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Ambassador Dr. Jacqueline Mohair
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Word from the Founder Trinity International University of Ambassadors along with Trinity Girls Network Corp. was founded by Ambassador Dr. Jacqueline Mohair. The school was started with the vision to impact God’s people for his Glory by equipping them with tools necessary for end time ministry. Also, designed to honor God’s people for their life commitment to him. Honorees submitted there own body of work and contributions to the making of this special edition. (TGN) started in a library a little over 10 years ago. God gave me the name from His trinity –God the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. I studied the Word to seek direction and domestic violence and human trafficking became my focus. Little girls were getting “lost in the sauce” with low self- esteem and many other challenges hitting them day-to-day. I saw the challenges they faced first hand in the school system and with my kids. My heart was burdened to tap into my community and be able to coach young girls to know they were more than what people said they were and that, “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
this through a trinity approach: 1) ending violence against women and girls; providing opportunity through education; and 3) preparing girls for success. We want girls to be aware of what’s going on. Right in Gwinnett County human trafficking is hidden and needs to be brought to light. It’s easy to get tricked and lured into these situations. TGN aspires to partner with other organizations bringing awareness and teaching girls about leadership, etiquette, entrepreneurship and education. The magazine was created to give honor where honor is due and to uplift our community. We hope that you will enjoy our first edition.
TGN empowers, inspires and helps young girls and women, guiding them away from abusive situations and transitioning them to independent and healthy lifestyles.
The Trinity Girls Network (TGN) started in a library a little over 10 years ago. God gave me the name from His trinity – God the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost. I studied the Word to seek direction and domestic violence and human trafficking became my focus. Little girls were getting “lost in the sauce” with low self- esteem and many other challenges hitting them day-today. I saw the challenges they faced first hand in the school system and with my kids. My heart was burdened to tap into my community and be able to coach young girls to know they were more than what people said they were and that, “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.”Wedo
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Ambassador Dr. Jacqueline Mohair
Dr. H.T. Mohair r. H.T. Mohair is the President of Trinity International University of Ambassadors, a minister, teacher, and conference speaker. With more than 25 years of experience as a Corporate Senior Level Director and administrative professional within the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, he has effectively provided counsel and/or guidance to national and international organizations. Known as a “Visionary”, Dr. Mohair models servant leadership in a manner that builds, mentors, and prepares others to live with purpose and serve with excellence.
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Dr. Mohair is known for his consulting work, sales and skillful facilitation of discussions. Dr. Mohair enjoys giving back to the community and spending time with family. He received his bachelors from Devry University, Masters from C.I.C.A International University and a Doctorate in Divinity from C.I.C.A International University & Dr.Seminary.Mohair has international business experience throughout the Middle East and Europe leading and managing a $100M P&L and $25M accounts supporting Lan and peripheral equipment in the Gulf war. He along with his wife manages Mpowerd Media Solutions. A family man and minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Dr. Dorothea (Dee) Dawkins-Haigler
Dorothea (Dee) Dawkins-Haigler dedicates her life to public service through her role as an ordained minister and pastor, college educator, community activist, and political strategist. Dee served 8 1/2 years as a Georgia State Representative from June 2008 – January 2016. During her tenure in the Georgia General Assembly she served as Chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and Chair of the Georgia Women’s Legislative Caucus. Dee served as the Chaplain for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) and the National Director of Regional Coordinators for the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (NOBEL Women). She served as a State Director for both Women in Government and the National Council of State Legislators Women’s Network.
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Dorothea (Dee) Dawkins-Haigler dedicates her life to public service through her role as an ordained minister and pastor, college educator, community activist, and political strategist. Dee is a Former Georgia State Representative in House District 91, which covers parts of DeKalb and Rockdale counties which covers the cities of Conyers and Lithonia.
Dee is an advocate for children and youth with an emphasis placed on those who have been impacted by poverty. This work led her to be appointed to the Juvenile Parole Board for the State of South Carolina by Governor Jim Hodges, where she was the youngest and first African American to serve as Chair of the board. She uses her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (South Carolina State University), Master of Public Administration (Kentucky State University) Master of Divinity (Turner Theological Seminary@ the Interdenominational Theological Center) D.Div degrees to bridge the political, public, and religious communities and help them find solutions to eradicating racism, sexism, and classism. She is currently completing her Ph.D. in Political Science at Clark Atlanta University. Dee is advocate in the fight against human trafficking, domestic violence and teen dating violence which led her to produce the documentary/ drama “Black Girls Die Too: The Back Page Murders” which chronicles the death of 14 Black Women murdered as a result of online human/sex Deetrafficking.isamember of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Dee is the Founder/President of President/Founder of the Organization of World Leaders (OWL) a consortium of leaders in Government, Law, Business, Health, Finance & Politics dedicated to working together to build alliances for economic sustainability and growth in Africa and the diaspora. She is also the Founder of One Georgia which is dedicated to bringing together clergy, elected officials, social and civic groups, civil rights organizations and fraternities and sororities for the collective purpose of promoting issues salient to the African American and Hispanic communities with a special emphasis on economic justice and parity.
