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Savannah
Tech
Names VP
for
Student
Affairs
Jim Nordone
Savannah Technical
College has selected Jim
Nordone as its Vice President
for Student Affairs. Nordone,
(e-photo attached) of Atlanta,
brings more than two decades
of experience in student serv
ices leadership, serving most
recently as the Executive
Director for Student Affairs
with the Technical College
System of Georgia. His
appointment begins July 1.
“We are delighted to
bring Jim Nordone on board,”
says College President Dr.
Kathy S. Love. “His enthusi
asm, leadership and knowl
edge will serve our students
well.”
Nordone has spent the
past twelve years (1997 -
2009) in the Technical College
System of Georgia, working in
the following positions: Vice
President for Student
Development Services at
Athens Technical College
(1997 - 2001); Vice President
for Student Services and
Facility Operations at North
Metro Technical College
(2001 - 2007); Executive
Director for Student Affairs
with the Technical College
System of Georgia, (June 2007
- June 2009).
He holds a Bachelor of
Arts degree in psychology as
well as the Master of Science
degree in guidance and coun
seling from Western
Connecticut State University.
Nordone will manage all
aspects of admission, financial
aid, student records and serv
ices at the four Savannah
Technical College campuses.
NAACP President Visits Savannah in
Support of Troy Davis
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Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP) speaks during a rally held in Savannah on Saturday.
National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP)
president and CEO
Benjamin Todd Jealous
was in Savannah this
weekend and spoke at a
rally as a part of "I AM
TROY," a grassroots cam
paign and petition drive to
spare Troy Davis from exe
cution at the Georgia
Diagnostic and
Classification Prison near
Jackson.
The NAACP
launched the campaign to
save the life of Troy Davis,
an African American man
on death row, who will be
executed unless Georgia
Governor Sonny Perdue or
the Savannah District
Attorney Larry Chisolm
intervene.
The NAACP is call
ing on people to get
involved and contact
Governor Perdue or
Savannah District Attorney
Chisolm urging them to not
allow the execution of an
innocent man.
Davis has been on
death row in Georgia for
nearly 18 years for the
murder of Police Officer
Mark Allen MacPhail.
There is no physical
evidence linking Davis to
the crime and seven of the
nine witnesses have recant
ed or contradicted their
original testimony, several
saying they were coerced.
Jealous, who recently
met with Davis on death
row said, “This is the most
compelling case of inno
cence in decades."
Jealous, along with
members of the local and
state NAACP went door to
door urging Savannahians
to sign a petition calling
for the investigation into
the 20-year-old slaying to
be reopened, the petition
campaign aims to gather
10,000 new signatures
locally in addition to more
than 7,000 already
obtained for Chisolm's
consideration.
Tutu Kicks off Savannah’s
Juneteenth Festival
Mayor Otis Johnson is pictured with Naomi Tutu(c), and Vaughnette Goode-Walker,
Director of Cultural Diversity, Telfair Museum of Art.
Photo & story by
Zyon D. Smiley
Tribune Staff Writer
Naomi Tutu, daughter
of the famed South African
Archbishop Desmond Tutu,
kicked off Savannah’s 2nd
Annual Juneteenth Festival
celebration with a dynamic
speech at Second African
Baptist Church on Friday,
June 19, 2009.
Tutu spoke of South
Africa’s Truth &
Reconciliation and its
impact on healing her home
nation. She also
offered the example of
South Africa as a formula
for healing numerous con
flicts between ethnic and
religious groups around the
world.
Tutu said that the real
challenge of South Africa’s
commission is not to look for
monsters, but to recognize
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Greenbriar
holds 60th
Birthday
Brunch
Gena Taylor, Director
Greenbriar Children’s
Center
Greenbriar Children's
Center is thrilled to partner
with The Mighty Eighth Air
Force Museum and the
Savannah Children's Choir
to celebrate our 60th
Anniversary with a brunch
buffet.
Plan to join us on June
28, 2009 from 1:00 - 3:00
p.m. for a delicious feast
created by Chef Matt
Cohen with lively enter
tainment by the youth of
Savannah Children's Choir,
conducted by Roger Moss.
Tickets are $45 for adults,
$25 children 12 & under.
Limited seating is
available - purchase your
tickets today!
Adaline Graham, a
well-known Savannah
woman, died and left prop
erty and funds to whomev
er might start a movement
to establish an orphanage
for Negro children.
In 1943, as a commu
nity service project, five
young black women of the
Gamma Sigma Omega
Chapter of Alpha Kappa
Alpha decided to utilize the
funds and established a
children center for black
Children.
In 1944, the group
purchased a tract of land on
W. 50th Street on which
they could build the institu
tion.
On June 8, 1944,
using an additional $4,500
donated by the Graham
estate, Greenbriar
Children’s Center was
founded.
Greenbriar Children's
Center opened on July 15,
1949.
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