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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Road Improvements Update
Community Discussion
March 23, 2023, 6PM to 7PM
Mosaic Church, 7 Canebrake Rd.
Discussion on road improvements
to Highway 17 @ Derrick Inn Rd.
and Burton Rd.
With 5th District
Commissioner
Tanya Milton
County Manager Michael Kaigler and
Chatham County Engineers will be present to
answer questions
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Georgia AKA Day at the Capitol 2023
(L-R): Jaundalyn Barker and Kimberly Dubois,
Co-Chair and Chairman of the AKA Connection
and Social Action Committee
On February 19th and
20th, 2023, members of the Al
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority, In
corporated® converged upon
Atlanta to participate in the
historic annual session of the
Georgia AKA Day at the Capi
tol. The theme for the occasion
was “Preserving the Promise
of Democracy: Our 30th An
niversary’’. The focus of the
event was to meet with elected
officials to discuss community
advocacy and ways to ensure
that our voices are heard as fu
ture legislation is being consid
ered. A sea of over 300 pink
and green flooded the Capitol.
There were so many attend
ees that the organizers had to
relocate to accommodate the
massive group of participants.
An additional 788 members at
tended virtually.
During the opening
Plenary Session, remarks were
made by the 30th Anniversary
Chairman, member Myeesha
Good. Ms.Good commented
that mental health and mater
nal health are serious matters
for the women of Alpha Kappa
Alpha. The conference should
serve as a call to action, to mo
tivate and launch our advocacy
for the next year. “In order to
make our mark, we must edu
cate ourselves on the issues.’’
N ikema Wiliams,
representing Georgia’s 5th
Congressional District, cen
tered her message around fight
ing to preserve our democracy.
”We must recommit ourselves
to preserving our democra
cy. The fight for democracy is
far from over. AKA’s serve at
all levels of government, in a
system of governance not de
signed for people who look like
us. In fact, we have the largest
congressional delegation ever.
We must be at the forefront of
the fight for police accountabil
ity, equitable funding of our
HBCUs, funding for mental
health and maternal health, and
addressing the generational
wealth gap.’’
Karen Bennett, Geor
gia State House Representative
for District 94, spoke about
working with purpose. ’’Be
purposeful with the Connec
tion and Social Action Com
mittee. Educate ourselves and
others, motivate, and mobilize.
Never underestimate our abil
ity to influence. Voting cannot
be taken for granted, it’s still at
the center. It is the cornerstone
of our democracy. Democracy
is still alive and we must claim
it.’’
The Plenary Session
was followed by a Panel Dis
cussion, “Democracy Can’t
Wait’’. The overarching conver
sation stemmed around “What
is our democracy and how do
we preserve it?” The partici
pants for the panel were: Mod
erator, Judge Sonya Natasha
Brown; Representative Karen
Bennett; Fenika Miller, Depu
ty National Field Director, the
Black Voters Matter Fund; and
Judge Penny Brown Reynolds,
Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Office of Civil Rights, Presi
dent Biden Administration.
The Workshop, “Cri
sis in Black Maternal Health
and the Crisis of Suicide
Amongst Black Youth” was
led by Moderator, Shayla J.
Nealy, Councilmember from
Union City, Georgia. “Men
tal and maternal health are
heart-string subjects. Mental
health is a crisis amongst us.”
Speakers included: Dr. Adri
enne Berry, Psychotherapist/
Counselor; Dr. Sharon Harley,
OB/GYN; Adrian K. Hunter,
Clinical Therapist for Children
and Teens ^Licensed Practi
cal Counselor; and Adriane
Philips, OB/GYN/therapist.
Tiffany Moore Rus
sell, South Atlantic Regional
Conference (SARC) Direc
tor, introduced the Keynote
Speaker, First Vice President,
Charletta Wilson Jacks. Mrs.
Jacks’ call to action was “Blow
the whistle! Democracy is not
a spectator sport. Let’s speak
on it, let’s hear it, and let’s act
on it!” She used poetic repeti
tion to emphasize preserving
the promise of democracy. Her
refrain, “Blow the Whistle”
was repeated throughout her
remarks. Our ancestors fought
hard for our democracy. They
did not remain silent and did
not sit down. They blew the
whistle! Our charge is the
protection of voting rights, to
guard against manipulation by
authoritarian forces, actively
fight for transparency in voter
education, voter protection and
voter empowerment. Preserve
the promise of democracy,
blow the whistle!”
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Friday, March 17th!
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