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Dee is the Owner of DDH & Associates and Executive Director of TIME 1000—an organization dedicated to helping 1000 women and minorities get elected to public office or receive board appointments. She has trained women from Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo on gender issues, education and seeking elective office.
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National Council of Negro Women and the Order of Eastern Star. She is a Southeastern Regional Officer (Member at Large) for Jack and Jill of America and is President of the East Metro Orchids. Dee resides in Lithonia Georgia. She is married to her college sweetheart Lt. Colonel David Haigler Jr. and they have 4 children Christopher, Christyn, Hannah and Joshua, 2 grandchildren Amari and Kingston.
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Dr. C. T. Vivian
Words written on Rev. Vivian’s Medal of Freedom Certificate: Equipped only with courage and an overwhelming commitment to social justice, the Rev C. T. Vivian was a stalwart activist on a march toward racial equality. Whether at a lunch counter, on a Freedom Ride or behind the bars of a prison cell, he was unafraid to take bold action in the face of fierce resistance. By pushing change through non-violent demonstration and advocacy, C. T. Vivian established and led numerous organizations to support under-served individuals and communities. His legacy of combating injustice will shine as an example for generations to come.
20 Words spoken by President Obama on Nov 20, 2013 at the White House when Rev. Vivian was awarded the National Medal of Freedom: “A Baptist minister, C. T. Vivian was one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest advisors. Martin taught us, he says, that it’s in the action that we find out who we really are. Time and again, Rev. Vivian was one of the first to be in the action - one of the first freedom riders. In Selma on the courthouse steps to register Blacks to vote, for which he was beaten, bloodied and Rosajailed.Parks said of him, even after things had supposedly been taken care of, and we had our rights, he was still out there, inspiring the next generation, including me, helping kids go to college with programs that would become Upward Bound. And at 89 years old, Rev. Vivian is still out there, still in the action, pushing us closer to our founding ideas.”
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In November 2013, Dr. Vivian was honored for his vision and leadership in the fight for justice when he was awarded this Nation’s highest civilian honor—The Presidential Medal of Freedom. Among his many leadership roles, he has served on the board of the Center for Democratic Renewal and the National Voting Rights Museum. He is Board Chair of BASIC Diversity, Inc., the Nation’s oldest diversity consulting firm. He has provided civil rights counsel to Presidents Johnson, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Obama, and he continues to lecture on racial justice and democracy throughout the world.
The New School for Social Research named Dr. C.T. Vivian “… spiritual leader, apostle of social justice, strategist of the civil rights movement ... For decades he has been in the vanguard of the struggle for racial equality in America”, as they presented him with one of his many honorary Dr.doctorates.Vivian, once known as a Christian journalist, is best known for his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As National Director of Affiliates, and strategist for every Southern Christian Leadership Conference (S.C.L.C.) organization, he truly helped change the nation. In Birmingham, his work helped to enact the Civil Rights Bill and in Selma, the Voting Rights Bill. Vivian was deeply involved in other movements such as Nashville, TN; Danville, VA; St. Augustine, FL; and Chicago, IL. Dr. Vivian had won his first non-violent direct action movement in 1947 by integrating restaurants in Peoria, IL. The summer following the Selma Movement, Dr. Vivian developed, organized and launched Vision, an educational program that assisted over 700 Alabama students to attend college on scholarship. Vision would later be known as Upward Bound. In 1970 Vivian authored the first book written by a member of King’s staff entitled Black Power and the American Myth.
He is featured throughout PBS’s acclaimed documentary “Eyes On The Prize” (1987 & 2006). PBS later produced a full-length presentation, “The Healing Ministry of the Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian”. He is also featured as both an activist and analyst in the series, The People’s Century (PBS/WGBH, 1998), and in the Tom Brokaw documentary “King” (History Channel, 2008).
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After leaving Dr. King’s Executive Staff, Dr. Vivian trained ministers and developed the urban curriculum for seminaries throughout the nation at the Urban Training Center in Chicago. He returned to the realm of seminary education as the Dean of Divinity at Shaw University Seminary. There he originated and acquired funding for an unprecedented national level program, the basis of his doctoral work, Seminary Without Walls. In 2008, Vivian founded the C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc. to create a model leadership culture for the purpose of training and educating the new generation of grass-roots leaders inspired to mobilize a constituency. The Institute is based out of Atlanta, Georgia. More recently, Dr. Vivian received an Honorary Doctorate from Morehouse College (2010), served as National President of S.C.L.C. (2012), and currently serves as Dean of The Urban Institute at The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA.
· Has made several human rights assistance visits to Cuba and has personally met with President Fidel Castro.
