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16 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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munity meetings, and forming Brown. “They are learning
partnerships and speaking with how to analyze problems, cre-
local clergy members and ate strategies and implement
established churches,” said solutions.”
Founded in 1909,
the NAACP is the nation's
oldest and largest civil
rights organization.
Urban Entrepreneurs Honored
in Milwaukee
Step Into Another Family’s Shoes
Thousands of Chatham
County families are living at
or below the poverty level.
For them every day presents
real challenges—juggling rent
payments, utility bills and
basic living expenses, such as
food and transportation.
Step Up Savannah and
Hands On Savannah invite
you to step out of your com
fort zone and into the shoes of
our community’s working
poor residents through its
“Welcome to the State of
Poverty” simulation.
The simulations bring
together 30 or more individu
als who take on the roles of
family members living in
poverty trying to survive for a
month, in four 15-minute
“weeks.”
Relying on volunteers to
play the roles of landlords,
utility company representa
tives, lenders and others, the
simulations offer the chance
to get a feel for what it’s like
to live on less than $20,000 a
year.
Simulations are open to
anyone who wishes to leam
more about the experience of
living in poverty in Savannah.
Join us: 9-11:30 a.m., Weds.,
Sept. 16 at St. Pius Family
Resource Center (705 E.
Anderson).
It’s free to participate
but registration is required.
Please call Shawnte Tyler at
(912) 232-6747 to register or
e-mail her at styler@stepup-
savannah.org.
Step Up is an unprece
dented effort to reduce the
number of citizens living in
poverty in our community.
Visit its Web site at
www.stepupsavannah.org .
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Winners of the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Competition
Honoring the spirit of
today’s young people aspir
ing to business ownership
and success, MillerCoors
has announced the winners
of its 2008-2009 Urban
Entrepreneurs Series and
Business Plan Competition
(MUES).
The recipients, select
ed from a field of more than
130 applicants nationwide,
were awarded business
grants totaling $150,000 at a
special dinner and reception
held in Chicago recently.
This year’s grand prize
winner received a $50,000
business grant, with the four
runners-up each receiving
grants of $25,000 to con
tribute to their company’s
start-up capital, or to expand
their existing businesses.
Pictured above (second
from left) is Larry Waters,
director, Multicultural
Relations for MillerCoors,
along with (from left) grant
winners ReShon Anderson,
Demetrius Walker, Olaolu
Yemitan, Sebastine Ujereh,
Jr., Robert Bryant, Joyce
Johnson, Jolanda Powell,
Joanne Tabellija-Murphy,
grand prize-winner
Termetrice Gibbons and
Justin Giboney.
Now successfully con
cluding its ninth year,
MUES has provided more
than $1 million in business
grants to date, to more than
100 urban professionals
across the country, empow
ering urban American com
munities by creating jobs
and sustaining economic
development.
For details about the
upcoming 10th anniversary
MUES competition, includ
ing next year’s $100,000
grand prize package, visit
www.millercoorsmues.com.
United Way Seeks Volunteers for
Community Investment Process
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United Way of the
Coastal Empire is looking
for community members
interested in being part of
this year's community
investment process. Every
year, volunteers come
together to review funding
requests from area health
and human service organi
zations. These volunteers
are tasked with making sure
that United Way donations
are being used in the most
effective way to benefit pro
grams that are achieving
long term, measurable
results.
Interested participants
will be part of one of 5 pan
els that will spend 4 to 5
hours per week over a 5
month period reviewing
program applications, visit
ing program sites and final
ly making recommendations
as to how the money should
be invested.
A training and orienta
tion session will be held on
Wednesday, August 12,
2009 at 8:30 a.m. at the
Savannah Civic Center.
This training is centered on
how to review the applica
tion, evaluate outcomes and
determine level of support.
Interested community
members should contact
Tara Jennings at 912-651-
7722 or by email at tjen-
nings@uwce.org.
The mission of the
United Way is to improve
lives by mobilizing the car
ing power of communities.
Through partnerships,
long-term planning and
thoughtful investment of
donor contributions, United
Way of the Coastal Empire
supports over 100 programs
and services in Bryan,
Chatham, Effingham and
Liberty counties.
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