

Welcome
CEO/PRESIDENT
DR. GENE C. BLUE
From its beginnings in an abandoned jailhouse in Philadelphia, OIC has grown into an organization which serves disadvantaged and under-skilled Americans of all races. Arizona OIC is grateful for the vision and commitment of Rev. Leon Sullivan, as well as the Seven-Point Philosophy. We indeed are “part of the war on poverty” as we realize that people have “unlimited possibility for good, improvability and a right to a good life regardless of his/her color, creed, family background or any circumstances or misfortune of life.” With OIC being an outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement, we are honored to take a lead in planning the Arizona MLK Celebration. We look forward to seeing you all in January. But, more importantly, we encourage your continued support throughout the year. Now more than ever we must stand united in human dignity and equality – as well as equitable – opportunity. OIC has served more than 4 million clients with a placement rate better than 75% in full-time positions. We couldn’t do this without wonderful similarly-missioned organizations. We are thankful for the collaborations that have existed over our 50 years to successfully meet the needs of the community.
Welcome, everyone! Thank you for attending and celebrating with us. Congratulations to all the honorees. Let’s enjoy the evening!
October 21, 2017 Hello Caring Community Leaders, As leaders and community members, you no doubt understand the pressing need to continue to educate, provide necessary training to invest in our workforce and help those who need just a little more guidance through accessible education, career preparation, skills training, and job placement assistance. This is the foundation of the work that Arizona Opportunities Industrialization Center (AzOIC) provides each and every day; to seek to develop the "whole person" with the goal of self-sufficiency. OIC is a joint venture partner of Transdev in Phoenix, making this particular cause one very near and dear to me, as we have worked with them in the community for many years. This year is a very distinctive year, as OIC wants to say a special “thank you” for all the support you have given over the years and we are so happy you are here to celebrate Arizona OIC’s 50th Anniversary through A Special Founders Day Recognition in tribute to Dr. Leona Sullivan. Dr. Gene Blue, CEO/President and his team have truly put their hearts and souls into this amazing organization and given back to the Phoenix community in so many ways throughout the years. Our goal is that you enjoy a truly remarkable evening among friends and colleagues and share OIC’s memories and accomplishments. Thank you for your generosity and time this evening, and for all you do to make our community alive and provide a caring environment where we are all proud to work, live and play.
Most Sincerely,
Ms. Katrina Heineking Regional Vice President, Transdev Services, Inc. Chairperson, OIC 2017 Founders Day Dinner
Transdev Services, Inc. – Southwest Region 1043 E. Sheffield Avenue, Chandler, AZ 85225








A Man Of Courage
Born October 16, 1922, in Charleston, West Virginia, Leon H. Sullivan became a Baptist minister at age 18. He eventually moved to Philadelphia to become pastor of the Zion Baptist Church in 1950. From the pulpit, he could clearly see the needs of his community. Thousands were unemployed and yet thousands of jobs were vacant.
• REV. DR. LEON SULLIVAN • Rev. Sullivan believed that jobs were the key to the economic development and true empowerment of African Americans rather than a dependence upon public assistance.