· Highly respected across the racial spectrum. His awards include: The Trumpet Award (2006), The National Jewish Labor Award, and The Martin L. King, Jr. Humanitarian Award
·nation”.Served on an independent UN Committee on Human Rights Education.
· He organized street gangs in Chicago, turning gang members away from violence, and developed a program that earned them jobs.
Notable accomplishments:
· He has advised foreign Heads of State.
· Was Director of what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called “The best non-violent movement in the
· In one year alone he was highlighted in three books, two of which were authored by Pulitzer Prize winners and the other by a U.S. Congressman: The Children, David Habersham; Pillars of Fire, Taylor Branch; and Walking With The Wind, Congressman John Lewis.
· He was National Deputy Director of Clergy for Jesse Jackson’s 1984 Presidential bid.
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· He has addressed the World Baptist Alliance as a keynote speaker during their conference on racism in the world community. Shared the platform with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
· Served as part of a team of religious advisors to President Barack Obama during his successful 2008 campaign.
· He has addressed the United Nations.
Senator Dr. Gloria Butler
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Senator Gloria Butler, a Democrat, was elected to the Georgia State Senate in 1998 and first served in 1999 to represent District 55 in DeKalb County. With 19 years of service, Sen. Butler is the highest ranking female in the Georgia State Senate. She has held leadership positions every year during her impressive tenure. She serves as Secretary of Urban Affairs Committees. She serves as a member on the Health and Human Services, Rules, State and Local Government Operations, Transportation and Urban Affairs Committees. Senator Butler serves as the vice chair of the Senate Caucus Fundraising and Campaign Committee. She is the former chair and a current at-large member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators for region 6, which includes Florida and Georgia and former vice chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. Senator Butler was appointed to the MARTA Overview Committee by Gov. Nathan Deal. She has served on the Child Fatality Review Panel under the aegis of the Child Advocate’s Office since 2005 and was recently reappointed by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle for 2014-2015. She is an avid champion of children’s issues and works diligently to improve the public health system. She was also appointed to both the 2013 Medicaid Reform Study Committee and the 2013 study committee on the status of Doctors in Georgia. She is also the State Director for two national organizations, Wom- en in Government (WIG) and Women in Legislative Lobby (WILL).
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During her tenure with the legislature, Senator Butler has sponsored and co-sponsored many important pieces of legislation. During her first term, Senator Butler received the Freshman Legislator of the Year Award from the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus. Senator Butler was appointed by Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor to serve on the Georgia Workforce Investment Board, which was established in ac- cordance with the Congressional Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to assist in preparing Georgia for a statewide work- force development system. Active in her community, Senator Butler volunteers with Positive Growth, a youth program that provides housing and counseling for young men (ages 11-17) who have been involved with the court system. The organization recently opened a second home, which was named in honor of Sena- tor Butler for securing funds from the annual state budget for the operation of the facilities. She also secured funding and volunteers for VIBE, an initiative for the betterment of black male youth. During Senator Butler’s service in the Georgia State Senate, she has received numerous awards of recognition and appreciation for her work in the commu- nities of her Senate District.
A resident of Georgia since 1977, Senator Butler spent 12 years as a Fiscal Accounting Assistant for the Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University. In 1992, she directed Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney’s Get Out the Vote (GOTV) campaign and, later became a legislative assistant to McKinney, advising the Congresswoman on education, agriculture affairs, the environment, foreign agriculture and hunger issues, space and technology, and welfare reform. Two years later, Butler was recruited by the United States Information Agency (USIA) to participate in the U.S. Speaker Program, which entailed travel to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Swaziland.
During the 1996 Olympics and Paralympics Games, Senator Butler served as Assistant to the Director of AmeriCorps Team for National Service. There, she recruited young adults to work alongside senior citizens, emphasizing the importance of volunteerism and cooperative Senatorefforts.
Butler is a graduate of Perimeter College and holds an Associate Degree in Business Administration. She is a member of the National Council of Negro Women, served on the Board of the South DeKalb Business Association and is a lifetime member of the DeKalb County NAACP.
Senator Butler is a former member of the DeKalb Junior League Advisory Board and the SouthBusinessDeKalbAssociation Board.
