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2 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, September 19, 2012 SCLC and Civil Rights Community Join Forces for 50th Anniversary of March on Washington and Mr. Joe Beasley (Rain- Hearts are joyous and spirits are high in the civil rights community as the renowned Southern Chris tian Leadership Conference announces with The King Center, their eager anticipa tion and celebratory plans for this year’s lead up to the 50th anniversary of the fa mous March on Washington, D.C. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ’s “I Have A Dream” speech. “We still have to march,” opined SCLC President Dr. C.T. Vivian, who served on Martin Luther King, Jr’s Ex ecutive Staff. “We must tell the President and Congress that 50 years later, the strug gle continues and poverty continues unabated.” A news conference held at SCLC national head quarters kicked off the official planning/events phase for the next 11 months, culminating in what will be global com memorations during August 24-28th at both the Lincoln Memorial and the Martin Lu ther King, Jr. Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Dr. C. T. Vivian The King Center simultane ously released their official announcement of plans and events for the 50th anniver sary commemorations as well. D i s t i n - guished leaders of the civil rights community in Atlanta joined in the announcement moment, including Ms. Hel en Butler (People’s Agenda), Rev. Alfred Love(Concerned Black Clergy), Ms. Rita Samuels (SCLC Women), GA State Rep. and GABEO President Tyrone Brooks, bowPUSH). SCLC’s Chairman Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr., President Dr. C.T. Vivian, CEO Charles Steele, Jr., Ex ecutive Director Damien Con nors, Georgia State SCLC President Rev. Samuel Mo- steller and GABEO President Rep. Tyrone Brooks spoke in glowing anticipation of the events planned. President Vivian an nounced with pleasure that SCLC would be “in collabo ration with Dr. King’s fam ily,” that it would “not be real to be without them - and them without us!” CEO Steele fol lowed up the President’s re marks, making clear that with The King Center’s commu nication, “protocol has been established.” The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was one of the larg est political rallies for human rights in Linked States his tory and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. Gray’s Reef to Hold Marker Dedication On Saturday, Sept. 22, at 2:30pm officials from NOAA’s Gray’s Reef Nation al Marine Sanctuary and the City of Savannah will dedi cate six bronze markers com memorating the sanctuary, its marine life and natural his tory, and its connection to the city and the state of Georgia. The public is invited to attend the dedication ceremony. The markers are lo cated along a 50-yard stretch Susan L. Taylor Speaks at SSU’s Distinguished Lecture Series Discusses “Bold Visionary Leadership: From the Inside Out” Susan L. Taylor speaks to students Photo Credit: Joshua Crawford making $350 per month as board. fashion and beauty editor for Essence magazine. She often worried about paying rent and putting food on the table for her daughter. Taylor soon ended up in the hospital with an anxiety attack. Upon her release she was drawn to a local church and heard a ser mon that changed her life. “ The preacher said ‘if you control your mind, you control the world.’ There are habits we have that are death causing, not everyone is healthy enough to have a front seat in your life,” Tay lor said. “Life will bring you to the edge. Everything in your life is by divine order.” Some of us have been physically, mentally, and emotionally abused, but we are here. We suffer because we have compas sion and pain is life trying to awaken us.” Taylor encouraged young journalists graduating college with little to no job prospects to polish their craft and learn to write across the “Aspiring journal ists have to understand the media landscape is changing face,” Taylor said. “ You have to polish your craft, master the language, know all the different platforms, study the marketplace and when you cover a beat, know your his tory.” Taylor said that black media is the “drum” and when the black commu nity does not support black media, their market is deval ued. “We have to awaken the black community. Black media does not get its fair share of dollars, but it gives us what we don’t get from the general media,” Taylor said. Taylor asked the au dience to look within them selves for happiness. “ The Holy Spirit is alive as you. When you fig ure out what you would do if you did not have to get a paycheck, you will achieve peace. Inner peace is what we seek,” Taylor said. By Whitney Hunter Managing Editor The Savannah Tribune Susan L. Taylor, former editor-in-chief for Essence magazine said last Tuesday at Savannah State University, no one gets to live life without pain. Pain is a natural part of life, but suffer ing is a choice. “What brings you joy is accepting who you are, being grateful for the breath of life, and being happy with what God made. Life is a gift,” Taylor said. Taylor spoke to a packed audience filled with students, faculty and staff as part of SSU’s first installment in their distinguished lectures series entitled “Bold, Vision ary Leadership: From the In side Out.” The legendary au thor and editor presented a promotional video for her foundation National Cares Mentoring Movement, which she founded in 2006. The video featured celebrities such as Mariah Carey, Oprah, humanitarian Harry Belafon- te, and others calling on the public to prevent poverty, the degrading of women, the de- monization of black men and other issues within the black community. Taylor had no formal training as a journalist when she began at Essence maga zine, but soon became author of their most popular column, “In the Spirit.” She recalled her days as a struggling mother of the city’s historic Rousakis Plaza on River Street.. Fund ing for the project was pro vided by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Al derman Van Johnson, City of Savannah ; George Sedber- ry, superintendent, NOAA’s Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary; Jason Patlis, president and CEO, National Marine Sanctuary Founda tion. NOAA’s mission is to understand and predict changes in the Earth’s envi ronment, from the depths of the ocean to the surface of the sun, and to conserve and manage our coastal and ma rine resources. 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