Sullivan organized 400 other ministers and launched a “selective patronage” campaign whose main purpose was to boycott the Philadelphia-based companies that did not practice equal opportunity in employment. The boycott opened up more than 4,400 jobs to African Americans. Yet, many still needed to be trained and prepared for those jobs. In order to insure that those individuals who got a job possessed the skills to keep the job, Rev. Sullivan founded the very first Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) training center in 1964 in an abandoned jailhouse in North Philadelphia. The dilapidated building was renovated using donations from people in the community and an anonymous grant. The OIC provided job and life skills training and matched its graduates with the employment needs of Philadelphia businesses. The undertaking was a huge success, and the programs were quickly replicated in cities across the United States. In 1969, OIC International was created to provide employment-training services on a global scale based on the OIC philosophy of “self-help.” In 1970, Rev. Sullivan established OIC of America, Inc., to serve as the national headquarters to OIC Affiliates and the technical assistance center for communities replicating the OIC model. Rev. Sullivan graduated from West Virginia State College and the Columbia University Union Theological Seminary in New York City. In addition to holding honorary doctorate degrees from more than 50 colleges and universities, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1992 by President George H. W. Bush – an honor for his “voice of reason for over forty years” and a lifetime of work in helping the economically and socially disadvantaged people in the world. Rev. Sullivan went on to launch an international campaign to reform apartheid in South Africa, developing the Sullivan Principles, a code of conduct for human rights and equal opportunity for companies operating in South Africa. In the late 1990s, Reverend Sullivan brought world and business leaders together to expand the successful Sullivan Principles into the Global Sullivan Principles of Social Responsibility. The aim of the Global Sullivan Principles was to improve human rights, social justice and economic fairness in every country throughout the world. His book, Build Brother Build, details the birth and development of OIC. It also is he philosophy by which he governed his life. A man of courage and a servant of the people, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan devoted his life to the well being of others. He passed away on April 24, 2001.
Sponsors& Supporters FOUNDER’S DAY
LEGACY SPONSOR
LEADERSHIP SPONSORS
HUMANITARIAN SPONSORS
TABLE SPONSORS Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Arizona Informant AZ Facts of Life City of Phoenix Public Works Greater Phoenix Urban League Maricopa County NAACP NAACP Arizona State Conference Quarles & Brady South Phoenix Baptist Church
Southwest Gas Torres International, LLC AZ OIC Alumni Thunderbird Legacy Transdev Valle Del Sol Wright Boys Trucking Blue Family Cummins Sales & Services CCBG Architects, Inc.
Thank you!


Program FOUNDER’S DAY
Hyatt Regency Phoenix
Procession of Honorees Music: “We Have Come This Far by Faith” Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Choir Presentation of the Colors Honor Guard South Mountain High School R.O.T.C. National Anthem Black National Anthem TreJa Vu Invocation Rev. Isaac Pitre Pastor, Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Master of Ceremonies Ron Williams Performance Management Consulting Service, LLC Welcome & Recognition of Special Guest Dr. Herman Walker AZOIC Board of Directors Chair Remarks Mayor Greg Stanton City of Phoenix Cloves Campbell Jr. Executive Director Arizona Commission of African American Affairs Leah Landrum Taylor Assistant Director Department of Economic Security
Saturday, October 21, 2017 Video Presentation “Say Brother” “The Man, The Mission, The Message” Dr. Julie Sullivan Detheridge ASU Global Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development Arizona State University, Tempe Music Presentation Antioch Missionary Baptist Church Choir
Dinner Music by TreJa Vu
Awards Presentations Jewels in The Crown of AZOIC Golden Circle OIC of Yesterday Legacy Rep/Slide Show Remarks Katrina Heineking Dinner Chair Closing Remarks Dr. Gene C. Blue AZOIC President/CEO Benediction Rev. James Harris
Celebrating
Master of Ceremonies Ronnie “Ron” Williams is well-known locally and nationally for his business and community efforts. Once named one of 100 Influential People of Minority Economic Development in the U.S. by Minority Business News USA, Ron has effectively run three different Statewide Business Development Agencies in Arizona. He is a proud Desert Storm / Desert Shield Era Military Veteran. He also is a successful, restaurateur and entrepreneur doing business in a variety of markets. After serving six years as the president/ CEO of PSMSDC (formerly the Grand Canyon Minority Supplier Development Council, March 2004-May 2010) overseeing minority business development and certification in the state of Arizona, Ron became owner/president of Contacts to Contracts in June 2010 (a “verified” Serviced Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, which is also SBE, DBE, Airport Concession DBE Certified with the City of Phoenix). In December 2010, he became owner/managing partner of Performance Management Consulting Services (owner/operator of The Refuge Coffee Food & Wine Restaurant at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Ron possesses more than 38 years of military and private sector business experience and assisted companies in winning more than $100 billion.