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Senator Butler, the mother of two daughters, Felicia and Leslie, is also the proud grandmother of two; grandson Corey, granddaughter Courtney and step grandmother of Jalen. She is also blessed with six great grandsons, Zion Cornell, twins Corey and Cayden, Jase, Michael and Mason. She is a member of Berean Christian Church in Stone Mountain. January 2017—Senate Press Office
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Dr. Joe Beasley
Dr. Beasley’s career began in the U.S. Air Force, from which he retired as a police superintendent after twenty-one years of service. Dr. Beasley joined Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) in 1976 as a member of the Board of Directors of its Kansas City affiliate, and assumed the position of Executive Director of that chapter in 1978. Three years later, Beasley moved to Atlanta where he was named Chapter Coordinator, and in 1995 was named Southern Regional Director. Under the leadership of the Reverend Cameron M. Alexander, Pastor of Antioch Baptist Church North, Dr. Beasley successfully tackled issues of equal justice, eradication of poverty, and economic development around the globe. He worked with the African National Congress to register voters for the 1994 election that swept Nelson Mandela into power; served as a monitor in Haiti during that nation’s second democratically held election in 1995; and made a high impact visit to Zambia after its contested 2002 presidential election. Closer to home, Dr. Beasley served as the Georgia Deputy Director for Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 presidential campaigns. He also became engaged in the challenge of redistricting Georgia’s congressional boundaries to increase African American representation in the United States Dr.Congress.Beasley continued to serve as the Southern Regional Director of the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., and as the president of African Ascension, an organization he formed to develop economic and political ties throughout Africa and the African Diaspora. He also served as a board member of other organizations, including the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City; Afronet in Lusaka, Zambia; Afrobras in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Christ Institute in Atlanta; and now serves as Chairman of both the Benedita de Silva International Foundation and the Asian American Center, both located in Atlanta, Georgia. Of particular honorary significance, the library at Zumbi dos Palmares University in Sao Paulo, Brazil is named in Dr. Beasley’s honor.
32 Human rights activist, Dr. Joe Henry Beasley, was born to sharecroppers on a rural plantation in Inman, Georgia, on December 27, 1936. Beasley received his primary education in a segregated one room school house before moving with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he excelled in the local public schools. It was during this phase of his life that Beasley began to set high expectations and committed himself to a life of service. He ultimately received his B.S. degree in criminal justice from Park College and attended graduate school at Clark Atlanta University. Dr. Beasley was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Humane Letters by the Universite Autonome de Port-au-Prince, Haiti for his outstanding and broadly recognized contributions to the furtherance of civil rights and human rights of less fortunate people throughout the world.
· Inasmuch as draught also has a harshly negative impact on the capacity of local communities to grow food, Dr. Beasley personally underwrote the cost of sending 250,000 prepackaged meals for the starving people of ·Somaliland.Moreover,
· Dr. Beasley has also recently travelled to draughtstricken Somaliland to determine if the Coca Cola Company was, as reported, greedily using inappropriately large amounts of water to bottle its soft drink beverages at the expense of millions of citizens badly in need of drinking water. Fortunately, Dr. Beasley was able to verify to his satisfaction that not only had Coca Cola constructed its own watering facilities, but had also created new capacity for drinking water in keeping with the company’s policy of creating more public drinking water than it consumes for its bottling purposes.
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· Numerous trips to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he has worked very closely with the Kimbanguist Church and its 22 million members. After visiting poorly equipped hospitals and medical centers, Dr. Beasley helped to arrange two shipments of medical equipment and supplies to the country, which were valued in excess of $600,000. The equipment was donated from Northside Hospital of Atlanta, and transportation was arranged by MedShare also based in Atlanta.
· Lastly, Dr. Beasley will be visiting Brazil in November 2017. His first stop will be in Sao Paulo for the Trofeu Raca Negra Awards at Zumbi dos Palmares University, which is the only Afro-Brazilian-led institution of higher learning in that country. Dr. Beasley is one of the founders of the institution, and in recognition of his contributions, the university has dedicated its library in his name. Dr. Beasley will thereafter travel to Rio de Janeiro where he will participate in the Third Annual “Diversity and Inclusion” seminars sponsored by the Coca Cola Brazil Company. His final stop will be in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, where he will help dedicate the new office facilities of the Steve Biko Institute and the Etnica Midia Institute. Dr. Beasley had successfully lobbied The Coca Cola Company to make charitable contributions to support the development of each organization.
The bulk of Dr. Beasley’s latest work has been focused on the unification of African descendants for economic, political, social, and cultural empowerment. Some of his most recent undertakings have included:
Dr. Beasley also participated in meetings hosted at Windsor Castle in London by the Caring Communities organization, which gathering was attended by 25 distinguished invitees from around the world to discuss the future and state of affairs of our cities (in which more than 50% of the world’s population now resides), the role of culture and the media in the 21st ·century.Additionally, Dr. Beasley attended an international human rights conference in Buenaventura, Colombia. on the Pacific coast. Buenaventura is a city of 400,000 mostly Black Colombians who do not have a single hospital and who quite predictably have a significantly shorter life expectancy than their white counterparts (only 51 years compared to 74 years -- 45% longer).
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Dr. Beasley serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the African Leadership Magazine, which informs an international readership of the relevant global events and recognizes the good works of African governmental officials, private citizens and business leaders. In that capacity, Dr. Beasley attended officially sanctioned meetings and other gatherings during the 72nd Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City this past September 2017.
