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8 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 19, 2008
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Passing of Music Icon Shocks Fans
A Gullah Christmas Presentation
From Michigan to
Maputo, fans of Miriam
Makeba are mourning the
unexpected passing of a
human rights champion and
beloved musical icon whose
distinctive style captivated
the world in the 1960s and
1970s, combining traditional
African melodies, jazz and
folk with the unique and
dynamic rhythms of South
Africa's black townships.
Makeba had been per
forming in Italy, paying
homage to six Africans killed
by the Camorra mafia and to
the Italian journalist Roberto
Saviano who exposed the
murders and was himself
threatened with death, when
she was stricken and died in
a local hospital early Nov.
10.
Former President
Nelson Mandela, now in his
91st year, led the tributes to
Makeba. "She was South
Africa's first lady of song
and so richly deserved the
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Mariam Makeba
title of Mama Afrika," he
said. "The sudden passing of
our beloved Miriam has sad
dened us ... For many
decades, starting in the years
before we went to prison,
MaMiriam featured promi
nently in our lives.”
A Grammy award win
ner, Makeba knew and per
formed with Harry Belafonte
and Hugh Masakela, and
hundreds of world-class
musicians. Her outspoken
witness before the United
Nations in 1963 to the evils
of apartheid caused her
expulsion from as a “terror
ist.” It took her 27 years to
go back to South Africa after
a personal request from the
then President Mandela.
“Godspeed to you
Mama Africa for your labor
here on earth has been ful
filled,” wrote Belinda M.
Sanders in a moving online
tribute. “I am grateful to
have had the pleasure of see
ing you in concert in Flint,
Michigan. I shall always
remember your melodious
voice. I was moved by the
passion you exuded through
song and stage presence.”
"The mortal remains of
South Africa's Goodwill
Ambassador Miriam
Makeba” will be returned to
South Africa on Nov. 12," a
government spokesman said.
A Gullah Christmas
will be presented by Marlena
Smalls and the Hallelujah
Singers November 28 at 7:30
pm at Sea Island Presbyterian
Church on Lady’s Island.
Joining the original
Hallelujah Singers for this
special holiday celebration
will be the Hallelujah
Chorale featuring an addi-
restaurants and caterers,
including Savannah
Technical College, The
Mansion on Forsyth Park,
The Lady & Sons, Savor
Savannah Catering, The
Chatham Club, Blowing
Smoke BBQ and Paul
Kennedy Catering.
Old Savannah City
Mission aspires to be
“Savannah’s Five Star
Gospel Rescue Mission"
with high standards, strong
tional 30 vocalists including
members of the Beaufort
High School Gospel Choir.
The Christmas story
will be told with plantation
melodies, traditional spiritu
als and Gullah narration by
Marlena Smalls and Symba
Boyd, an emerging artist who
specializes in original poetry
with dramatic presentation.
boundaries and clear direc
tion. Its mission is to
change lives through pro
claiming the Gospel, feeding
the hungry, sheltering the
homeless, rehabilitating the
addict, and restoring the ex
offender. In 2007 the mis
sion provided 122,074 meals
and more than 27,000 shel
ter beds without one dime of
tax payer funds.
The Mission is a
Savannah based 501(c)(3)
Tickets are $30 adult
and $15 children 12 and
younger and are available at
www.Halleluj ahSingers. com
<http://www.HallelujahSing
ers.com> or at the Beaufort
Visitor Center at Town
Center on Boundary Street.
Group or senior rates are
available on request at 843
902 4799.
non-profit organization. A
staff of seven employees is
augmented by residential
students in the Mission,s
recover program and hun
dreds of volunteers who
deliver services to the com
munity's most vulnerable
and needy citizens in a high
ly cost effective way.
To learn more, log on
to www.oscm.org or call Jim
Lewis or Connell Stiles at
912-232-1979.
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Celebration Breakfast...
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This celebration is
being held because of the
difficulties that had to be
overcome by the many war
riors, past and present, who
suffered numerous hardships
to get to this juncture in the
battle for freedom and equal
ity. It must be noted
unequivocally that these
warriors include men and
women of all races who real
ly believed the Jeffersonian
axion that "all men are creat
ed equal and are endowed by
God with certain inalienable
rights among which are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness."
Senator Obama's victo
ry is an American victory
and this Victory Celebration
is being presented for all per
sons who want to come and
show their joy for this
"moment in history" which
many thought would never
occur in their lifetimes. It is
also a celebration for those
many African Americans and
White Citizens who gave so
much of themselves so that
we can celebrate with almost
unendurable pleasure
indefintely prolonged. So it
is hoped that many will come
and toast this victory which
is really and truly an
American Victory.
A major highlight of the
celebration will be Attorney
Lester B. Johnson, III, the
first African American
President of the Savannah
Bar Association, School
Board Attorney, and
Assistant City Attorney, as
the speaker for the celebra
tion who will respond to the
question, "What does the
victory of Senator Obama
mean for the United States of
America?"
The donation requested
for the Super Breakfast is
$50.00 per person or $400.00
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per table of eight (8). Some
of the donations will
reserved by calling the
Museum (912)231-8900 or
the NAACP Office
(912)233-4161. Since the
number of seats and tables
are limited, all interested
persons and organizations
are urged to reserve seats and
tables as soon as possible.
