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Sens. Ossoff, Warnock Delivering Upgrades to Chatham
County Emergency Management Center
Sen. Jon Ossoff Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock
U .S. Senators
Jon Ossoff
and Rev
erend Raphael Warnock are
delivering new resources to
strengthen public safety across
Coastal Georgia.
Working together.
Sens. Ossoff and Warnock
secured bipartisan support in
Congress to help Chatham
County open a new emergency
operations center.
The future center
will support coordinated and
centralized response opera
tions by bringing local law en
forcement, local officials, and
emergency personnel together
to ensure residents get the sup
port they need during an emer
gency.
“When stonns, di
sasters, or threats to public
safety threaten Coastal Geor
gia, crisis management is key.
That’s why Senator Warnock
and I are upgrading Chatham
County’s Emergency Manage
ment Center to coordinate first
responders, law enforcement,
and disaster response officials
to keep families throughout
the region safe and informed,”
Sen. Ossoff said.
“As a native of
Coastal Georgia, I understand
the importance of ensuring ro
bust preparedness in the face
of extreme weather that can
destroy communities and pose
risks to public safety,” said
Senator Reverend Raphael
Warnock. “This newest invest
ment in resources and upgrades
for Chatham County’s Emer
gency Management Center will
help keep our friends, families,
and first responders informed
and equipped when confronted
with crises.”
“We are grateful to
Senators Ossoff and Warnock
for their cooperation in secur
ing funding for our new public
safety building. This building
will not only be the new home
of our E911 Communications
Center, it will also house the
Emergency Operations Center
(EOC) where our emergency
management team will work to
keep our county safe in a disas
ter,” said Chairman Chester A.
Ellis.
“This investment in
our community’s emergen
cy response facilities is a ga-
mechanger for our ability to
weather any stonn that may
come our way,” said Mayor
Van R. Johnson, II. “We are
thankful to our Senators, Jon
Ossoff and Rev. Raphael War
nock, for their tireless advo
cacy for Savannah and all of
Coastal Georgia.”
Sens. Ossoff and
Warnock secured $1,200,000
for the project with bipartisan
support in last year’s govern
ment funding package.
Shirley B. James Receives Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award
L-R: Senator Sally Harrell (SD 40); Representative Anne Allen-Westbrook (HD 163); Shirley B. James;
Representative Edna Jackson (HD 165); Representative Kimberly Alexander (HD 66)
Savannah Tribune Nikki T. Randall Servant Lead- of the Georgia Legislature on to women who have provided
Publisher Shirley B. James ership Award at the Yellow International Women’s Obser- community services in their
was among 32 women in the Rose Ceremony by the Georgia vance Day, March 8th. This district that are not affiliated
state of Georgia awarded the Women’s Legislative Caucus prestigious award is presented with a political party.
Savannah Branch NAACPTo Celebrate Women’s History Month
The Savannah
Branch NAACP will close out
Women’s History Month by
honoring women who have
made history in public educa
tion in the 21st Century during
its March Mass Meeting.
Dr. Ann Levett, Sa-
vannah-Chatham County Pub
lic School Superintendent, will
be honored for her contribu
tions to advancing public edu
cation in Savannah. Dr. Levett,
who has announced her plans
to retire in June, will outline
the challenges ahead and her
plans for the future.
The women who
serve on the School Board
have also been invited to share
their thoughts on the challeng
es ahead.
This Mass Meeting
will be held on Sunday, March
26th, 4 PM at First Tabernacle
Baptist Church, located at 310
Alice Street, between Mont
gomery and Jefferson Streets.
Pastor Andre J. Osborne is the
Senior Pastor.
This Women’s Histo
ry Month Celebration is open
and the public is encouraged to
attend.
For more information
call the Branch office at 912-
233-4161.
Dr. Ann Levett
SAVANNAH
MUSIC
FESTIVAL
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH:
Dr. Annette K. Brock,
A Historians Historian
A Tribute by Vaughnette Goode-Walker,
Director, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum
Dr. Annette Brock is
a “Historians Historian” and
I had an opportunity to work
with her while consulting at
the King-Tisdell Cottage. It
was there I observed her care
fully plan the future of both the
King-Tisdell Cottage and the
Beach Institute African-Amer
ican Cultural Center. It was un
der her watch as the King-Tis
dell Cottage Foundation Board
Chair. With the backdrop of the
Board Room at the Beach Insti
tute, she made it look effortless
as she planned with the Foun
dation Board of Directors. I
was listening and learning from
her as Chair of the King-Tis
dell Cottage Foundation Board
as she and her Board directed
the path to reopen the King -
Tisdell Cottage as Museum
founder Westley Wallace Law
intended its renewal.