34 Dr. Beasley has received dozens of other awards and honors and has been featured in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, and numerous other newspapers, periodicals and magazines, as well as on CNN and other major American television networks. In addition to his many other blessings, Beasley married the late Sandra Jarrett Beasley of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The couple had three children, seventeen (17) grandchildren and thirteen (13) great-grandchildren. Beasley views his life, his family, his many friends and associates and his numerous accomplishments as a testament to the fruits of spiritual growth, vision and commitment.
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Dr. Juanita Abernathy
MRS. JUANITA JONES ABERNATHY Mrs. Juanita Jones Abernathy is a Civil Rights Leader, pioneer, Freedom Fighter and is the only living survivor that was a major organizer from Day One of the American Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Abernathy is the youngest of eight children born to Alex Jones and Ella Beatrice Gilmore Jones of Uniontown, Alabama. Her Father was named as the most successful Black Farmers in “the Black Belt” of the United States in the 1930ies and 1940ies by Tuskegee Institute. She attended the prestigious Selma University Boarding School for Negro children from Kindergarten through high school where at the age of sixteen she met young Army Sergeant Ralph David Abernathy. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from Tennessee State University. After graduation she began teaching Business Education at Monroe County High School in Beatrice, Alabama and at Tuskegee Institute High School. On August 31, 1952, she married Ralph David Abernathy, the pastor of the historic First Baptist Church of Montgomery, Dean of Men at Alabama State University, a Professor of Sociology and the first black radio show host in Montgomery at the First Baptist Church in Uniontown, where her Father was Chairman of the Deacon Board and Treasurer. Their union produced five children, Ralph David Jr. (who lived 4 days), Juandalynn Ralpheda, Donzaleigh Avis, Ralph David III and Kwame Luthuli. Mrs. Abernathy actively participated from Day One in the creation of the Civil Rights Movement. On Mrs. Abernathy’s birthday, December 1st in 1955, Rosa Parks who worked with Rev. Abernathy at Montgomery’s NAACP refused to give up her seat to a white man and set in motion the beginning of the great movement for social change in America. The morning after Mrs. Parks’ arrest, Rev. Abernathy organized the Negro Ministers, the Mass Meetings and gave the first speech calling for the creation of the Civil Rights Movement. Mrs. Abernathy typed flyers, mimeographed and paid school children to distribute the Boycott flyers. Her home became the meeting place for the private strategy sessions for Martin Luther King, her husband and other leaders throughout the Movement. She endured years of daily death threats and the January 10, 1957 devastating bombing of their Montgomery home. She housed and fed the Freedom Riders, who were beaten, threatened and trapped over night in Rev. Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. She taught Voter Education, participated in the Albany Movement, the Birmingham Movement, sat beside the podium as Martin Luther King delivered the “I Have A Dream” Speech with her husband, Coretta Scott King and Mahalia Jackson, participated in the St. Augustine Movement, spoke at the Selma Mass Meeting along with Malcolm X, marched on the front line of the Selma to Montgomery March for the Right to Vote with her children, and in 1965 planned and organized her children and the King children to lead mass Integration of public schools in the South. In Chicago, she and her children were tear-gassed and assaulted with rocks along with her husband and the Kings. They temporarily moved into the slums of Chicago to expose the plight of poverty in the inner city.
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39 She helped lead the Mississippi James Meredith March and she led the fight for Blacks to have the right to attend the Metropolitan Opera in the South and to purchase Season Tickets for the Opera’s Tour. Mrs. Abernathy stood with her husband as he led poor Blacks, Whites, Native Americans and Latinos in the Poor Peoples Campaign. She helped her husband achieve his goal of a National Food Stamp Program for low income families and a free meal program for low income children in public schools. She cared for poverty stricken youth at Emmaus House with Father Austin Ford. She helped lead the Charleston Hospital Workers Union Strike 1199B for a guaranteed minimum wage and campaigned with her husband for the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday to honor their best friend. As a member of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, she was shot at with a rubber bullet as she marched in Belfast, Ireland for peace. She accompanied her husband as he led peace pilgrimages across America, South America, China, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Africa, India, Germany, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Norway, Finland and the Middle East, as the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and as the head of the World Peace Council of Finland. Mrs. Abernathy has served on Atlanta’s Fulton County Development Authority Board, on the Department of Children and Family Services Board, as a Founding Member of the Quaker Friends School of Atlanta and has currently served for fifteen years on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Board. On April 17, 1990, she lost her beloved Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., who along with Martin Luther King clung to her courage, determination, intellect, honesty, morality and fierce loyalty until the end of their lives. Juanita Jones Abernathy is truly a Civil Rights Pioneer, a Human Rights Activist, a Women’s Rights Advocate, a maverick, an independent thinker, a deeply spiritual woman and an inspiration for women, men and children all over the world for generations to come.
