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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I want to share with the
public the substance of a let
ter I am sending to our two
U.S. Senators concerning the
nomination of Judge Sonia
Sotomayor for the Supreme
Court. I know that local
elected officials have little
influence in the selection of
Supreme Court Justices, but I
feel compelled to share my
opinion on the nomination of
Judge Sotomayor because of
the historic nature of her
nomination.
We still live in a
Country that must celebrate
“firsts.” The first Irish this,
the first Italian that, the first
Catholic this, the first Jewish
that, the first woman this, and
the first Black that.
Now the United States
has the opportunity to have
the first Latino Judge on the
Supreme Court and another
woman for good measure. I
point this out because in each
case of “the first,” there was
abundant rhetoric about qual
ifications and the use of other
code words designed to play
Mayor Otis S. Johnson
on the prejudices of different
groups that would oppose the
person becoming the first of
anything that was once white
Anglo-Saxon male dominat
ed.
Judge Sotomayor's life
story should be an inspiration
and used as an example of
the so-called “American
dream.”
You cannot build the
outstanding record that Judge
Sotomayor has built in main
stream America being
“biased,” “radical” or
“activist.” Her entire record
Jonesville to Present
Praise Dance Contest
Jonesville Baptist
Church of the P.A. of W.
Youth Fire Ministry will
present a Praise Dance
Contest on Friday, July 24th
at 7pm.
Participants ages range
from 13-25 and a fee of $3 is
needed to participate.
A first place prize of
$100 will be presented.
The service is free and
open to the public.Send an
email to jbcyouthexplo-
sion@gmail.com to obtain
specific rules and additional
information, or contact the
church at 351-0423.
District Elder James G.
Rodges, Senior Pastor.
National Urban League
to hold Conference in
Chicago
children.
The NUL Experience
Expo & Career Fair is the
largest ever and FREE to the
public. Hundreds of
recruiters will participate in
the career fair to speak with
perspective employers for
available jobs.
There will be opportu
nities for resume critiques,
one-on-one career coaching
sessions and tips on job
searches. The Women’s
Black Expo will be on the
exhibit hall floor and will
provide entertainment for
the main stage including
Dru Hill. Attendees can
also attend various zones to
get financial and health
information; get health
screenings, experience the
latest in technology devices
and tips on being “green.”
Noted participants
include: CNN’s Soledad
O’Brien and Roland Martin:
U.S. Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan; NAACP
President and CEO
Benjamin Jealous, Bank of
America CEO Kenneth
Lewis; Earvin “Magic”
Johnson; the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, the Rev. A1
Sharpton; MSNBC political
correspondent Michelle
Bernard; EPA Administrator
Lisa Perez; Chicago Mayor
Richard M. Daley; HGTV’s
Kim Myles; Illinois
Attorney General Lisa
Madigan and many others.
National Urban
League President and CEO
Marc Morial, will kick off
this important event with an
inspirational keynote
address on the evening of
July 31.
Marc Morial
President/CEO
The 2009 National Urban
League Conference in
Chicago will give attendees
everything they need to find
personal and professional
success in these challenging
economic times.
Themed “The Path to
Power,” influential business,
community and political
thought leaders from around
the country will participate
to offer valued advice and
insight.
Everyone who attends
the conference will leave
with the resources and inspi
ration they need to succeed
on their own path to power.
Important topics of dis
cussion include: The Path to
Power, The State of Black
America, “21 st Century
Now Leadership for a
“NOW” Generation”; tips
on preventing foreclosure;
how to invest in a challeng
ing economy; how to take
advantage of the new
“green” economy; the
importance of being counted
in the 2010 Census and
building America’s work
force and how to save our
as a lawyer and a 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge documents her ability
to be tough, fair-minded, and
respectful of the role of the
three branches of govern
ment.
We should all be
thrilled at the prospect of
having another highly quali
fied “first,” a Latino, and
moving the court to be more
representative with another
woman.
Judge Sotomayor pro
vides a wonderful opportuni
ty for what we call a “two-
for.” I believe she will be
confirmed. But, I hope her
confirmation is not strictly
along party lines.
Sincerely,
Otis S. Johnson, Ph,D.
Mayor
State Presents the City With
Recycling Grant
Officials with the State
of Georgia presented the
Savannah City Council with
a $955,000 check for recy
cling equipment during the
City Council meeting on
Thursday, July 16.
State Department of
Community Affairs Director
Randy Hartmann and Mike
Gleaton of the Governor's
Office presented the check,
which is the result of a grant
application submitted by the
City last year for recycling
containers and trucks for the
City's new single stream
curbside recycling program.
Hartman joined Mayor
Johnson, Alderman Stuber,
City Sanitation Bureau
Chief Stephanie Cutter and
others to kick off the cam
paign in front of tons of
recyclables during a press
conference at the recycling
processing facility back in
June. Following
Thursday's presentation,
state officials helped the
City host a special "Green"
Recycling Night on Friday
during the Sand Gnats game
at Grayson Stadium.
The Recycling Night
will include a live radio
remote, prize giveaways,
event recycling and other
activities intended to pro
mote the State's "You Gotta
Be Kidding" recycling cam
paign, of which Savannah is
a partner community.
Since the inception of
the City's curbside recycling
program in January, the City
has collected 3,206 tons of
recyclables from Savannah
households.
The program has
reduced the amount of mate
rial sent to our landfill by
14.2 percent, diverting 4,201
metric tons of carbon emis
sions from the air, according
to a formula developed by
the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
That has diverted an
estimated 5,258 metric tons
of carbon emissions.
For more information
contact the City's Public
Information Office at 912-
651-6410.
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