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Savannah Black Heritage Festival Opens with In-Person Events
“The Festival Lives So Our Legacy Thrives” Theme to Celebrate Black Culture
T he 34th annual
Savannah Black
Heritage Festival (SBHF)
will take place February 1 -
28 in-person with the central
theme, “The Festival Lives So
Our Legacy Thrives.” Com
mitted to emphasizing the im
portance of celebrating Black
culture, the festival will bring
cultural education and expo
sure to the performing and vi
sual arts, as well as, historical
gems and entertainment for all
demographics and interests
throughout the celebration.
“This is a special
year for our festival after a
three-year virtual hiatus, and
since we are honoring West-
ley W. Law’s 100th Birthday
(01/01/1923),” said Festival
Director Teresa-Michelle Jack-
son. “The first Savannah Black
Heritage Festival was held on
August 20, 1988, and origi
nated under the guidance and
Step Afrika! Dance Company
W.W. Law
leadership of the late W.W.
Law and the Association for
the Study of African American
Life and History, with moral
support and general funding
from the City of Savannah.”
Headlining the Gos
pel Explosion is G. Allen Bat
tle and Family Worship. “More
than a singing group, more than
music, Family Worship is a
movement,” said Carolyn Bat
tle, Family Worship soprano
soloist. G. Allen Battle is the
director of the vocal group.
This year’s festival
will also feature the acclaimed
Step Afrika! dance company
that dedicates its performance
style to the African American
Feb. 1
tradition of “stepping.”
The schedule will
include national and regional
musicians, educational pre
sentations, local youth talent,
historic tours, and visual art
exhibitions by international
ly acclaimed and local artists.
The festival will also include
the W.W. Law Lecture series,
dramatic productions, and a
courageous conversation with
a focus on youth and the com
munity.
Presented by Savan
nah State University and the
City of Savannah’s Depart
ment of Cultural Resources, all
festival events and activities
are free of admission and open
to the public thanks to our gen
erous community sponsors and
donors. For up-to-date details
and access to the virtual of
ferings, visit www.savannah-
blackheritagefestival.org or
call 912-358-4309.
Dr. Bonzo Reddick Named
Health Director of the Coastal
Health District
Bonzo Reddick, MD
Public health in
coastal Georgia has a new
leader. Bonzo Reddick, MD,
has been named health director
of the 8-county Coastal Health
District. Dr. Reddick steps into
the public health leadership
role following the retirement
of Dr. Lawton Davis.
Dr. Reddick is no
stranger to the community
health needs of the coastal
area. For the past 5 years, Dr.
Reddick led an outpatient prac
tice at the J.C. Lewis Primary
Health Care Center in Savan
nah, a federally qualified health
center and designated Health
care for the Homeless site. Dr.
Reddick served on the Health
Equity Council for the Georgia
Department of Public Health
and was on the medical advi
sory committees for the Savan
nah public school system and
for the Mayor’s Office during
the height of the COVID-19
pandemic.
Dr. Reddick re
ceived his B.S. degree from
Morehouse College and his
medical degree from More
house School of Medicine.
After graduating from med
ical school in 2002, he left
Georgia for the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
where he completed a family
medicine residency, two fac
ulty development fellowships,
and a master’s degree in public
health. After graduating from
residency in 2005, he practiced
full-spectrum family medicine
- including delivering babies
and inpatient medicine - for 17
years.
Dr. Reddick was
named Top Family Physician
in Savannah by South Maga
zine in 2016 & 2019, and he
was recently named the Fami
ly Physician of the Year by the
Georgia Academy of Family
Physicians for 2021. He has
published numerous articles
in scientific and medical jour
nals, and he recently finished
authoring a book on achieving
health equity.
Dr. Reddick will lead
the Coastal Health District
from offices in Savannah and
Brunswick, overseeing all dis
trict and county public health
programs in Bryan, Camden,
Chatham, Effingham, Glynn,
Liberty, Long, and McIntosh
Counties.
100th Anniversary of ^
W.W. Law’s Birthday!
January 1, 1923
I LA Local 1414 Installation of Officer Ceremony Held
Judge Stokes shown with ILA Local 1414 Officers and Board of Directors
International Long
shoremen’s Association Local
1414 held their installation
of officers ceremony Satur
day, January 21, 2023 in the
“Joe White Room” of the lo
cal building at 221 N. Lathrop
Ave.
Mistress of Ceremo
ny for the occasion was Ms.
Donna Williams, MHRM D.
Williams Consulting, LLC.
Chaplin, ILA Local 1414 Pas
tor Quentin J. Morris, Sr. deliv
ered the prayer.
International Exec
utive Vice President Willie
Seymore delivered remarks,
acknowledging this slate of
officers as the youngest in ILA
1414 history.
Greetings were pre
sented by Brother John Wil
liams, District Representative,
South Atlantic and Gulf Coast
District ILA; The Honorable
Edna Branch Jackson, State
Representative District 165;
and The Honorable Chester
A. Ellis Chairman of Chatham
County Board of Commission
ers. Musical selections were
presented by One Sound Band
with Laiken Love.
The Honorable Tam
my Cox Stokes, Judge Cha
tham County Superior Court,
Eastern Judicial Circuit ad
ministered the oath of officers.
They are as follows: President,
Bro. Paul W. Mosley, Sr.; Vice
President Bro. Jamie Muham
mad; Recording Secretary Bro.
Brandon Baxter; Financial
Secretary Bro. Willie Robin
son, Jr.; Business Agents Bro.
Decy-O McDuffie and Bro.
Derrick Wright, Sergeant-At-
Arms, Bro. James Joohnson,
Jr., Chaplain Minister Quentin
J. Morris, Sr.
Colonial Group, Inc. Makes Historic Donation To United Way Of
The Coastal Empire
Savannah-based Co
lonial Group Inc., a fourth-gen
eration family-owned business
that celebrated its 100th anni
versary in 2021, accounted for
more than half a million dol
lars in pledges during United
Way of the Coastal Empire’s
traditional fall workplace cam
paign. The company matched
the employee donation pledges
dollar for dollar, with the final
total equaling $552,000, the
largest contribution in its 84-
year history of giving to United
Way.
“Colonial Group is
proud to stand with our more
than 2,000 employees to im
prove lives in our communi
ty through the vital work of
United Way of the Coastal
Empire. We’ve been a part of
the Savannah business com
munity for over a century now,
and corporate responsibility
and community-building have
been part of our story since
the beginning,” said Christian
Demere, president and CEO of
Colonial Group.
Colonial Group is the
parent firm of multiple subsid
iary divisions across multiple
states. Those divisions oper
ate in a wide range of energy,
technology, and port-related
sectors, including: wholesale
petroleum marketing; liquid
and dry bulk terminal storage
and services; fuel and lubri
cant distribution and services;
marine bunkering service; na
tional gas storage, marketing
and distribution; retail fuel and
convenience markets operating
as Enmarket; industrial and
chemical supply and distribu
tion; yacht maintenance, repair
and refitting; water treatment;
and specialty chemicals.
Continued on Page 9
ROBERT E. JAMES
Presided Since
Decern^ 1971
CARVER
STATE BANK
est. Feb, 23, 1927
95 Years of Service, Leadership and Success!
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