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Rep. Dr. Pamela Stephenson
Representative Pam Stephenson has been a resident of DeKalb County for over 18 years. She has worked tirelessly for her community and the state of Georgia to help children, seniors and others in need, particularly in the critical field of health care.
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Representative Pamela Stephenson
Stephenson has a demonstrated record of more than 15 years of legal and government service. Presently, she is serving on the Code Revision, Health and Human Services, Intragovernmental Coordination, and Judiciary Committees of the House. Her dedication to the field of Healthcare led to her appointment as the Director of the State Health Planning Agency by former Governor Zell Miller. She was also appointed by the DeKalb County Commission as a Trustee of Grady Health System. Former Governor Roy Barnes appointed Stephenson to the State Medical Education Board as well. Not only is she a successful attorney, but she has displayed her abilities in leadership through the successful creation of two businesses. She is a graduate of the Harvard University Government Program. Her community involvement includes her role as President of 100 Black Women, Decatur- DeKalb Chapter. Representative Stephenson is heavily focused upon quality of life issues, particularly quality education, environmental justice, and adequate, affordable healthcare for all Georgians. Representative Stephenson is the proud mother of a daughter and attends Greenforest Baptist Church.
Rep. Dr. Billy Mitchell
45 REP. BILLY MITCHELL, was overwhelmingly elected to his first term on the City Council of historic Stone Mountain in 1995, and was then unanimously selected by his colleagues to serve as Vice Mayor. He also served as Chairman of the Finance Committee, where he led the City to “outstanding financial status,” as reported by independent auditors. He held the distinction of having authored more legislation than any other Council Member, including one of the laws he is most proud of, which granted the City the authority to erect the “Freedom Bell” in the middle of it’s downtown, commemorating the call to, “Let freedom ring, even from Stone Mountain of Georgia!” by the Rev., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his immortal “I Have a Dream” speech. Because of his penchant for service, he offered himself as a candidate for the Georgia General Assembly in 2002, where he was again elected overwhelmingly that November – and has rarely been opposed since – to represent the 88th Legislative District. His constituents reside in most of Stone Mountain, Lithonia and Tucker in DeKalb County. Upon his swearing-in, Rep. Mitchell was appointed secretary of the Congressional & Legislative Reapportionment Committee, which is unusual for a first-term legislator to serve in a leadership capacity on a standing committee. Further making history, he was elected by his peers to serve as secretary of the powerful Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, becoming the first freshman legislator to serve as an officer of the largest legislative Black caucus in the nation. He also became the first freshman member of the General Assembly to serve on a legislative oversight committee when he was appointed to Georgia’s Recreational Overview Committee, which is responsible for the legislative and policy oversight of the State’s parks and recreation facilities, including Georgia’s most visited facility, Stone Mountain Park. As a result of his distinguished service – such as sponsoring more legislation signed into law during his first term then any other freshman legislator in modern history, including the landmark legislation that allows “early voting” in Georgia – his colleagues selected him to receive the prestigious “Freshman Legislator of the Year” award.
A leader in the Georgia General Assembly regarding matters concerning foreclosure reform, health care, and other issues affecting consumers; he is also known for his ability to forge partnership across the aisle, and is among rare legislators who have sponsored legislation signed into law virtually every term he has served. His rapid rise in the State Legislature was recognized when – in just his second term – his Caucus peers selected him to receive their highest honor, the “Legislator of the Year” award, joining the ranks of previous award winners that include, Congressman Sanford Bishop, Former Attorney General Thurbert Baker and DeKalb County Chief Executive Officer Michael Thurmond.
46 During Rep. Mitchell tenure, he has been elected by his legislative peers to serve in the leadership of the Democratic Caucus in many capacities; from serving as their Deputy Whip, Chief Deputy Whip as well as their Vice Chairman, which is responsible for developing and assuring that the Caucus’s agenda is advanced. Appointed to some of the most significant committees in the General Assembly, he is a member of the Health & Human Services Committee, Regulated Industries Committee, the Banking Committee, the MARTA Oversight Committee, and the Georgia World Congress Center Oversight HisCommittee.Bachelor of Science degree was earned from the Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, his Master of Arts Degree from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and his Jurist Doctor degree from the Georgia State Law School in Atlanta. He is also a graduate of the first Legislative Leadership Development Program of the University of Georgia’s, Carl Vinson Institute as well as being a graduate of the first Legislative Health Policy Certificate Program of the Georgia State University’s, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies in Atlanta.
Professionally, Rep. Mitchell presently serves as Vice President of Community Affairs, for Charter Communications, a cable television and communications company, where his responsibilities include presiding over a department that represents the company’s many community and philanthropic interests in 36 states throughout the country.
He has also served as the host of the live, topical, call-in radio talk show, “Community Forum with Billy Mitchell,” on 91.9 FM, WCLK. Some of his guests have included U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young, Chic-Fil-A founder Truett Cathy, and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, among many others.
