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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, November 11, 2009
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Armstrong Gears Up for 75th
Anniversary Celebration
Faculty and students form a “75” as the university prepares to celebrate its
anniversary. Photo credit: Katherine Arntzen.
On Monday, Nov. 2,
students, faculty and staff
from all across the campus
came together to form a
human 75 on the intramural
fields of the university.
The event was a way
to get students and the
entire campus thinking
about AASU’s 75 anniver
sary.
Photos and videos from
today’s event will be used
to promote the 75th
anniversary in 2010 and
give the university an icon
ic image to use during the
celebratory year.
In 2010, the university
will host a number of spe
cial events throughout the
year to commemorate its
75th anniversary. Some of
those will include perform
ances by the Department of
Art, Music and Theatre,
special lectures and presen
tations. One event will
involve President Linda
Bleicken’s inauguration in
the fall.
AASU invites all
alumni, the community,
community partners and
friends to join in the cele
bration throughout the year.
Alumni will be able to
write about their Armstrong
Atlantic memories in a sec
tion of alumni web site.
AASU will create a web
site dedicated to the 75th
anniversary to be published
in early 2010.
2010 promises to be an
exciting year for the cam
pus, not only for the
anniversary, but also as two
new buildings come online.
A new Student Center will
open in early spring, while
Windward Commons, a
freshmen-dedicated resi
dence hall, will open in
time for fall 2010 classes.
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Library Services.
Dr. Carson will speak
in the Ralph Mark Gilbert
Civil Rights Museum (460
Martin Luther King
Boulevard at 6 pm on
Friday, November 13th.
The Museum will
remain open between 5pm
and 6pm for audience mem
bers who have not toured
the exhibits. On Saturday
morning from 9-12 am, Dr.
Carson will visit Dorchester
Academy in Midway, GA
(8787 East Oglethorpe
Highway) where Dr. King
trained civil rights workers
for several campaigns.
Savannah State
University (SSU) serves as
host for the $149,700 grant
from IMLS. According to
project director Dr. Ronald
Bailey, seven institutions
participate in the collabora
tion: the SSU Archives; the
Beach Institute African
American Culture Center
and the King-Tisdell
Cottage; the Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum; the First African
Baptist Church Museum;
the Dorchester Academy
Museum in Midway, and
the Willow Hill Heritage
and Renaissance Center in
Portal.
The main objective is
to provide professional
development opportunities
for museum staff.
Activities have included an
Afro-American Museum
Roundtable for ongoing
professional development;
and membership, atten
dance and presentations at
several national, regional,
and local conferences,
including the African
American Museums
Association, the
Southeastern Museums
Associations, and the
Georgia Association of
Museum and Galleries.
Lloyd Named to Outstanding Atlanta
Class, 2009-2010
Cornelius Lloyd
Native Savannahian
Cornelius JerMar Ephraim
Lloyd has been selected by
Outstanding Atlanta to join the
41st class of honorees for
2009-2010.
Since 1968, this organi
zation has recognized young
Atlantans for contributions to
the betterment of the city.
According to Sandra Barnhill,
National President of
Foreverfamily, Inc. (formerly
AIM - Aid to Children of
Imprisoned Mothers) and
member of Outstanding
Atlanta Class of 1993,
Cornelius is the perfect choice.
“Cornelius has the abili
ty to combine compassion and
sensitivity for the plight of
young people with incarcerat
ed parents, with the clarity of
purpose in preparing them
[young people] for the future.
He has directly mentored 10
young people who have clear
ly beaten the odds which say
that children with an incarcer
ated parent are more likely
themselves to go to prison.”
Lloyd has worked with
Foreverfamily for the past five
years. This 22 year-old organ
ization provides programs and
services to families dealing
with parental incarceration.
Cornelius began as a volunteer
while attending Georgia State
University and worked
through a variety of positions,
including program assistant
and program coordinator,
becoming full-time upon grad
uation from Georgia State in
2005.
"When I accepted the
call to ministry and started
seminary in 2007, my role
transitioned to that of youth
advocate and mentor. I am
proud to mentor some of the
most resilient young people in
the country, Lloyd said. I am
also really excited to be cho
sen by Outstanding Atlanta
and hope that during the one
year commitment, I will be
able to combine my experi
ences with youth development
and my desire for community
service to make a difference in
our community.”
