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January 27~31 y 2016
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January 20,2016 - January 26,2016
Vol. 45 No. 43
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Black Heritage Festival Opens
With Andrew Feiler Exhibit
Without Regard to Sex, Race,
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Regard
to Sex,
Race, or Color: The Past,
Present, and Future of One
Historically Black College
Photographs by Andrew
Feiler opens in Savannah,
as part of the Savannah
Black Heritage Festival, on
Sunday, January 31, 2016,
3pm - 5pm at the Ralph
Mark Gilbert Civil Rights
Museum, 460 Martin Lu
ther King Jr. Boulevard.
The work is documentary
artistic photography of a
proud past, a challenging
present and an uncertain
future for Morris Brown
College, founded in Atlanta,
Georgia in 1881.
A large bell hangs
in the clock tower overlook
ing the now quiet campus of
Morris Brown College. Its
inscription reads, in part,
Dedicated to the Education
of Youth, Without Regard to
Sex, Race or Color. Found
ed by African Americans
in 1881, Morris Brown lost
its accreditation to financial
pressures and scandal in
2002. Today its campus is
largely abandoned.
Andrew Feiler was
granted unique access to
Morris Brown’s hauntingly
silent campus. His docu
mentary artistic photogra
phy portrays a proud past, a
challenging present and an
uncertain future, not only
for this one institution but
for all of America’s histori
cally black colleges and uni
versities (HBCUs). More
broadly, this work offers a
new way into the debate rag
ing in our society about the
essential role education has
played as the foundation of
the American Dream. That
tradition and legacy are now
at risk.
Continued On Pg 3
Georgia Historical Society and
Office of the Governor to Induct
Kent and Blanchard as the Newest
Georgia Trustees
Muhtar Kent James H. “Jimmy” Blanchard
The Georgia His
torical Society announced
recently that Muhtar Kent,
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of
The Coca-Cola Compa
ny and James H. “Jimmy”
Blanchard, Retired Chair
man of the Board and CEO
of Synovus will be the 2016
Georgia Trustees. The an
nouncement was made at a
press conference in Savan
nah where the Trustees will
be inducted by Governor
Nathan Deal on February
13,2016.
“Muhtar Kent and
Jimmy Blanchard are ex
emplary models of what it
means to be Georgia Trust
ees,” said W. Todd Groce,
President and CEO of the
Georgia Historical Society.
“Their commitment to the
Trustees motto “not for self
but for others” has been an
important part of their ser
vice and success.”
Muhtar Kent is
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer of
the Coca-Cola Company, a
position he has held since
April 2009. Active in the
global business communi
ty, Mr. Kent is the Chair of
the B20 Business Advisory
Council; Co-Chair of the
Bipartisan Policy Center’s
CEO Council on Health
and Innovation, a fellow of
the Foreign Policy Associa
tion and a past Chairman of
the U.S. - China Business
Council.
Continued On Pg 3
Savannah Economic Development Authority
Annual Meeting Held
L_R: Robert E. James - Outgoing Chairman, Cathy Hill - Vice Chairman, Steve Green - Chariman,
Kevin Jackson - Secretary/Treasurer
The Savannah
Economic Development
Authority held its annual
breakfast meeting Friday,
Jan. 8, 2016, at the Westin
on Hutchinson Island.
The meeting fea
tured keynote speaker, Mike
Abrashoff. He is the former
commander of the USS Ben-
fold and author of “It’s Your
Ship.” When Abrashoof
took command of the USS
Benfold, morale was low,
turnover was high and the
ship’s performance ranked
near the bottom of the Pacif
ic Fleet. Just twelve months
later the USS Benfold was
ranked number one, using
the very same crew. The
lesson was clear, leadership
matters and culture is every
thing.
This inspiring talk
was for every individual
and organization looking for
practical and usable ways
to take organizational per
formance to new heights.
In Abrashoff’s case, he re
alized that before the ship’s
performance could change,
he had to change his lead
ership style. He worked to
create a culture of trust and
empower his crew to take
charge and use ingenuity
and initiative to improve ev
ery aspect of the way things
were done.
During the meet
ing, SEDA presented 2015
highlights and installed
2015-2016 officers.
2016 MLK
Observance Day
Celebration Continues
“
MLK Oberservance Day Committee President
Carolyn Blackshear presents Artie Milton with the 2016
MLK Legacy Award for The Arts at the MLK Business and
Community Unity Brunch held Saturday, January 16, 2016
at the International Trade and Convention Center.
For more scenes of the 2016 MLK Observance
Day Activities see page 9. For the listings of the upcoming
MLK Events see calendar on page 8.
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