He has received numerous awards, including the Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity Award for academic achievement, the Shoney’s Restaurant Community Hero award, the Georgia Conservation Voters Legislator of the Year award, the Georgia Municipal Association’s Legislator of the Year award, the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia “Legislator of the Year Award” and the DeKalb NAACP Pat Jones community service award. He is also a recipient of the Rotary Club “Rotarian of the Year” award, as well as Rotary International’s “Distinguished Club President” award. He had the honor of serving as Grand Marshall of the 2009 Atlanta Caribbean-American Carnival parade, and was also selected “Best State Legislator” in the Cross Roads News 2010 and 2012 Best of East Metro Readers’ Choice Awards. He is also the 2015 recipient of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), National Outstanding Legislative Service award.
47 Rep. Mitchell’s record of leadership is longstanding, having previously served as chairman of the DeKalb County Cable Television Advisory Board (responsible for the negotiation of the County’s multi-million dollar franchise agreement), and member of the DeKalb County Zoning Board of Appeals, both appointed by the Board of Commissioners, and is a member of Leadership DeKalb – Class of 2002. He has served as president of the DeKalb Municipal Association –whose membership includes all the municipally elected officials of DeKalb County as well as Policy Board Member of the Regional Business Coalition. He has also served as Government Affairs Committee chairman of the 100 Black Men of America – DeKalb County Chapter. He was also selected as a delegate to the last six National Democratic Conventions, including the conventions in 2008 and 2012, where delegates nominated and subsequently renominated the first African-American for president as well as the most recent convention in Philadelphia where delegates nominated the first woman for Rep.president.Mitchell also is a past-president of the South Fulton Rotary Club, where he led them to “Distinguished Club” status as well as being runner-up for Club of the Year. Additionally, he is a pastpresident of the Airport Area Chamber of Commerce, as well as a member of the Democratic Party of Georgia’s Executive Committee, as well as presently serving as first-vice chairman of the DeKalb Democratic Party. He also serves as a member of the Board of the Wade Walker YMCA in Stone Mountain. He was elected by his nationwide peers to serve on the Executive Board of the National Conference of State Legislatures, representing the interests of over 7,000 lawmakers from all 50 states and territories and is also the current elected Vice President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, comprised of over 700 African-American legislators from across the country and U.S, possessions
Rep. Mitchell has regularly appeared as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, CSPAN, GPB and local television; he is a frequent national public speaker and writer and has served as a speaker for the Kennesaw State University – Burris Institute for Elected Officials, as well as a Political Science lecturer at the Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College. Rep. Mitchell has also authored numerous articles that have appeared in various newspapers and magazines. He is also a contributor to the best selling book, “Keeping the Faith – Stories of Love, Courage, Healing and Hope” by popular author, radio and television personality, Tavis Smiley, which was recognized as the “Best Literary Work for Non-Fiction,” at the nationally televised NAACP Image Awards. Rep. Mitchell has been married for over 22 years to Shawn Evans, a former “Miss Norfolk State University” and present college professor. They have two children, daughter, Maya and son, Sean and “Pearl,” an adopted Bichon Frise from a local dog rescue shelter. They are very active members of the Saint Philip AME Church, an over 6,000-member congregation in Decatur, where he also serves as an officer.
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Finally, Representative Mosby is a Center for Policy Alternatives Flemming Leadership Institute Fellow. This fellowship is awarded to individuals that embody leadership skills needed to guide the states and America in the 21st century--leaders who see the values behind the policy; leaders who build consensus and forge strategic alliances; leaders who can move ideas to Representativeaction. Mosby comes from an active political background. Currently, his sister, the Honorable Natalyn Mosby Archibong serves as an elected Councilmember on the Atlanta City Council. His oldest brother, David, is also serving as an elected Councilmember on the Oak Ridge Tennessee City Council. Paving the way in DeKalb County for most African American politicians, his father, the late Honorable Nathaniel “Nate” Mosby served as the second African American to the DeKalb County Commission. Nate Mosby was also Chairman of the DeKalb Community Relations Commission, and also served as the DeKalb community representative on the Atlanta Regional Commission. The elder Mosby was employed as one of the first African American managers with the Federal Aviation Administration.
50 Howard A. Mosby was first elected in 2002 and is completing his eighth 2-year term as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, District 83 representing communities in Gresham Park, East Lake, City of Decatur, and Druid Hills. Representative Mosby currently serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Governmental Affairs Committee. Representative Mosby is currently serving as the Chairman of the DeKalb House Delegation to the Georgia General Assembly. The DeKalb House Delegation is comprised of the 16 state representatives that represent all or parts of DeKalb County and the sets the legislative agenda for the county in the Georgia House of RepresentativeRepresentatives.Mosby’slegislative
initiatives include legislation to increase access to healthcare by the underserved and uninsured populations of Georgia, child endangerment legislation, property tax reductions, predatory lending legislation, and strengthening code enforcement laws. In 2003, Representative Mosby was assigned to the task force for “Insuring the Working Poor.” This task force sought innovative funding mechanisms to address the under and uninsured working population in Georgia. In 2004, Representative Mosby served as a member of the House Task Force on Methamphetamines. This committee sought out solutions to curtail the growing number of illegal methamphetamines labs constructed throughout Georgia.
