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May 25,2011- May 31,2011 • Vol. 39 No. 13 • www.savannahtribune.com • 912-233-6128 • Fax: 912-233-6140
Award-Winning Actress Whoopi Goldberg
to Address SCAD Graduates
Whoopi Goldberg
Leadership
Savannah Accepting
Applications
Award-winning
actress, producer and best
selling author Whoopi
Goldberg will address the
Savannah College of Art
and Design graduating class
of 2011 at commencement
ceremonies in Savannah and
Atlanta, Saturday, June 4.
Goldberg will speak to
graduates at SCAD’s 31st
Savannah commencement
ceremony, 9 a.m., at the
Savannah Civic Center, 301
W. Oglethorpe Ave. She will
then address the graduates
at SCAD Atlanta’s fifth
commencement ceremony,
6 p.m., at the Georgia World
Congress Center, 285
Andrew Young
International Blvd. N.W.
Born and raised in
New York City, Goldberg
worked in theatre and
improvisation in San Diego
and the Bay Area, where she
performed with the Blake
Street Hawkeyes theatre
troupe.
It was there that she
created the characters which
became “The Spook Show”
and evolved into her hit
Broadway show, Grammy
Award-winning album and
the HBO special that helped
launch her career.
Goldberg made her
motion picture debut in
Steven Spielberg’s film ver
sion of Alice Walker’s “The
Color Purple,” for which
she earned an Academy
Award nomination and a
Golden Globe Award. Her
performance in “Ghost”
earned her the Academy
Award and a Golden Globe
Award for Best Supporting
Actress.
Among her many awards
and honors, Goldberg has
placed prints of her hands,
feet and braids in the fore
court of the famed
Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
and received her star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in
front of the Kodak Theatre.
For more information
about SCAD’s 2011 com
mencement ceremonies,
visit www.scad.edu/com-
mencement.
Applications for the
2011-2012 Leadership
Savannah Class are online
now. This will be a one year
class and will be limited to
42 people. The Selections
Committee is seeking repre
sentation from a cross-sec
tion of the community.
These leaders and
potential leaders should be
active in business, education,
the arts, religion, govern
ment, community-based
organizations, and ethnic and
minority groups and will
reflect the diversity of the
community. Applicants must
have the Ml support of the
organization or corporation
they represent.
Sessions are expected
to begin in September 2011
and conclude in June of
2012. Applicants will be
expected to attend all of the
sessions in order to graduate.
All applicants must go
through selections, and Ml
program fees will be $2,500,
with a limited number of
$1,000 scholarships avail
able based on need. To apply
to be a part of the 2011-2012
Leadership Savannah class,
visit
www. Le adership S avannah. o
rg and click on the “Apply”
button.
Applications will be
accepted through June 13,
2011.
Leadership Savannah
began in 1961 for the pur
pose of informing future
leaders in the Savannah area
of issues confronting the
community on a variety of
subjects.
NAACP to
Reinstate
Youth Council
Savannah Branch of
the NAACP announces the
reinstatement of the Youth
Council. The president of
the local chapter Mr. A1
Scott has named Rev. James
C. Jones as the Youth
Works Committee chair.
We are seeking new
youth members to assist in
this process. Being in the
new era of technology, we
are ready for an innovative
approach to strengthen our
young people here in
Savannah, Georgia.
If you are interested
or need more information
please contact Rev. James
C. Jones via email at
or phone 912.228.2205.
Also, feel free to view our
new website for things
going on with the
Savannah Branch of the
NAACP.
Qualification for
Membership: Youth
ages 13-24 in the
Savannah area or sur
rounding communities,
attendance at meetings
and events, member
ship fee of $10.00 year
ly-
The mission of the
NAACP Youth &
College Division shall be to
inform youth of the prob
lems affecting African
Americans and other racial
and ethnic minorities; to
advance the economic, edu
cation, social and political
status of African Americans
and other racial and ethnic
minorities and their harmo
nious cooperation with
other peoples; to stimulate
an appreciation of the
African Diaspora and other
people of color’s contribu
tion to civilization; and to
develop an intelligent, mili
tant effective youth leader
ship.
Youth, be ready to learn,
earn, and burn for the com
munity we live....
King -Tisdell Kicks off Annual Awards
Gala with Luncheon
Pictured are: 2nd row (left to right) Mayor Otis Johnson, Dr. Jacquelyn W. Stephens, Dr. Joe Buck
1st row (left to right) Dr. Olivia Swanson, Mrs. Virginia A. Edwards-Maynor, Mrs. Jessie Collier DeLoach, Dr. Evelyn B. Dandy
The King-Tisdell Cottage
Foundation kicked off its
Annual Awards Gala on
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
with a luncheon for key com
munity and business leaders at
45 Bistro.
The Annual Awards Gala
is scheduled for September 24,
2011 at the Savannah Hyatt
Regency. Cathy P. Hill,
Region Vice President for
Georgia Power Company is
the Honorary Chairman for
this year.
The Awards Gala is pre-
and Cathy Hill, H
sented each year as a means of
recognizing persons who have
been consistently noteworthy
in their work to improve their
surroundings in one of several
areas: Historic Preservation,
Fine Arts, Public Service, and
Education. The W.W. Law
Legacy award is also given to
persons who embody Mr.
Law’s selfless dedication and
commitment to this communi
ty. The recipients for 2011 are:
Honorable James F. Bass, Jr.,
Judge for the Superior Court
of Chatham County; Dr. Clyde
lorary Chairman
W. Hall, Regent’s Professor
Emeritus of Engineering
Technology; Attorney Brooks
Stillwell, Partner of Hunter
Maclean Law Firm; Mr. David
F. Richards, Jr., Community
Activist and Mr. Joseph H.
Conyers, Assistant Principal
Bassist of the Philadelphia
Orchestra.
“The breadth of the tal
ent of the 2011 awardees, and
the depth of their contributions
to improving critical facets of
the human experience, are
impressive,” says King-Tisdell
Board Chair, Dr. Annette K.
Brock.
The banquet is open to
the public and will begin
Saturday evening, September
24th at 7:30 p.m. A reception
is planned at 6:30 p.m.
Individual tickets for the ban
quet are $75.00. Tables and
sponsorships are also avail
able.
For more information,
please contact the Beach
Institute at 912-234-8000.
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