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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 06, 2019 3
Great Savannah Litter Pickup Day
Wrap (and Rap)
Hundreds of Sa
vannah residents joined
forces to clean up their
neighborhoods on Saturday,
as officials launched the
next phase of an ambitious
litter education campaign
and Police announced a new
initiative to crack down on
litterbugs.
The far-reaching
actions focused on litter
came during the Great Sa
vannah Litter Pickup. More
than 80 civic organizations
participated in the major ef
fort .
“Let’s just make a
real effort not to throw trash
on the ground,” said Mayor
Eddie DeLoach. “Help us
take care of Savannah.”
Bags of litter col
lected during the morning
neighborhood cleanups were
hauled by Sanitation work
ers to Thomas Square, the
site of the Great Savannah
Litter Pickup News Confer
ence. There, Keep Savan
nah Beautiful Chairwoman
LaToya Brannen promoted
a new Adopt a Spot program
intended to encourage year-
round litter cleanups. “We
currently have more than 40
partners working with us in
that effort, but there’s still a
great need for volunteers,”
says Brannen.
Parker’s CEO
Greg Parker, Co-Chairman
of the public-private part
nership Keep Savannah
Clean, unveiled the next
phase of a new anti-lit-
ter campaign designed to
change behavior. The cam
paign features many of Sa
vannah’s shining stars in
TV commercials, billboards,
yard signs, radio and social
media posts. Original art by
Savannah artist Panhandle
Slim will grace billboards,
ads and yard signs, which
will be available to the pub
lic at Parker’s stations, City
Hall and other locations.
Among the stars
is Flau’jae, a 15-year-old
Savannah native who made
it to the quarterfinals of the
television show “America’s
Got Talent.” Flau’jae wrote
and perfonned a 30-second
rap about her pride in Sa
vannah, ending with an em
phatic, “This is MY home.
Don’t trash it.” (https://
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On Thursday, Sa
vannah City Council passed
a new law, called the Clean
Community Ordinance, that
better defines littering, and
sets a fine schedule for those
caught littering.
Savannah Police
will use this new ordinance
to launch a new Police litter
enforcement initiative. Of
ficers will not be redirect
ed off their normal beats to
catch litter bugs. But if an
officer sees someone litter
ing, that officer will use his
or her good judgment and is
sue a citation, if warranted.
Minimum fines are $50 for a
first offense, $75 for second
offense, and $150 for third
offense.
“Littering is
against the law, plain and
simple,” Savannah Police
Chief Roy Minter said. “A
community that tolerates lit
ter sends the signal that other
kinds of criminal behavior is
tolerated here. While educa
tion is important to change
people’s attitude toward
litter, enforcement must be
part of the solution.”
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68th Annual Southern Regional Press
Institute Examines Diversity In The Media
By Marius L. Davis
Continued from Page 1
L-R: Dr. Juliana Trammel, Interim Chair, JMC, Reginald Franklin, Direc
tor, SRPI, Dr. Lisa Paulin, North Carolina Central University, Novella Cross
Holmes, retired professor, Tatia Adams Fox and Traci Adams
Tliis year’s induct
ees included former on-air
radio personality Kenya
Cabine, Savannah Morning
News executive editor Susan
Catron, WSAV anchor and
reporter Kim Gusby, for
mer executive editor of the
Montgomery Adviser Wan
da Lloyd, director of jour
nalism at Clark Atlanta Uni
versity, James McJunkins,
former WTOC sports anchor
Rick Snow, weekly advoca
cy newspaper, The Savan
nah Tribune and Novella
Cross Holmes (retired) and
Reginald Franklin, associate
professors of journalism and
mass communications, SSU.
Both Holmes and Franklin
have served as directors of
the SRPI. Holmes served
for 23 years, and Franklin
has served for the past nine
years.
The Institute
wrapped up on Friday with
the Louise Lautier Owens
and Luetta Colvin Milledge
Awards Luncheon held in the
Savannah Ballroom of the
King Frazier Student Cen
ter at SSU. Savannah native
Tatia Adams Fox, vice presi
dent for global partnerships,
Nickelodeon, keynoted the
luncheon, sharing the great
strides that have occurred
as it relates to diversity in
media, also noting that the
need for more diversity still
exists. Fox was awarded
the Robert S. Abbott Award
for Meritorious Service in
Mass Communications.
Also during the luncheon,
the Wilton C. Scott Award
for Excellence in Scholastic
Journalism was presented to
Dr. Lisa Paulin, professor.
North Carolina Central Uni
versity and the Louis J. Cor-
setti Award for Excellence
in Journalism was presented
to retired professor Novella
Cross Holmes.
Now in its 68th
year, the SRPI is a two-
day mass media conference
primarily for college stu
dents from the Southeast;
however, a few workshops
are also provided for high
school, middle and elemen
tary school students who are
involved in student media.
Founded in 1951, the South
ern Regional Press Institute
is the third oldest scholastic
journalism institute founded
at a historically black col
lege and university (HBCU)
after the establishment of
press associations at Flori
da A&M University (1950)
and Lincoln University,
Missouri (1949). Prior to in
tegration, it played a signifi
cant role in the training and
professional development of
many of the country’s most
renowned African-Ameri
can journalists.
Marius L. Davis
is a 2006 graduate and an
adjunct faculty of the De
partment of Journalism and
Mass Communications at
Savannah State Universi
ty, and a former managing
editor of The Savannah Tri
bune.
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