A lot of sacrifices have
been made by many, living
and dead to get the United
States to this point of history
where it can demonstratively
say, "if you work hard
enough and prepare thor
oughly, you can achieve any
of your goals in this coun
try." That is why we must
celebrate with gusto and
great pride, the election of
the first African American to
the presidency of the greatest
nation in the written history
of mankind, the United
States of America.
ardent supporters of civil and
human rights. Your agency’s
efforts illustrate the highest
ideals of law enforcement as
an ethical and noble profes
sion that promotes the rights
and the prospect of more lost
jobs have forced his hand.
In his first meeting with
President Bush in the Oval
Office Nov. 10, Obama report
edly pressed the president to
support emergency aid for the
struggling auto industry and a
broader economic stimulus
package.
Though Bush has resis
ted extending part of the $700
billion bailout package to
automakers, he indicated that
he might support those meas
ures if Democrats changed
their stance on a free-trade
agreement with Colombia,
which Bush has long champi
oned.
Emanuel indicated in an
interview with ABC’s George
Stephanopoulos Sunday, how
ever, that Obama would likely
refuse that offer. “You don't
link those essential needs to
some other trade deal,” he
said.
This disagreement on
economic policy signals the
stark differences in philosophy
between the incumbent and
his successor that may spark a
reversal of some of the deci
sions made in the past eight
years.
Podesta said Obama and
his team have already begun
reviewing Bush’s executive
orders. “We're looking in vir
tually every agency to see
where we can move forward,
whether that's on energy trans
formation, on improving
health care, on stem cell
research,” he said.
“There's a lot that the
president can do using his
executive authority without
waiting for congressional
and dignity of all people, and
we congratulate you for your
achievement as a 2008 recip
ient of an IACP Civil Rights
Certificate of Recognition.”
The 115th annual IACP
action,” Podesta continued,
“and I think we'll see the pres
ident do that to try to restore
the — a sense that the country
is working on behalf of the
common good, that we're
going to try to restore wages,
give people the right kind of
ways that they can build on
their own lives, and when they
work hard that they'll be
rewarded for it.”
On national security,
Obama advisers have reported
policies that are widely diver
gent from the Bush adminis
tration’s.
The president-elect has
long indicated his intent to
start withdrawing combat
forces from Iraq—a process to
be completed in 16 months—
and renew the focus on
Afghanistan that had been lost
in the past four years.
According to news
reports, Obama advisors say
the incoming commander-in-
chief intends to take a more
regional approach to the war
in Afghanistan, including pos
sible dialogue with Iran and
with the Afghan government
along with “reconcilable” ele
ments of the Taliban. And he
intends to ramp up efforts to
find Osama bin Laden.
Obama may also be con
sidering closing the infamous
Guantanamo Bay, a move
Bush considered as necessary
but found to be impractical,
but a move which his succes
sor pledged to make. “We
need to bring to a close this
sad chapter in American histo
ry, and begin a chapter that
passes the might of our mili
tary to the freedom of our
diplomacy and the power of
our alliances. And while we
are at it, we can close down
Guantanamo and we can
restore habeas corpus and we
can lead with our ideas and
our values,” Obama said May
8 in Richmond, Va.
But even Gitmo will
have to stand in line as the
economy will demand the
administration’s foremost
attention.
That was evident last
Friday when Obama and Vice
President-elect Joe Biden, in
their first press conference
annual conference is being
held in San Diego, California
from November 8-12 with
more than 15,000 law
enforcement officials attend
ing.
since the election, focused
almost solely on the economy.
That morning, the pair
huddled with a 17-member
transitional council of eco
nomic advisers that included
former Treasury Secretaries
Lawrence Summers and
Robert Rubin, former Fed
Chairman Paul Volcker, bil
lionaire businessman Warren
Buffett and other leaders in
business and politics.
“Immediately after I
become president I am going
to confront this economic cri
sis head on by taking all nec
essary steps to ease the credit
crisis, help hard-working fam
ilies and restore growth and
prosperity,” said Obama, sur
rounded by Emanuel and his
economic advisors, who he
said were already working on
developing “a strong set of
policies” to respond to the cri
sis.
The Obama-Biden
appearance came on the heels
of more dour economic news.
According to the Labor
Department’s monthly jobs
report issued Friday morning,
240,000 jobs were lost in
October, increasing the tally
of lost jobs to 1.2 million this
year and pushing the unem
ployment rate up to 6.5 per
cent. The nation hasn’t seen
such a towering jobless rate in
14 years.
And as corporate giants
falter, it’s expected to get
worse.
Ford Motor Company
has said it may have to cut staff
and stem spending after a $3
billion operating loss in the
last quarter. And limping auto
behemoth General Motors
Corp. announced it bled a
copious $4.2 billion in losses
and that it, too, is in danger of
running out of cash.
This “hardship goes far
beyond the individual auto
companies to the countless
suppliers, small businesses
and communities throughout
our nation who depend on a
vibrant American auto indus
try,” Obama said.
In addition to a stimulus
package, Obama said he
would also extend unemploy
ment insurance benefits.
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR
SUPPORT!
DEMOCRAT CANDIDATE CHATHAM COUNTY SHERIFF
Dear Valued Supporters,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank
you for your support and votes during my
campaign. You are truly appreciated.
May God continue to bless you.
Sincerely,
Mike Jones
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