Guest Speaker Julia Sullivan-Detheridge is an educator, author and humanitarian in the civil rights tradition of her late father, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan. Julie received her master’s in journalism from Temple University and her doctorate in international development with a concentration in public health from Tulane University. She is the prior president of the International Foundation for Education and Self-Help, a nonprofit that has worked in more than 20 African nations to eradicate poverty, disease and inequity at the community level. She is the author of Against the Tide (endorsed by Pulitzer Prize winning biographer and historian, David Levering Lewis), a biography of her maternal great-grandfather, a steamboat owner and captain who worked in the Tidewater region of Eastern Virginia, during the turbulent Jim Crow era. Julie is the recipient of numerous international and national awards, including the 2008 Yunus Award, which recognized her for “creating replicable, feasible, innovative solutions toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.” In 2013. she was recognized by the Arizona Historical Advisory Commission Centennial Legacy Project, “honored as one of 48 exceptional women whose vision, leadership and philanthropy are transforming communities for the better throughout Arizona and beyond.” She is a faculty member at the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University where she teachers culture and health and healthcare ethics and the law. In June, 2017, she was the featured keynote speaker at the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference’s annual convention in Philadelphia. She is happily married to Alan Detheridge, who is from the UK and together they have six children.
Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch’d, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
James Weldon Johnson, Words John Rosamond Johnson, Music
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Lift ev'ry voice and sing, till earth and Heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the list'ning skies, Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed? We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered; Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou Who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee. Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land.


Celebrating
Jewels in the Crown
GIVING THANKS TO ALUMNI WHO CARE! THE SUCCESS OF AZOIC COMES FROM THOSE HELPING US TO HELP OTHERS HELP THEMSELVES Hon. Calvin C. Goode Sr. Hon. Michael E. Johnson Rev. Robert Nesby Jr. Rev. Dr. Warren Stewart Chief Jeri Williams Hon. Daniel Valenzuela
Calvin C. Goode Sr., was elected to the Phoenix City Council in 1972, serving 22 years. He was the longest serving council person in the City’s history and served as vice mayor in 1974 and 1984. Mr. Goode often was called the “Conscience of the Council” because he raised questions and pushed for improvement in neglected areas of the community. While serving on the Phoenix City Council he played an instrumental role in passing an ordinance that made it illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis on race, physical disability or sexual orientation. As board chair for Tanner Properties, Mr. Goode was an advocate for affordable housing options to seniors ensuring more than 550 units were available to elderly and disable persons. Mr. Goode worked 30 years for Phoenix Union High School District advocating for quality education. His work also included: founding member of Booker T. Washington Child Development Center (1967), which provides a quality preschool program educating children of low income families; Phoenix Elementary School board and Phoenix LEAP Commission chair to improve education and job training opportunities for underprivileged. In 1945, Mr. Goode graduated from George Washington Carver High School (established in 1926 as a segregated school for African Americans in Phoenix). An Arizona court ruled school segregation unconstitutional in 1953, and Carver closed its doors. Since 1986, Mr. Goode has worked to restore Carver as museum and cultural center as a part of the Carver Monarchs Association. Michael E. Johnson is a local community leader who believes that the elements of collaborative leadership and hard work are an unbeatable combination. He was appointed to The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency Board in 2017 by The Honorable Governor Doug Ducey. Mr. Johnson is a former founding partner at Johnson-Neely Public Strategies. He also served on Phoenix City Council for three consecutive terms, from 2002 to 2013 prior to terming out. Johnson has expert experience in law enforcement and public safety after more than 21 years of service in the Phoenix Police Department. He was honored as Detective of the Year in 1992, and retired in 1995 as a homicide investigator. Mr. Johnson’s background also includes entrepreneurship. When he briefly joined the private sector in 1996 after opening Nkosi, Inc. – a security and investigation firm – where he served as president and chief executive officer until he began his first term in public office. A prostate cancer survivor, Mr. Johnson has served as an advocate for prostate cancer awareness.