Dr. Brock and her
Board produced endless cultur
al events at the Beach Institute
African-American Cultural
Center. From the Savannah
Black Heritage Festival’s Art
Exhibit openings to the Teddy
Adams Jazz sets and the annu
al Fashion Show. As Founda
tion Chair, Dr. Brock created a
“cultural” buzz in this town ev
ery year with the Annual Gala.
It became the “who’s who”
in Savannah event everyone
looked forward to each Fall —
complete with a very special
Award Ceremony to thank the
recipients for their work in the
community. The Awards were
presented in the following cat
egories:
• The Leopold Adler, II
Historic Preservation
Award
• King-Tisdell Cottage Arts
Award
• Beach Institute Education
Award
• Reverend James M. Simms
Public Service Award
• W.W. Law Legacy Award
In 2016, the Beach
Institute African-American
Cultural Center was among
the 12 individuals and organi
zations across the state select
ed to receive the Governor’s
Award for the Arts and Human
ities. Again, it was the directed
leadership of Dr. Brock and her
board who would be on the re
ceiving end of this honor.
The Beach Institute,
established in 1867 by the
Freedmen’s Bureau and the
American Missionary Associ
ation was the first school built
in Savannah for Blacks during
the Reconstruction Era. One
of its first acquisitions when
it opened in the 1990s was the
masterworks of carver Ulysses
Davis’ series of 40 wood busts
of American Presidents up to
George H. W. Bush. The Ul
ysses Davis Collection is today
among the institution’s most
important works of art. During
Dr. Brock’s tenure as Board
Chair, in 2013, the Jimmy Car
ter Library and Museum, in At
lanta, reached out to arrange a
showing of the “Presidents of
the United States” carved by
Mr. Davis. The arrangements
were made and the “Presi
dents” were carefully packed
and taken to Atlanta to be on
Dr. Annette K. Brock
view at the Carter Center.
Special vitrines were made to
display them. Once the exhibit
ended, a special Thank You let
ter was penned to Dr. Annette
Brock from President Carter
thanking her and the Board of
Directors for making the ex
hibit of Davis’ work possible.
Here is an excerpt from the let
ter where Mr. Carter references
the bust Ulysses Davis crafted
in his image:
“Rosalynn had the
pleasure of meeting Mr. and
Mrs. Davis at the Library of
Congress in 1978 when he
presented her with the bust
that is now on display as part
of the Carter Library’s exhi
bition. We also had one of the
last opportunities to meet Mr.
Davis here at the Carter Li-
brary when that bust was on
display in the museum in 1990.
As a fellow woodworker, I can
appreciate the craftsmanship
and appeal of these masterful
woodcuttings by Mr. Davis
that are prized in the state of
Georgia and across the nation.
Through this exhibition, you
have shared a body of work
that will bring enjoyment,edu
cation, and a renewed sense of
patriotism to thousands of our
museum visitors. ”
Dr. Brock is the His
torians Historian because she
continues in the tradition of
Westley Wallace Law, civ
il rights leader, historian and
preservationist. She often
shared stories about his work
in the Museums and his friend
ship. While working at the
King- Tisdell Cottage, among
its collection were Black His
tory radio scripts written by Dr.
Brock. With her permission,
one is now part of an exhibit
in the third Museum found
ed by Law, the Ralph Mark
Gilbert Civil Rights Museum.
The exhibit tells the history of
West Broad Street. Dr. Brock’s
script tells the story of Sol C.
Johnson, the publisher of The
Savannah Tribune when his
office, like The Savannah
Tribune today, was on West
Broad Street now Martin Lu
ther King, Junior Boulevard.
“Sol C. Johnson
came to Savannah with his
family from Laurel Hill, South
Carolina. He received his
only formal education at the
West Broad Street Elementary
School and learned the printer
trade working at the Savannah
Echo.
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