Lloyd is currently a sen
ior Master of Divinity student
at Columbia Theological
Seminary, Decatur, Georgia.
He resides in Austell,
Georgia with his wife, the for
mer Miss Ashley V. Dixon. He
is the son of Pastor and Mrs.
Marvin L. and Jerry Attest
Lloyd, the grandson of Mrs.
Susie M. Shannonhouse,
Stone Mountain, Georgia, the
late Mr. and Mrs. Willie E. and
Willie Mae Lloyd, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry L. and Cornelia V.
Attest, and Mr. William
Franklin Smith.
The awards ceremony was
held on Friday, November 6,
2009 at the Georgia Pacific
Auditorium.
Foreverfamily is a non
profit community based
organization that assists
inmates, their children and
other family members in
maintaining those critically
important family ties that can
become strained during a par
ent's incarceration.
Foreverfamily's efforts
focus on children with an
incarcerated parent or parents,
caregivers and relatives as
they strive to remain a family.
Funding Available for Innovative
Youth Cultural Arts Programs
The City of Savannah’s
WAD Panel has issued a call
for proposals for its
2009/2010 Weave A Dream
(WAD) initiative.
Applications will be
accepted while funds are
available, but must be sub
mitted at least eight weeks
prior to the start date of the
project.
Project funding is available
up to $5,000 for innovative
cultural arts programs that
positively engage youth audi
ences. Literary and dance
projects are currently of spe
cial interest to the grant com
mittee but all disciplines
including multi-disciplinary
projects are encouraged to
apply.
To be eligible for con
sideration, organization must
be a non-profit head-quar
tered in Savannah’s corpo
rate limits. Proposed pro
grams must also be produced
within the City’s corporate
limits. No individual artist
applications will be accept
ed.
Applications are
reviewed by the WAD Panel
and grants are awarded by a
competitive funding process
that considers the project’s
artistic merit, quality of
design, quality of marketing
strategy and plan for assess
ing the project’s success.
Successful programs
will identify a community
need and utilize arts and her
itage activities as the primary
strategy to alleviate that
need.
Technical assistance is
available to applying organi
zations by contacting
Michelle Hunter at 912-651-
6417 or mhunter@savannah-
ga.gov.
S.P.A.C.E. is Savannah’s
Place for Art, Culture and
Education. Located at 9 W.
Henry St., S.P.A.C.E. houses
the offices of the City of
Savannah’s Department of
Cultural Affairs as well as a
public gallery, a 100-seat
black box theatre and art and
ceramics studios.
For more information,
visit
www. savannahga .gov/arts.
Young Professionals to hold Donation
Drive for Goodwill Industries
Leather weather is upon
us and Young Professionals
of Savannah is celebrating
by holding a donation drive
for Goodwill of Savannah.
The drive will be held
on Saturday, November 14th
at Habersham Village from
9:00am until 12:00pm. There
will be a Goodwill truck at
the back of the parking lot in
Habersham Village next to
Rite Aid to receive all dona
tions.
Habersham Village is
undergoing exciting renova
tions and is gearing up to
bring you a festive holiday
shopping experience with a
new look and some great
new merchants.
This is a perfect oppor
tunity to clean out your clos
ets and make room for all the
loot you will get for
Christmas! Get your office,
church and neighbors
involved and Give It to
Goodwill!
The Young
Professionals of Savannah
(YPS) is a community-sup
ported organization of young
professionals and entrepre
neurs in the Greater
Savannah Area dedicated to
providing professional
development, networking,
and community service.
YPS serves as a platform for
young professionals to
engage the community
through involvement in
entrepreneurial, political,
civic, and cultural events.
Additional information may
be found at: www.ypsav.net.
The Mission of
Goodwill Industries of the
Coastal Empire, Inc. is to
assist people with disabilities
and other barriers to employ
ment to live independently
and become employed.
Goodwill Industries of
the Coastal Empire, Inc. pro
vides job training, employ
ment services, job placement
opportunities and post
employment support to
strengthen communities and
families by training people to
become independent, tax-
paying members of society.
Those services include
ADVANCE, a community
re-entry program for people
with acquired brain injury.
When someone is having a
hard time finding a job-either
because of a disability,
poverty or lack of experi
ence- Goodwill is there to
help.