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Georgia f s Best Weekly
August 23,2017 - August 29, 2017
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Carver Honors Consortium of Doctors
and Citizens Savings President
T he 27th An
nual Con
ference of
the Consortium of Doctors
(COD) was held at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel in Savannah,
Georgia, Thursday, July 20
thru Sunday, July 23, 2017.
This conference brought
many accomplished wom
en and their families from
across the nation to Savan
nah such as COD Director,
Dr. Sylvia Carey-Butler of
the University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh; Co-Director, Dr.
Phyllis Qualls of Antioch,
TN; Dr. Carolyn Baldwin
Tucker of Chicago, IL, leg
endary University of Texas
track and field coach Bev
erly Kearney; as well as Dr.
Deborah Cole, President of
Citizens Savings Bank of
Nashville, TN. Dr. Margue
rite Tiggs Birt of Savannah
served as Conference Chair.
At the request of
Robert James and Dr. Deborah Cole
Dr. Cole, the Directors of Carver’s Skidaway Road
Carver State Bank enter- Branch on July 20.
tained the attendees at a gala After an inspir-
conference opening recep- ing prayer of thanksgiving
tion. The event was held at by Bishop Willie Ferrell of
the Royal Church of Christ,
Carver President Robert E.
James welcomed the attend
ees and said it was a unique
honor for the Carver State
Bank family to participate
in the conference and have
such a distinguished group
of scholars and community
leaders at the bank.
President James
introduced COD Director
Dr. Sylvia Carey-Butler and
presented her with a copy of
the book From “N Word” to
Mr. Mayor by former Sa
vannah Mayor Otis Johnson,
who attended the affair. Dr.
Carey-Butler thanked Pres
ident James and the Carver
Directors for hosting this
spectacular event. She said
it was a pleasure for her, and
her fellow Consortium of
Doctors members, to meet
so many of Savannah’s lead
ers at this event.
Continued on Page 10
Safavieh To Create 200 Jobs and
Invest $60 Million In Savannah
Gov. Nathan Deal
recently announced that Sa
favieh, a manufacturer and
distributor of home goods,
will create 200 jobs and in
vest more than S60 million
in a new Chatham County
distribution facility.
“Georgia’s robust
infrastructure network is
among the best in the coun
try and continues to cultivate
an economic environment
ideal for manufacturing and
distribution companies like
Safavieh,” said Deal. “By
choosing Chatham County,
Safavieh will have access
to the Port of Savannah and
a skilled workforce ready
to serve its broad customer
base quickly and efficiently.
Gov. Nathan Deal
We are pleased to see this
significant investment in the
Savannah area and look for-
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ward to Safavieh’s contin
ued growth in Georgia.”
Safavieh will build
a 1.1 million-square-foot fa
cility at the Savannah River
International Trade Park.
New jobs will include posi
tions in operations.
“The new facili
ty will triple our Savannah
warehouse capacity by the
end of 2018 and will be cus
tomized for rugs and furni
ture,” said Darius Yaraghi,
principal of Safavieh. “We
are pleased that the State
of Georgia and the Geor
gia Ports Authority (GPA)
continue to invest in infra
structure which enables our
expansion and allows us to
create even more quality
jobs in the region.
Continued on Page 10
The Savannah
Community Celebrates
The Life of Dick Gregory
Comedian and
American civil rights ac
tivist Dick Gregory (bom
Richard Claxton Gregory)
passed away of heart failure
at a Washington D.C. hospi
tal on August 19, 2017. He
was 84 years old.
Gregory, a social
critic, writer, entrepreneur,
conspiracy theorist, and oc
casional actor became a pio
neer in stand-up comedy for
his “no-holds-barred” sets,
in which he mocked bigotry
and racism. He performed
primarily to black audienc
es at segregated clubs un
til 1961, when he became
the first black comedian to
successfully cross over to
white audiences, appearing
on television and putting
out comedy record albums.
Gregory was noted for his
political and social activism,
beginning in the civil rights
movement in the 1960s. He
attended the historic 1963
March on Washington.
He was at the fore
front of political activism in
the 1960s, when he protest
ed the Vietnam War and ra
cial injustice. Hunger strikes
were a frequent activist tool
for Gregory. He told Juan
Williams on Talk of the Na
tion that he went without
solid food for two and a half
years to protest the war in
Vietnam.
Gregory ran for
mayor of Chicago in 1967
and ran for president in
1968 under the Freedom and
Peace Party. He was on the
ballot in eight states and got
47,133 votes.
He was also an inspired
health gum, who doled out
advice to many for better
living, including celebrities
like Michael Jackson, whom
he advised during the sing
er’s trial.
He later became
a motivational speaker and
author, primarily promoting
spirituality.
Gregory was mar
ried to his wife Lillian for
more than 50 years and had
10 children.
Savannah/Chatham CASAS Receives Grant to
Benefit More Children in Chatham County
Savannah/Cha
tham CASA of Savannah,
Georgia has been awarded
a SI8,500 advocacy grant
from the National Court Ap
pointed Special Advocate
(CASA) Association. Funds
will be used to help more
abused or neglected children
in Chatham County benefit
from the services of a CASA
volunteer.
Savannah/Cha
tham CASA is one of almost
1,000 CASA and Guardian
ad Litem (GAL) programs
across the country that re
cruit, train and support
76,000 volunteers that help
ensure that children who
have been removed from
their parents’ care receive
appropriate services, have a
voice in determining their
futures and, ultimately, find
a safe, permanent home
where they can thrive.
A child enters the
foster care system every
two minutes, and currently
there are not enough CASA
volunteers to serve every
child. On average, for ev
ery child assigned a CASA
volunteer, two others go it
alone. “The needs of Savan
nah’s children coming into
care are more complicated
than ever before, and life
in foster care can be chaot
ic,” said Suzanne Wisdom
Executive Director. “Every
child deserves the support
of a caring, consistent adult
with the training to help her
or him heal and thrive.”
The federal grant
funds distributed through
National CASA are provid
ed by the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, US Department
of Justice, as authorized
under the Victims of Child
Abuse Act of 1990. They
are awarded through a com
petitive process. In 2016,
National CASA awarded
over S4.4 million in federal
grants.
Savannah/Cha
tham CASA is currently
recruiting and screening
for the next training ses
sion which will begin in
September 2017. For more
information about becom
ing a CASA volunteer or
other ways to get involved
in changing a child’s life,
contact Suzanne Wisdom,
912-447-8908, suzanne@
savannahcasa.org.
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