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10 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
AWOL Announces Open House Event
and Audition Schedule
SCCPSS Holds Groundbreaking,
Grand Opening
A groundbreaking cere
mony was held at the site of
what will be the new Pulaski
Elementary School.
Upon completion the
new school will include
89,762 Square Feet with 38
Classrooms, including Pre-k
through 5th grade class
rooms, music and art class
rooms, computer/technology
lab. School board officials
were on hand, and 4th grader
Christlyn Lapsley lead the
pledge of allegiance.
Kamal Piankhi is the
school’s principal.
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On Friday, August 20,
2010 school board officials
and the many community
members gathered to witness
the ribbon cutting of the new
Godley Station School locat
ed in Pooler.
The school will teach
grades K-8. Little Miss
Baryn Allen, a first grade
student at the new school
was on hand to help with the
ribbon cutting ceremony.
She was accompanied
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life. He did not live to see that
come to fruition,” said Martin
Luther King III after the march
reached the MLK Memorial
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“But, today, 47 years since the
marh on Washington, we are
here talking about economic
empowerment for all. And so,
I hope that we understand as
we observe in love that this is
not about a left side or a right
side. This is about God’s side
in terms of doing that which is
good, just and right for all of
America. Not for a
Republican or a Democrat or
an independent, but for every
American. That’s what Martin
Luther King Jr.’s dream was
about.”
King III made that point
with clarity as the “Reclaim
the Dream” march was named
as such because of a rally on
the same day, led by Fox
News host Glenn Beck, leader
of the conservative Tea Party
movement, which is widely
known for its anti-Obama and
perceptually anti-Black per
spective. Tea Partiers were
accused of hurling racial epi
thets at members of Congress
as they crossed the street to
the Capitol to cast their health
care votes in March.
Little more than a mile
from the majority Black
“Reclaim the Dream” crowd,
the Beck crowd stood on the
Washington Mall in a
“Restoring Honor” rally that
drew a near-solidly White
crowd to the same spot - the
Lincoln Memorial - Where
Dr. King gave his famous “I
Have a Dream” speech. Beck
had said the date of his rally
was a coincidence, but many
saw it as disrespectful to the
legacy of the civil rights
leader.
“Well, they may have
the mall, but we have the mes
sage. They may have the plat
form, but we have the dream,”
said Sharpton at Dunbar high
school where thousands gath
ered to prepare for the trek. “If
you understood dreaming.
All Walks of Life will
host an Open House showcas
ing Arts and Technology
Programs on September 10;
Auditions for upcoming the
ater and music programs will
begin September 23-24
SAVANNAH, Ga. - All Walks
of Life (AWOL) will host an
Open House on Friday,
September 10 from 5:00-7:00
p.m. Parents, teachers, teens
and youth service workers are
welcome to attend to find out
more about AWOL programs,
how to volunteer or sponsor a
child in AWOL. AWOL's
offices are located at 6
Oglethorpe Professional Blvd.
(off Mall Blvd., behind Star
Castle).
We are excited to be
hosting our annual open house
event where we welcome
everyone to come out and get a
bird's-eye view of how AWOL
uses the arts and technology to
successfully develop youth,"
said Davena Jordan, AWOL's
Executive Director.
Attendees can expect to
get information on everything
from enrollment for Fall pro
gramming, audition dates, and
volunteer opportunities. This
year's open house event will
also feature an AWOL tradi
tion — Tony's famous cajun
fried turkey as the featured
refreshment!
Auditions for AWOL's
Fall Youth Programs, includ
ing music and theater, will be
held September 23-24, from 6-
9 p.m. at the Cultural Affairs
Department's S.P.A.C.E.
Building at 9 W. Henry St.
Programs are open to young
people ages 12-22 interested in
acting, singing, writing, danc
ing, rapping or music record
ing. Adult actors are also wel
come.
This year, the AWOL
kids will be wowing Savannah
theater goers with another
installment from William
Shakespeare entitled
Situations, a story about the tri
als and tribulations of
Savannah youth. Lakesha
Green, AWOL's theater arts
director, has had an opportuni
ty to work with dozens of
youth from all over the Greater
Savannah area since joining
the organization in 2008.
Inspired by the resilience
of AWOL youth, many of
whom come from impover
ished situations and single par
ent homes, this year's play will
give youth an opportunity to
tell their story in their own
words and through
Shakespeare's sonnets.
The music program,
which is entering its 5th year,
will once again challenge a
group of young people to
write, produce and record an
album of original music.
The program pairs cre
ative activities with practical
lessons about life skills and
music history. AWOL is
proudly sponsored by The City
of Savannah, United Way of
the Coastal Empire and
Cricket Wireless.
by her mother, Kim Jackson-
Alien.
Principal Allison
Schuster-Jones welcomed
everyone and invited them
on a tour of the new facility.
you can dream anywhere. We
don’t have to be at the spot.
All we need to be is who we
are. We can dream from jail
cells. We can dream from hos
pital beds. We can dream
wherever we are!”
Saturday’s march to the
King Memorial, another in
Detroit with the Rev. Jesse
Jackson and yet another on
Sunday in the lower 9th Ward
in New Orleans, underscored
Sharpton’s point that people
around the nation - wherever
they are - are daring to mobi
lize.
Many are preparing to
vote in mid-term elections
Nov. 2. Others are simply
feeling the need to do some
thing as they come to the real
ization that racial disparities in
just about every category are
nearly as outrageous as they
were 40 years ago.
Other speakers included
Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan, Melanie Campbell of
the National Coalition for
Black Civil Participation,
Marc Morial of the National
Urban League and radio talk
show hosts Tom Joyner and
Joe Madison, who emceed the
rally at Dunbar.
Sharpton concluded,
“While they are down there,
they ought to have Abe
Lincoln to tell them why he
fought against state’s rights
and held the union together.
They ought to read Dr. King’s
speech. And then they need to
talk to some of us who came
up the rough side of the moun
tain. That’s why we’re march
ing. Somebody said there’s no
trouble today. Ain’t no trou
ble. We wouldn’t disgrace
today by allowing you to pro
voke us. No matter what you
say, no matter what you do,
we’re going to celebrate those
who laid down their lives to
give us a chance.”