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Mayor Edna Jacksons Last
~ ‘ Council Meeting
Mayor Edna Jack-
son presided over her last city
council meeting on Tuesday,
December 22, 2015. Also
leaving Savannah Council
are Alderman-at-large Tom
Bordeaux, Second District
Alderman Mary Osborne,
and Third District Alderman
Mary Ellen Sprague.
Annual TybeeMLK Celebration
Cheryl Dozier
The 3rd Annual
Tybee Martin Luther King,
Jr. Parade and Human
Rights Celebration will be
held on Saturday, January 9,
2016 beginning at 2:00 p.m.
The Parade Grand Marshal
is Walter Parker, Ex-Mayor
of Tybee for 16 years..
People, Civic
Organizations, churches,
non-profits, and businesses
are invited to participate.
The Keynote Speaker will
be Dr. Cheryl Dozier, Presi
dent of Savannah State Uni
versity.
Rising Tyde Com
munity Food Pantry will be
the 2016 recipient of Ty
bee Dreamer Humanitarian
Award.
Contact Julia
Walter Parker
Pearce at tybeemlk@gmail.
com or 912/414-0809
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
2015 Debutantes
Photos by Middleton & Riley Photography
Jermaya Rosana Patterson, Iyana Marie Crawford, Tanardjah Sha’Bre Washing
ton, Kaelyn Dawn Steel, Anthonique El’Lisa Page, Silviller Asha-Omari Watson,
ShaRonda Carol Cheever
The 71 st Annu
al Debutante Presentation
and Ball was held on Fri
day, December 18, 2015 at
Savannah State University
in the Student Union Ball
room. The Beta Phi Lambda
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc. presented
seven (7) Debutantes. The
Debutantes were honored,
following the Presentation,
during the Annual Fonnal
Alpha Ball.
These seven young
ladies are pursuing their
dreams through post-sec
ondary education. They
are active in the communi
ty as volunteers to various
charitable organizations and
activities, and provided hun
dreds of hours of volunteer
service. They are also high
academic achievers and re
ceived many scholarships
and awards.
The Debutante
Season began in January
2015 when the Prospective
Debutantes and their par
ents/guardians became ac
quainted with the Brothers
of Beta Phi Lambda Chapter
and the Alphabettes’ (wives
and widows of the Brothers )
in the Economic Opportuni
ty Authority (EOA) Multi
purpose room.
Highlights of the
season included Charm
School conducted by Ms.
Taqwaa F. Saleem, Begin
ning in June 2015 Alpha
bettes Elainor Ray and Va-
larie West worked with the
parents and Debutantes on
their Social event entitled
“A Timeless Exultation of
Queens” which they per
formed at Savannah State
University on Saturday,
November 28, 2015. Re
hearsals were conducted by
Alphabettes Mrs. Beverly
Copeland, Wilmotine Ellis,
and Valarie West.
In January 2013,
the chapter named the schol
arships in honor of the late
Lillie Jackson Ray wife of
Alpha Brother Robert Ray.
Mrs. Ray worked tirelessly
with the Debutantes from
1987 through October 2012.
The Brothers of
Beta Phi Lambda Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Frater
nity, Inc., President Brother
Christopher Brown and the
Alphabettes express their
sincere congratulations to
the 2015 Debutantes and
their parents/guardians.
Savannah Music Festival Announces
27th Annual Season
March 24 - April 9,2016
historic
Festival
Spread throughout intimate venues in Savannah’
district , the
(SMF)
2016 Savannah Music
lineup covers folk,
traditional, popu-
studied music
renowned artists
from across the
globe. The 2016
festival takes place
from March 24th through
April 9th, including concerts
, recitals, film and theatrical
performances.” The grow
ing international stat
ure of our port city is
reflected throughout
this year’s program,”
explains Executive
& Artistic Director
Rob Gibson, “ which
features artists from
England, Serbia, Mali, France , Hun
gary, Germany,Portugal, Sweden ,
Canada, Bulgaria, Ireland, Spain, In
donesia, Trinidad, Austria, Denmark,
Brazil, Zimbabwe and Romania, performing a vast range of styles and genres.
Mixed alongside bluegrass, blues, country, Cajun, Zydeco, New Orleans music or the
ever- evolving blend of Americana styles, the abundance of amazing talent in SMF’s 2016
season is unparalleled in our organization’s history.”
Information and complete schedule available at savannahmusicfestival.org
New Year’s Resolutions for
Black America in 2016
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist
Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Whenever we be
gin a new calendar year, it
can be useful to make New
Year’s Resolutions to prior
itize and focus for the im
mediate future. Beyond the
traditional litany of making
very personal and often
times private resolutions at
the beginning of a new year,
Black America as a whole, I
believe, should be vocal and
public about our determina
tion to keep pushing forward
for freedom, justice, equali
ty and economic empower
ment.
What should be
our collective goals and
strategic objectives over
the next 12 months? Recent
academic studies by the Do
minican University of Cali
fornia on the importance of
“goal setting” to overcome
individual and social pro
crastination revealed that
writing down your resolu
tions and sharing your goals
with others that you care
about will help you work
more diligently to achieve
those goals.
Every time I pick
up and read a Black-owned
newspaper in America
during this season of annu
al proclamation, it is always
informative to see a written
list of New Year Resolutions
that challenge Black Ameri
ca to continue strive for ex
cellence and achievement in
all fields of endeavor. I am
obviously proud of the trust
ed impact of the Black Press
of America. Check us out at
www.NNPA.org and www.
BlackPressUSA.com.
We have another
critical election year coming
up in 2016 and the Black
American vote will have to
be mobilized in every pri
mary election and across
the nation next November in
elections in every precinct
in every state, county by
county. Get-Out-The-Vote
(GOTV) efforts, therefore,
will be a top priority and
we must collectively resolve
that in 2016 we will ensure
the largest voter turnout of
Black voters in the history
of the United States.
Remember, we
had a record voter turnout
of Black voters both in 2008
and in 2012. According to
the U.S. Census Bureau,
“66.2 percent of Blacks who
voted in the 2012 presiden
tial election, higher than the
64.1 percent of non-His-
panic Whites who did so...
This marks the first time that
Blacks have voted at a high
er rate than Whites since the
Census Bureau started pub
lishing statistics on voting
by the eligible citizen popu
lation in 1996.”
We cannot afford
to let the Black vote be taken
for granted in 2016.
Politics and economics are
inseparable in the United
States. Yet, even though
Black Americans spend in
excess of SI.2 trillion an
nually in the nation’s econ
omy, that kind of spending
volume has not translated
into real economic power:
increasing the ownership of
global businesses and bil-
lion-dollar revenue-gener
ating investments. We still
have a long way to go to
achieve economic equality
and parity in America.
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