Hon. Calvin C. Goode Sr.
Hon. Michael E. Johnson
Genius is seldom recognized during livelihood, and yet all too often is memorialized when gone. It was in 1965 that the multi-gifted Rev. Robert Nathaniel Nesby, Jr., was installed as pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church. He graduated from Colgate Rochester Divinity School and Arizona State University with masters in divinity and philosophy. Rev. Nesby was skilled as a soloist, speaker, artist, educator, administrator and photographer. Upon entering into the pastorate, the church was heavily burdened with debt and spiritual instability. He brought again the “Common Unity of Spirit,” personally visiting each family. The Children’s Sermon became a part of the church services, and The Women’s Department was established. An early 8:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service was inaugurated along with the founding of the Church Directory. The New Creation Choir, the Mini Buses, Communion Fellowship Circle, the Flower Guild, the Scholarship Committee, and the erection of a $954,000 non-profit apartment unit – the Broadway House Apartments. Active with Arizona OIC as a policy board member, he worked diligently to expand its growth and impact in the Valley of the Sun. During his tenure, the “vision of service” gained much emphasis and the process of securing a permanent home became reality. Arizona OIC is forever grateful for Rev. Nesby’s time and talent. Rev. Dr. Warren H. Stewart, Sr., is senior pastor of First Institutional Baptist Church of Phoenix, Arizona, and has served since July 1, 1977. Dr. Stewart's ministry is characterized by an unwavering commitment and Spirit-filled zeal to engage in Evangelism and Emancipation, meeting the needs of the whole person. He has traveled and preached extensively throughout the United States and internationally (51 countries), including a mission, sponsored by the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., to several African countries. He attended the First African/African-American Summit in 1991 in West Africa convened by the late Dr. Leon H. Sullivan. A new church edifice and parsonage was built for the FIBC of Soweto, Republic of South Africa. FIBC established FIBCO Family Services, Inc., Samaritan House for Homeless Families, Ujima House for Unwed Teenage Mothers and their Infants, and sponsors the Broadway House low-income housing complex and several residential homes for the seriously mentally ill, all of which provide social services to thousands monthly. Dr. Stewart served as the first general chair for Arizonans for a Martin Luther King, Jr., State Holiday, which contributed significantly to its legislative passage September 21, 1989. Dr. Stewart also organized and led Victory Together, Inc. – a broad-based coalition that campaigned for an MLK/Civil Rights Day in Arizona – which was won by a historic vote in the general election on November 3, 1992. Dr. Stewart is recognized by others as "a man of conscience, commitment and dedication to the cause of moral leadership, human rights and a soldier of justice and equality." In 2011, he organized an exploratory committee for the open U.S. Senate from Arizona in 2012. From 2012-2014, he served as chair of National Immigration Forum and co-organized the Black/Brown Coalition of Arizona. He was drafted and ran for the Phoenix City Council-District 8 seat in 2013.
Rev. Robert Nesby Jr.
