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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, April 19, 2023
State of Savannah State University Address At
Savannah Branch NAACP Mass Meeting
Savannah State Uni
versity President Kimber
ly Ballard-Washington will
speak at the Savannah Branch
NAACP at its April monthly
General Membership/Mass
Meeting.
The meeting will be
held on Sunday, April 23 at
4 PM at New St. Luke AME
Church, located at 1007 Joe
Street in Savannah, with Pastor
Ronald Hamilton.
Established in 1890,
Savannah State University was
the first public Historically
Black College or University in
Georgia and the first institution
of higher learning in the City
of Savannah.
This Mass Meeting is
open and the public is encour-
Dr. Kimberly
Ballard-Washington
aged to attend.
For more information
call the Branch office at 912-
233-4161.
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Phi Beta Sigma Collegiate Chapter Makes
History at State Conference
Savannah State Uni
versity’s Phi Beta Sigma Fra
ternity, Inc. Chapter, Gamma
Zeta, participated in its Annual
Georgia State Conference held
in Augusta, Georgia, on March
2, 2023, through March 4,
2023.
Gamma Zeta Chapter
shined bright by winning the
State’s Step Show and has gar
nered a spot to compete against
other states on the Fraternity’s
Regional level. According to
officials, Gamma Zeta is the
first school to represent Geor
gia in twenty years. Gamma
Zeta Chapter will compete
against chapters from the Ba
hamas, Florida, Alabama, and
Mississippi to represent the
Southern Region at the Fra
ternity’s Conclave in Houston,
Texas, in July.
In addition, Miss
Georgia Phi Beta Sigma will
be represented by Savannah
State University Student Miss
Mozzie Ellis. Ellis will com
pete at the Fraternity’s region
al Conference, which will be
held in Flo wood, Mississippi.
Ellis will represent the State of
Georgia as its Queen for 2023-
2025. Former Miss Georgia Phi
Beta Sigma and Miss Gamma
Zeta, SSU Alumnae Ty’mesha
Williams crowned Ellis. The
president of the Gamma Zeta
Chapter is Tre’mon Williams.
Phi Beta Sigma Fra
ternity is a historically Afri
can American Greek-lettered
fraternity founded at Howard
University in Washington,
D.C., on January 9, 1914, by
the Honorable A. Fangston
Taylor, Honorable Feonard F.
Morse, and Honorable Charles
I. Brown. The founders wanted
to formulate an organization
that would exemplify the ide
als of brotherhood, scholar
ship, and service. The Tau Beta
Sigma Chapter was founded
in 1933 in Savannah, Georgia.
The Fraternity’s motto is “Cul
ture for Service and Service for
Humanity.’’ For more informa
tion, please visit us at www.
savannahsigmas .com
Chatham County Council on Disability Issues
(SCCDI) Meeting To Be Held
The next Savan-
nah-Chatham County Council
on Disability Issues (SCCDI)
will meet virtually on Mon
day April 24, 2023 from 2:00-
3:30PM.
Our guest speaker
will be Wayne Dawson, Ex
ecutive Director of the Sa-
vannah-Chatham County Fair
Housing Council, Inc. This
meeting is free and open to the
public and SCCDI encourages
Chatham County residents with
a disability to attend and lend
their voice and perspective to
make the City of Savannah and
Chatham County a better place
for those living with a disabili
ty. A separate invitation includ
ing the Zoom link was distrib
uted earlier.
Please contact Wayne
Dawson at SavChatDisabili-
ty@gmail.com if you would
like to be added to the meeting
list to access the online and call
in details. ASF interpreter pro
vided upon request and avail
ability.
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