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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 1, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Savannah Alpha and Omega Chapters
Battle for a Cause
Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.,
Beta Phi Lambda chap
ter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. and Mu Phi
chapter of Omega Psi
Fraternity, Inc., both of
Savannah, Georgia, faced up
again June 6,2009 to compete
in their annual Homeruns for
Hunger Softball Game to ben
efit the Second Harvest Food
Bank. Last year the Alpha's
were the victors in game one
and the Omega's in game two.
This year the Omega's
came dressed and ready for
the challenge.
Despite an early lead by
the Alpha's the Omega's ral-
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year's first competition. Beta
Phi Lambda President Elijah
West, Jr. stated, “the bar-b-
que, the fellowship with the
(Omega's), and the successful
can goods drive helps to take a
little of the sting out the loss,
but we will be back for the
August rematch.”
Mu Phi Basileus James
'Slim” Melvin stated, “It was a
great game and everyone
including the spectators had a
great time. Local Greek letter
organizations should get
together more to enjoy each
other and to give back to our
community.”
Both chapters have com
mitted to donating 300 caned
goods to the Second Harvest
Food Bank.
Throughout the year both
chapters and their individual
member contribute countless
hours and resources to the
local community through
service projects, college
scholarships, and mentor pro
grams.
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Millers Celebrate 50th Wedding
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, Sr.
Edward G. Miller, Sr.
and Loretta Hagins Miller
celebrated their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary 4P.M. June
8, 2009 at the Mulberry Inn
in Savannah.
Over one hundred forty
guests attended the celebra
tion.
Juanita Quinn Jackson
served as mistress of ceremo
ny, and Reverend Desmond
Walker, pastor, Butler
Memorial Presbyterian
Church, delivered the invo
cation.
Remarks were made by
Rosalie Holmes Stroman,
cousin of the bride; Prince A.
Jackson, Jr., friend of the
couple; and Gregory Hagins,
brother of the bride.
Edward G. Miller, Jr.
introduced his parents to the
guests.
Hostesses for the occa
sion were Juanita W. Elmore,
Constance H. Cooper, Eddie
Lee Marsh, Mary Simmons,
and Simone Hagins.
The Millers were married 1
p. m. June 8, 1959 by
Reverend Amos Eugene
Hagins, Sr., pastor, and uncle
of the bride, at St. Paul
Baptist Church on Waters
Avenue and Culver Street.
Amos Eugene Hagins,
Jr., cousin of the bride, was
musician for the ceremony.
George W. Miller
(deceased) brother of the
groom was best man, and
Rosalie Holmes Stroman,
first cousin of the bride, was
maid of honor.
Edward G. Miller, Sr.
worked as a manager of
Herbert Kayton and Simon
Frazier Housing projects for
the Housing Authority of
Savannah. Later he served as
a teacher, coach, and princi
pal in the
Savannah/Chatham Public
School System.
Currently he serves as
administrator for the Curtis
V. Cooper Primary Health
Care, Incorporated.
Loretta Hagins Miller
worked for many years as a
case worker for the Chatham
County Department of
Family and Children
Services.
She ended her career as
training program administra
tor at Georgia Regional
Hospital in Savannah,
Georgia.
The Millers and
Edward G. Miller, Jr., their
son, are graduates of
Savannah State University.
AARP Moves to Increase Black and
Latino Membership
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
By. Pharoh Martin
NNPA National
Correspondent
As the American popu
lation continues to brown, an
increasing number of organi
zations are making calculat
ed strides in an effort to
ensure that the diversity of
their membership mirrors the
diversity of the nation.
One such organization is
AARP, the premier advocacy
group for older Americans.
The largest of its kind
in the country, AARP ironi
cally has a membership base
that is 88.5 percent White.
Realizing the need for
more color in their member
ranks the organization has
appointed two executives
that reach out to Black and
Latino communities and
spearhead initiatives that
will increase Black member
ship.
"Last year, our execu
tive team recognized that it
was going to take an above
and beyond effort to realize
the growth in membership
that we want. So they
restructured and created new
positions to be able to
accommodate those goals."
says Edna Kane-Williams,
vice president in charge of
African-American outreach.
Kane-Williams’ counterpart,
Raquel Egusquiza, heads the
Latino outreach campaign.
"We've always done
diversity but these roles are
different in that the two vice
presidents for African-
American outreach and
Hispanic and Latino out
reach have a really organiza
tional-wide responsibility so
it's not just membership and
it's not just communica
tions.”
AARP is apparently
serious about diversifying.
In April, the organiza
tion hired the first African-
American CEO in its 50-year
existence.
“If you look at his
history he's brought aware
ness, renewed interest and
just robustness to the organi
zations that's he's led previ
ously, Kane-Williams says.
“So we expect that he will be
more than supportive in
making sure that we have the
resources and capabilities to
really deliver on this promise
of growing our membership
of African- Americans and
Hispanics. He sees that as
the future of the organization
because that is where the
demographics of the country
is going and we want to look
like America.”
In order to increase
African-American member
ship above the 2.5 million it
currently has, AARP is
focusing on an "on-the-
ground" approach in 11 key
communities, including
Atlanta, Chicago and New
Orleans.
The organization is
partnering with community
organizations and media and
hope the on-the-ground
engagement with the
African-American commu
nity will help build member
ship.
AARP is working with
their state offices in those
communities to field a com
munity presence.
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