nationally L-r: Sarahlyn Argrow, CEO and founder of AWWIN, Inc. and Celia Dunn, president of Celia Dunn Sotheby’s International Realty. Celia Dunn Sotheby's International Realty spon sors AWWIN, Inc. banquet to give more women opportuni ty for independence and advancement (SAVANNAH, GA) Women are really coming into their own as leaders in Savannah. Major organiza tions in town have women in leadership positions, ranging from the Chair-Elect of Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors to the incoming chair of Buy Local Savannah to the chair of the chamber’s Small Business Council. Women have been making impressive strides in business as well according to national and state figures. The Center for Women's Business Research analyzes data provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. It issues projected numbers based on economic census data about women in business, including busi nesses that have majority ownership by women (51 percent or more of the busi ness is owned by women). Businesses with a majority ownership by women accounted for 29.7 percent of all businesses in the U.S. as of 2006, generat ing $1.1 trillion in annual sales and employing 7.2 mil lion people nationwide. Between 1997 and 2006, the percent growth in those firms was nearly twice that of all U.S. firms (42.3 per cent vs. 23.3 percent). Georgia ranked second in the growth in the number of privately-held, majority women-owned firms between 1997 and 2006. The state ranked ninth in the number of privately-held, majority women-owned firms in 2006, eleventh in employment and eighth in sales. The figures are even more impressive when you consider it,s been less than 100 years since women were given the right to vote — national women’s suffrage was granted in 1920 with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. “We’ve come a long way,” said “I think it’s amaz ing.” Organizations like Rotary, offering always-cru- cial networking opportuni ties, have gone from being all-male to having female officers. “I can remember being the token woman, and now every organization has a broad representation of women, not only in member ship but in leadership posi tions as well,” Dunn said. “I think women are being given many opportunities they were not allowed in earlier times, in my lifetime. So much of the thinking about women has changed over the last 50 years.” Despite gains in the work world, there weren’t many women corporate lead ers in Savannah, Dunn said, but now several high-pow ered positions are held by women, including two local leaders of major banks— Kay Ford with SunTrust and Jenny Gentry with Wachovia. “All of a sudden it seems these opportunities came about for women to use their talent and skills and intelligence and ability to work with people,” Dunn said. “What is interesting is that women often approach a challenge from a different perspective than a man,” Dunn said. “It’s always interesting to see those ideas brought forward.” Diana Morrison is Chair-Elect of Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Madeleine Warren is the Chair of the Small Business Council for the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce and is the president of Buy Local Savannah. Helen Downing is chairman of the board of SunTrust Bank in Savannah. 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