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Week of August 11,2010 - August 17,2010 • Vol. 38 No. 24 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Famed Actor Louis Gossett, Jr. Speaks
About Life and its Lessons
Coastal Youth Theatre of Voices with Louis Gossett, Jr. are from left to right: Brendon
Tate, Walter McCloud, Mashonda Jolley, Jamari Tate and Artistic Director, Dee C. Lubell
Entrepreneurial
Center to Hold 5th
Annual Awards
Dinner
Charlena Brown, Director
By Zyon Smiley
Oscar winning Actor
Louis Gossett, Jr. addressed an
eager audience at Second
Arnold Baptist Church on
Thursday August 5, 2010.
Gossett’s heart-to-heart talk
was both encouraging and
uplifting to those in atten
dance.
“My message is that
there is no such thing as
impossible,” he said. “It is up
to us to keep the doors of
opportunity open,” Gossett
added.
Gossett was referring to
the importance of adults being
mentors to the younger gener
ation. “We must prepare them
to go through doors of oppor
tunity,” he declared. “If they
don’t get the right stuff, then
they will get the wrong stuff,”
he noted.
The Emmy Award win
ning actor acknowledged the
powerful influence of the film
industry on people, especially
the youth.
“I see how children are
influenced by movies,”
Gossett said. “If we aren’t
The National
Association of Black
Military Women will be
hosting its 17th Biennial
Reunion during the 18-22
August 2010 in historical
city of Savannah.
The National
Association of Black
Military Women (NABMW)
is an association of women
located throughout the coun
try who are veterans or cur
rent members of the United
States Armed Forces.
It was founded under
the former name of "The
Black WAAC, WAC,
Women in Service" in 1976
and was later renamed the
National Association of
Black Military Women to
include Black Military
Women from all services of
the US Armed Forces. More
information about us can be
found at our web site
www.nabmw.com .
The mission of
NABMW is to seek out,
record, maintain and tell the
history and heritage of
African-American Military
Women who served and are
serving in the United States
careful, then movies can
exploit them; too many want to
become gang bangers,” he
said.
Gossett spoke about his
life experiences during the
years following the Great
Depression. He said his gener
ation grew up in nice neighbor
hoods where everyone lived
Armed Forces.
Members consist of
military women who served
from WWII to current
wars/conflicts. Yes African
American females served in
WWII. The organization
fees very fortunate to have
them because they are dying
out. (Most are in the 90s).
happily together. Gossett feels
that the sense of community is
not as evident and valued
today as it once was.
“We all came from that
hodgepodge and that’s the way
America should be today,” he
commented. “Kids today are
not being taught this, and it
worries me,” he added.
NABMW will be hon
oring one of our own citizens
during our reunion. The late
WWII veteran Mrs Anne
Knight Jordan. Jordan had a
distinguished career.
She organized local
chapters of national associa
tions, did substitute teaching,
headed membership drives
Gossett felt that service to
others is the most important
thing an individual can do in
this life. He said it’s not how
much you accumulate, but how
much you give. He also talked
about the need to overcome the
pain of the past, to heal, and to
forgive.
for charitable causes, repre
sented Chatham County at
the Salk Institute in San
Diego, CA and was President
of the National Medical
Auxiliary, Inc. Jordan
attended a White House
Conference on Health,
Nutrition, and Food.
She was a charter life
member of the NABMW,
served on the Organizational
Structure Committee, and
have been Chairperson of the
Southeast Region.
She was a dedicated
and committed member of
the association and strived to
take and spread our message
about the history of Black
military women wherever
and whenever she could.
Two years ago when
Savannah was selected as
the next reunion site, Mrs.
Jordan was very excited and
could not wait to show off
her city.
Unfortunately, Mrs
Jordan died in January of this
year. Jordan was married to
the late Dr. Carl Jordan who
was one of our prominent
surgeons and native of
Savannah.
The 5th Annual Awards
Dinner Fundraiser and
Graduation will be held
Saturday, August 21, 2010 at
7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30
pm) The Eden Rm, The Temple
of Glory, 1105 Stiles Ave (cor
ners of Gwinnett and Stiles).
Come celebrate the accom
plishments of leading business
es in Savannah.
Recognition will be given in
the following categories:
Innovative Business Award,
Blazing New Trails Award,
Resilient Entrepreneur Award,
Continuing the Journey
Business Award, Promising
Business Award. Dinner tickets
are $40. Reserve your seat
today.
The Savannah
Entrepreneurial Center pro
vides the greater Savannah
community with opportunities
to start and grow small busi
nesses.
Through comprehensive
training, mentoring, technical
assistance, facilities and access
to financial resources, the
Center contributes to the eco
nomic empowerment of indi
viduals and the community.
The Savannah
Entrepreneurial Center was
created by the City of
Savannah to provide technical
assistance, training and access
to loans for small business
development.
The Center offers classes
in a wide range of topics relat
ed to the start-up and expansion
of businesses as well as several
loan programs from $500 to
$150,000 that are administered
by the Small Business
Assistance Corporation.
For more informa
tion, contact The Savannah
Entrepreneurial Center 801 E.
Gwinnett Street at (912) 652-
3582.
Inside This Week’s Edition:
D.A. ’s Office Announces Reorganization, pg. 2
Neighborhood Observes National
Night Out, pg. 3
SCCPSS Awarded $4.2 Million in Grants, pg. 4
Savannah State Prepares for Record Enrollment,
P8- 7
Spyro Gyra to Perform During 2010 Jazz
Festival, pg. 9
Savannah Mass Choir Performs in Ohio, pg. 10
See Gossett, page 16
National Association of Black Military
Women to Hold Reunion in Savannah
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