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10 The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Savannah State University Welcomes Telfair
Museums’ Friends of African American
Arts Exhibit
Exhibition Features Large Variety of Media Celebrating Black Heritage
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United Way Of The Coastal Empire’s Annual
Women Who Rule Event To Honor Kay Ford
As “Woman Of The Year”
Savannah State Uni
versity’s Visual and Perform
ing Arts program is showcasing
a new group exhibition by Tel
fair Museums’ Friends of Af
rican American Arts (FAAA)
with Guest Curator and local
Savannah artist, Betsy Cain.
As part of the Savannah Black
Heritage Festival, the exhibi
tion will run Thursday, Feb.
23 through Monday, May 30 in
the Kennedy Fine Arts Gallery,
located in the Kennedy Fine
Arts Building, 3219 College
St. An opening reception will
be held on Thursday, Feb. 23
at 5:30 p.m.
“We are delighted to
host the many talented FAAA
artists to exhibit on campus
once again,’’ said Professor
Nicholas Silberg, department
chair of Fine Arts, Humanities
and Wellness. “It is a wonder
ful opportunity for our stu
dents and the community to be
able to view the art and interact
with the artists.’’
Telfair Museums’
Friends of African Ameri
can Arts was formed in 2007
with a mandate to raise public
awareness in and to promote
development and understand
ing of art by African Ameri
cans. Over the years, FAAA
has evolved into a vibrant
community of artists, collec
tors and art enthusiasts. This
exhibition features work in a
variety of media — painting,
sculpture, photography and
mixed media — by more than
30 current FAAA members.
Exhibiting artists in
clude Nancy Acosta, Joshua
Alexandar, Tony Artemisia,
Bobby Bagley, Leroy Bolden
Jr., Deneen Broxton-Harrison,
Kayla Bullock, Kimberly Dob
son, Autumn Gary, Tula Gary,
Breonca Heals, Haroun Ho-
mayun, Ashley Inniss, Patrice
Jackson, Olivia Johnson, Ligel
Lambert, Angela Mathis, Cier-
ra Marion, Pamela McLauren,
Steven Ogle, Bri Anna Rich-
” - Bobby Bagley
ards, Kat Robertson, Annissa
Roland, Julia Roland, Wen
dell Smith, Nicholas Seward,
Kathy Varadi, Nichelle Wil-
son-Parish, Brian Woods, Cal
vin Woodum, and Qing Xiang.
The Kennedy Fine
Arts Gallery is free and open
to the public Monday - Friday
from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more
information, contact Professor
Silberg by calling 912-358-
3335 or emailing arts@savan-
nahstate.edu.
“Each year an aver
age of 2,000 individuals/fam
ilies in Bryan, Chatham, Eff
ingham, and Liberty counties
receive support in the form of
gas cards, bus passes, and even
minor car repairs thanks to this
effort,’’ said Cecilia Tran Aran
go. “Over 30 women have vol
unteered their time and talents
for the 2023 Women Who Rule
Committee and I am thankful
for every one of them!’’
Arango is a Certified
Professional Services Market
er and Chief Officer of Fun at
Thomas & Hutton, where she
oversees marketing, commu
nications, culture-building,
and community relations for
Thomas & Hutton’s 10 regions
in Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, and Tennessee.
She currently serves on various
boards including Metropolitan
Savannah Rotary, Park Place
Outreach, First City Pride Cen
ter, Savannah Sports Council,
TEDxSavannah, Society of
Marketing Professional Ser
vices, and Leadership South
east Georgia. She was named
to Georgia Trend’s 40 Under
40 and is an alumnus of Lead
ership Georgia, Leadership
Southeast Georgia, and Lead
ership Savannah. She is an avid
runner with a goal of running
a marathon in each state, a lu-
lulemon Run Ambassador, and
founder of a local running book
club, Read, Run & Rant. She is
also a local actress/performer
with the Bay Street Theatre and
The Collective Face Theatre
Ensemble. In May, Arango will
represent Vietnam in the Sa
vannah Music Festival’s Mu
sical Explorers program geared
toward elementary school chil
dren. Ford and her hus
band, Bob, have three children:
Poppy Brown and Jaime Mill
er, both of whom reside in the
local area and their son, Robert
Ford, who is a Master Sergeant
serving in the US Air Force
currently stationed in Flori-
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da. Together, they have seven
grandchildren.
“This year it is an
honor for us to recognize Kay
Ford. She has worked tire
lessly for this community she
loves and for United Way of
the Coastal Empire specifical
ly over many years. She still
serves on several United Way
committees even today and we
are so grateful for her count
less contributions,’’ said Brynn
Grant, president & CEO, Unit
ed Way of the Coastal Empire.
Grant added, “Ce
cilia Tran Arango’s leadership
as event chair will ensure the
event successfully achieves its
mission to raise much-needed
funds to provide transportation
assistance for women and care
givers while also being a really
fun time for all who attend!’’
Table sponsorships
and tickets are currently avail
able for purchase. For more
information, visit www.uwce.
org/ women whorule.
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Tharros Place to Host Spring Human
Trafficking Stakeholder Meeting
Special Assistant United States Attorney to be Featured Speaker
Tharros Place, a new
nonprofit that will provide ser
vices for survivors of human
trafficking, will host its Spring
Human Trafficking Stake
holder Meeting. This event at
Savannah Technical College,
Eckburg Auditorium (5717
White Bluff Rd.) on Wednes
day, March 15, 2023 from
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. is free and
open to the public and includes
a presentation by Special As
sistant U.S. Attorney Carra
Henderson, networking, and
the option to purchase lunch.
Those interested in learning
more about human trafficking
and collaborating to bring it to
an end are encouraged to at
tend.
Carra Henderson
graduated from the University
of South Carolina in 2005 with
a B.A. in women’s studies.
She then attended the Charles
ton School of Law, where she
obtained her J.D. and was ad
mitted to practice law in 2008.
After serving as a law clerk to
the Honorable Doyet A. Ear
ly, III, Henderson joined the
Fourteenth Circuit Solicitor’s
Carra Henderson
Office in August of 2009. In
2012, she was promoted to the
Career Criminal Unit, which
is responsible for prosecuting
the worst of the worst and most
dangerous repeat offenders in
the Fourteenth Circuit. In 2015,
Carra was transferred to the
U.S. Attorney’s Office to work
as a full-time Special Assistant
United States Attorney (SAU-
S A) on behalf of the Fourteenth
Circuit Solicitor’s Office. As a
SAUSA, Carra prosecutes fed
eral violent crime, narcotics,
and human trafficking cases
stemming from the Fourteenth
Circuit. She also sits on the
law enforcement subcommit
tees of the Tri-County Human
Trafficking Task Force and the
Lowcountry Human Traffick
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Urban Tree
Canopies
The Savannah Col
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gaged in a long-term project to
explore the impact of trees on
the environment, economy, hu
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vides innovative concepts and
solutions that grow and protect
urban forests and help address
tree-equity issues. Based on
this in-depth research, SCAD
has already leapt into action,
planting or donating more than
200 trees in Savannah neigh
borhoods directly affected by
tree inequity.
Under the
guidance of President Wallace
and academic leadership, stu
dents were selected to be part
of a multidisciplinary team in
the university’s Design for
Good course, a design stu
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critical areas: food, shelter,
clothing, and the environment.
Design for Good is a 10-week
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ty’s hometown communities of
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