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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia
Announces New Board Members
Dr. Bonzo Reddick, Coastal District Health
Director To Speak At Savannah Branch NAACP
July Mass Meeting
The League of Wom
en Voters of Coastal Georgia, a
nonprofit, nonpartisan organi
zation that works to protect and
expand voting rights, approved
a new slate of board members
at its recent annual meeting.
The new Executive Officers
and Committee Chairs include:
• President: Chassidy Malloy
Vice President: Devon Spiva
• Immediate Past President:
Nina Altschiller
• Secretary: Patty McIntosh
• Treasurer: Eileen Matajasik
• Parliamentarian: Maria Justus
• Communications Chair:
Nancy Fullbright
• Voter Engagement & Regis
tration Chair: Meka Simmons
• Get Out The Vote Chair:
Amanda Hollowell
• Forums Chair: Kerri McGinty
Education and Programs Chair:
Betsy McCullar
• Membership Services Chair:
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President: Chassidy Malloy
Jamie Smith Arkins
• Issues & Advocacy Chair:
Andrea Silverman
• Student Liaison Coordinator:
Harrison Tran
At Large: Sheila Grossman,
The Skidaway Abigails
The League of Wom
en Voters is devoted to pro
tecting the right to vote for all
voters, and as such, this board
needs to be reflective of our
coastal community,” said Pres
ident Chassidy Malloy. “I’m
thrilled that the 2023-2024
League of Women Voters of
Coastal Georgia has the young
est and most diverse board in
our League’s history. It is our
desire to influence our commu
nity to vote in each and every
election.”
The 101-year old
League of Women Voters has
been called the most respect
ed and influential grassroots
organization in the country.
Membership is open to men
and women of all ages. Learn
more at LWVCGA.org or the
League’s Facebook page.
Dr. Bonzo Reddick
will share his vision and pres
ent some of the initiatives he
has put in place since becom
ing Director of the eight-coun
ty Coastal District at the Sa
vannah Branch NAACP July
Mass Meeting. He will also
talk about “the path to achiev
ing health equity”, and given
time, will take questions from
the audience.
The meeting will be
held on Sunday, July 23,4 PM,
at host St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Church, located at 1401 Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boulevard in
Savannah, with Rector, The
Rev. Father Guillermo A. Ar-
boleda and Presider, the Rev.
Ella Roundtree-Davis, Deacon.
Dr. Reddick is a na
tive Savannahian and a 2002
graduate of Morehouse School
Dr. Bonzo Reddick
of Medicine. He completed
a family medicine residency
and a master’s degree in pub
lic health at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Reddick returned to the
Savannah area nine years ago
to practice primary care and
teach Family Medicine. He has
been recognized with 16 teach
ing awards and was named the
state of Georgia’s Family Phy
sician of the Year by the Geor
gia Academy of Family Physi
cians in 2021. He has published
numerous articles in scientific
and medical journals and has
recently finished authoring a
book on achieving health equi
ty-
This Mass Meeting is
open and the public is encour
aged to attend.
For more information
call the Branch office at 912-
233-4161.
Virtual Campaign Launch for Ni’Aisha Banks
Alderman Purtee to Host Southside Area Town
Hall on July 25
Chatham County and Savan
nah residents:
Join us online for the
virtual kickoff and fundrais
ing event for this grassroots,
people powered campaign
launch! During this event you
will meet and get to know
:andidate, Ni’Aisha Banks,
familiarize and engage with
ner plan to elevate District 2
ind all of Chatham County to
new heights, learn steps to ac-
:ess vital resources, and cele-
nrate our thriving community.
We encourage you to invest in
:he future of our community
ind bet on us. Please prepare
Ni’Aisha Banks
to participate in this informa
tional and fundraising kickoff
by registering at https://www.
mobilize ,us/niaisha4chatham/
event/571111/. Come party for
a purpose!
Please visit our web
site https://www.Niaisha4Cha-
The Hearst Foundations
Awards Union Mission with
$100,000 Grant to Support
Emergency Housing Programs
for Men, Women and Children
The William Ran
dolph Hearst Foundation
awarded a $100,000 grant
to support Union Mission’s
Emergency Housing Programs
for men at Grace House, wom
en & children at the Don &
Kaye Kole Magdalene House,
and unaccompanied women at
Parker’s House.
Through the Emer
gency Housing Programs,
Union Mission is able to pro
vide clients with a 90-day
housing program that includes
individualized case manage
ment and access to an array
of comprehensive supportive
services that work to address
clients’ medical, mental health,
transportation and employment
needs in order to help them
permanently end their home
lessness. Last year, Union Mis
sion programs achieved the
following:
Grace House for
Men provides 72 total beds; 32
emergency beds as well as 28
transitional housing units for
graduates of the Emergency
Housing Program, and 12-beds
for previously incarcerated in
dividuals to promote success
ful transitions to their com
munity. Union Mission served
229 men with 78% of program
exits were to stable housing.
Magdalene House supports 20
women and children through 6
emergency housing suites and
supportive services to help the
fastest growing population of
homeless individuals obtain
safe, stable housing. Union
Mission served 25 women &
101 children with 97% of pro
gram exits were to stable hous
ing.
Parkers House, a 32-
bed facility is the only Emer
gency Housing Program along
the 1-95 corridor from Florida
to South Carolina dedicated
solely to unaccompanied wom
en experiencing homelessness.
In the first 10 months of oper
ation, Union Mission served
185 women, exceeding expec
tations of serving 100 women
annually.
“We are honored
and humbled to be supported
by The Hearst Foundations,”
said Michael Traynor, Union
Mission President & CEO.
“These funds will help support
the continued expansion of our
emergency programs that serve
the homeless. Union Mission
has been actively seeking ways
to improve and increase its
services in areas where undu
plicated need has been identi
fied. The Hearst Foundations
will support our efforts as we
partner with people to end their
homelessness.”
Union Mission has
cared for Savannah’s homeless
community for 85 years, offer
ing emergency, transitional and
permanent housing solutions to
those in need. Union Mission
also provides mental health
counseling, food, clothing,
transportation, and job place
ments as part of its comprehen
sive wrap-around supportive
services available to all home
less people in the community.
Learn more about Union Mis
sion and the programs and ser
vices it provides for our com
munity at www.unionmission.
org.
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Savannah Alderman
Kurtis Purtee will hold a town
hall meeting for Southside Area
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Missing You Everyday, Your children, Eva Rowman,
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Lucille Jackson, Harold Williams, Herman Williams,
Rickie Williams, grandchildren, great grandchildren,
family members and friends.
residents on Tuesday, July 25,
at 6 p.m. at the Windsor Forest
Community Center, 414 Briar-
cliff Circle, in Savannah.
This town hall will
provide residents information
on Southside Area updates,
public safety updates, commu
nity center updates and provide
an opportunity for residents to
ask questions.
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