Rev. Dr. Warren H. Stewart


Appointed chief of the Phoenix Police Department on Oct. 28, 2016, Jeri L. Williams oversees the largest police department in Arizona and responsible for providing law enforcement services to the fifth largest U.S. city. Chief Williams’ staff is nearly 2,900 police officers and 900 civilian employees, and she manages an annual operating budget that exceeds $600 million. From 2011 to 2016, she served as chief for Oxnard, California, where she managed with a focus on community-based policing; oversaw the implementation of police body cameras; coordinated training on use of force, legal issues and technology topics for more than 300 California law enforcement agencies; and guided the department during several high-profile events and large-scale community protests. Prior to that, Chief Williams served 22 years with the Phoenix Police Department. She retired as an assistant police chief, having rose quickly through the ranks. where she managed some 1,000 employees. Chief Williams is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police. She was honored as one of the state’s 48 Most Intriguing Women by the Arizona Centennial Legacy Project. In 2016, she was recognized as California Assembly District 44 Woman of the Year, and President Obama appointed her to a membership position on the Medal of Valor Review Board. Chief Williams holds a bachelor’s in fine arts (ASU) and a master’s in education (NAU). Daniel Valenzuela began his tenure on the Phoenix City Council in 2012. He was re-elected to his second term August 2015. Committed to keeping families safe, strengthening economy, and improving neighborhoods, Councilman Valenzuela proudly represents District 5 (west and central Phoenix). He currently chairs the Downtown, Aviation, Economy and Innovation Subcommittee and serves as a member on: Sustainability, Housing, Efficiency and Neighborhoods; Parks, Arts, Education and Equality and Transportation and Infrastructure. In 2015, the Councilman was appointed to he Arizona League of Cities and Towns Executive Committee. He also was appointed to the National League of Cities 2017 Community and Economic Development federal advocacy committee. A Valley firefighter, Councilman Valenzuela has dedicated his life to public safety and fights for fair share of funds. He understands the need to support existing businesses, attract new businesses, and build an environment where entrepreneurs and top talent in technology and innovation can flourish. Councilman Valenzuela understands a city cannot flourish unless its neighborhoods are strong, and attends neighborhood meetings, assists in block watch formation, and ensures City departments respond to neighborhood concerns. His mission is access to healthy, affordable food to protecting the environment. Councilman Valenzuela serves on boards for: Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services; StartUpAZ Foundation; Co+Hoots Foundation; Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Phoenix and Central Arizona; and BUILD Arizona, which ensures children enter school with the ability to read at grade level. The Councilman represents the City on the Western Maricopa County Coalition, which focuses on promoting economic development in the west valley; and the Valley of the Sun United Way Ending Hunger Leadership Council.
Chief Jeri Williams
Hon. Daniel Valenzuela
Celebrating
Golden Circle
MEET A CIRCLE OF SUPPORTERS WHO HAVE COME FORTH AS PURE GOLD
Rev. Dr. Henry Barnwell Judge Elizabeth “Ellie” Finn Mr. Howard Shannon Dr. Herman Walker L. Nelson “Nels” Umble Opal Ellis NOT PICTURED
Mr. Edward Hightower Sid Goodman Jr.
Rev. Dr. Henry Barnwell served more than 40 years as pastor of First New Life Missionary Baptist Church in Phoenix. Throughout his life, he continued to dedicate his time as an advocate of human and civil rights to the less fortunate, a commitment that began in 1955. Working with the Arizona Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Committee, he worked tirelessly to ensure the legacy of Dr. King would be remembered through an Arizona State Holiday honoring Dr. King’s legacy and the Civil Rights Movement. He also ensured scholarships to the community inner-city youth. Professor Emeritus Barnwell has served as Chaplain to incarcerated youth, helping young men create a better future for themselves. He was elected President of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in the late 1970s, the recipient of the Presidential Volunteer of the Year Award for 2007. Invited to serve on the Arizona OIC Broad of Directors in 1979, Bishop Barnwell chaired the Faith Community Committee. Judge Elizabeth "Ellie" Finn, presiding city judge of Glendale, is a dynamic an enthusiastic leader who comprehends the judicial system and need for competence and perseverance to achieve excellence in the administration of judicial proceedings. Also an accomplished writer and a sound, she is committed, community oriented individual. Judge Finn has successfully authored Arizona Statutes
which have resulted in reducing the amount of nonrequired work in the courts. She was the main author of the Benchbook, which standardized policies for judges and staff in handling protective orders. Additionally, she has represented the Arizona Supreme Court with DPS in facilitating the entry of all Arizona orders entered into the National Criminal Information Computer and has been responsible for revising Court forms for compliance with the law and conducting training for judges, pro tem judges and staff on new procedures. She was the first Judge at her Court to obtain a computer while serving as judge with the City of Phoenix. The recipient of numerous awards and honors, Judge Finn became a member of the Arizona OIC Board of Directors in 1976. Mr. Howard Shannon, after service in the U.S. Navy, obtained a B.S. degree in Commerce and Economics from the University of Vermont in 1952. From 1952 through 1970, he worked for General Electric Company with the Financial Training Program, was Manager of Cost Accounting, served as an Auditor, and also Manager of Financial Planning. In 1970, Mr. Shannon went to work for Honeywell, Inc, as Manager of Financial Planning and Controller. He has been an arbitrator for NASD (since 1989) and has served as treasurer of RFB&D Board (since 1997). Mr. Howard Shannon joined the Arizona OIC Board of Directors in June of 1972.
Rev. Dr. Henry Barnwell • Judge Ellie Finn • Mr. Howard Shannon
Dr. Herman Walker Dr. Herman Walker received his B.S. degree from Tuskegee Institute, B.A. from University of Puget Sound and his Ph.D. in education administration from Claremont Graduate School. He has served in the U.S. Army, was a professional buyer for Boeing Aircraft Company, consultant for Control Systems Research, Inc., director of financial aid/placement and counselor, as well as summer school dean at Lassen College. Dr. Walker retired from Scottsdale Community College, where he had served as dean of student personnel services. He is the author of How to Adopt Educational Innovations. Dr. Walker is a past president of the Scottsdale Kiwanis Service Organization; past president of the Phoenix Tuskegee Alumni Club (for which he now serves as the Western Region Director); served as a member of the Governor’s African American Advisory Group; member of the Human Services Coordinating Committee of the Maricopa Association of Governments; and past president of the Arizona Association of Community College Student Services Personnel Administrators. He currently serves on the OICs of America National Board. Dr. Walker joined the Arizona OIC Board of Directors in June of 1977 and currently serves as Board Chair. L. Nelson “Nels” Umble has volunteered with OIC for more than 40 years, serving first as an advisor to Jim Brewer, executive director of the Detroit OIC, where he represented the corporate staff of The Bendix Corporation.
L. Nelson Umble He has remarked with fondness: “The Rev./Dr. ('Doc') Sullivan awakened me physically and spiritually at a breakfast meeting in 1972; he was an amazing man of God, with gifts to motivate and inspire others.” Nels served as founder, chair and CEO of several management consulting firms, representing private and public sector employers throughout the U.S. for more than 30 years. Previously, he held management positions with The Siemens Corporation, The Bendix Corporation and Sandia Laboratories. He has a master’s in industrial psychology from Bowling Green State University, Ohio and a bachelor’s from Lebanon Valley College, Pennsylvania. Nels served as an officer for a number of human resource and management boards. He has been a member of World at Work and “Who’s Who Worldwide.” Nels also served on a number of boards providing Christian services. At present he is active with The Gideon International Ministry, serving as chaplain for the Paradise Valley group. Nels states: “My hope and prayer is that the next generation of leaders will continue the excellent legacy of service – as established by ‘Doc’ Sullivan, messrs. Blue, Brewer and many other OIC leaders – to serve those persons unemployed or underemployed… so they will be able to attain skills necessary for tomorrow’s workforce.” Upon moving to Arizona, Nels was invited by Gene Blue to serve as a member of the Arizona OIC Board, beginning in 1974.
Opal Ellis • Edward Hightower • Sid Goodman Jr.


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JANUARY
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FRI DEC 8 DAY OF THANKSGIVING PRAYER BREAKFAST Memorial Hall
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SUN JAN 14 CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY CONCERT Pilgrim Rest
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SAT JAN 13 BASKETBALL CLASSIC Eastlake Park
SAT JAN 27 YOUTH RALLY & CELEBRATION Phoenix College
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