Representative Mosby was also an Advisory Board Member for the East Metro Red Cross.
Representative Mosby served on the board of the Oakhurst Medical Centers as a member of its Executive Committee chairing its Finance Committee. He also served on the Executive Committee of the DeKalb Branch of the NAACP, an organization dedicated to providing grassroots support for community activism and towards positive community change, as well as its former Treasurer. He was also awarded the David C. Albert Award by the DeKalb Branch of the NAACP for outstanding service to the branch and furthering the mission of the NAACP.
During the 2006 legislative session, Representative Mosby co-sponsored legislation to increase the homestead exemption for Nursing Home residents that receive Medicaid. Under this law, if a nursing home resident that received Medicaid dies, the State can recoup dollars from the estate of the deceased. The current law exempted only $25,000 of homestead; however, that amount was raised to $100,000 under this new legislation. The Governor is expected to sign that provision into law. In addition, Representative Mosby co-sponsored the “Time out for schools” legislation where parents can take up to 8 hours per year to be excused from work for school related issues, as well as legislation to make telecommunications companies more accountable.
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Currently, Representative Mosby serves as Chairman of the 1st Choice Credit Union Board of Directors, Former Treasurer of the Georgia Charitable Care Network, and FormerTreasurer of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. He is an active member of the Gresham Park Community Association and was recently recognized by that group for dedication of service to the community. Representative Mosby also received the Award for Advocacy from the Georgia Archives in the Office of the Georgia Secretary of State. Representative Mosby also received the 2004 Champion for Georgia’s Cities Award from the Georgia Municipal Association and recognized by the Medical Association of Georgia for his work at the state level for Georgia’s medical
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Mosby is a twenty-three year employee of the Grady Health System. With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 inpatient admissions, and over 800,000 outpatient visits, Grady Health System is the largest public health system in the state of Georgia. It serves as a major teaching institution for the Emory University School of Medicine and the Morehouse School of Medicine. Starting out as a Staff Auditor, Representative Mosby’s leadership skills were discovered and he quickly rose through the organization to become the Vice President of Medical Affairs.
Representative Mosby was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia. He attended East Atlanta High School where he was active in the Student Government and was selected as STAR Student. He received an Associate Degree in Business Administration from Georgia Perimeter College (then DeKalb College). Representative Mosby received his Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Finance from Georgia State University. He is a Georgia licensed Certified Public Accountant, and is an active member of the Georgia Society of CPA’s (GSCPA) and serves on the Leadership Council of the GSCPA. He has completed the Society’s Leadership Academy in 2008. Representative Mosby is also an active member in the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA). Representative Mosby has also completed the University of North Carolina’s School of Public Health Management Academy.
Representative Mosby also serves on the Emory University School of Medicine’s Graduate Medical Education Advisory Committee and is a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. He is also a member of the Georgia Association of Medical Staff Services, as well as the National Association of Medical Staff Services.
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Responsible for managing a budget in excess of $150 million and over 100 employees, Representative Mosby’s business and leadership skills are put to the test daily.
Dr. Xerona Clayton
Xernona moved to Atlanta in 1965 where she accepted a position with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and worked closely with the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ms. Clayton also traveled extensively with Mrs. Coretta Scott King on her nationwide concert tours.
Xernona Clayton was employed at Turner Broadcasting for nearly 30 years where she served as a corporate executive. In 1988, Xernona Clayton was appointed Corporate Vice President for Urban Affairs with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. In this capacity, she directed internal and external projects for the Corporation, and served as liaison between Turner Broadcasting (TBS SuperStation, CNN, Headline News, TNT, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks) and civic groups in Atlanta and across the country. As a corporate executive, Ms. Clayton was one of the highest-ranking female employees in Turner Broadcasting System.
Dr. Xernona Clayton is the Founder, President and CEO of the Trumpet Awards Foundation, Inc. and Creator and Executive Producer of the Foundation’s Trumpet Awards. The Trumpet Awards is a prestigious event highlighting African American accomplishments and contributions. Initiated in 1993 by Turner Broadcasting, the Trumpet Awards has been televised annually and distributed internationally to over 185 countries around the Ms.world.Clayton began her television career in 1967 and became the south’s first Black person to have her own television show. The Xernona Clayton show was a regular feature on WAGA-TV, CBS affiliate in Atlanta.
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“The Peaceful Warrior” a biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. authored by her late husband Ed Clayton and co-authored by Xernona in the revised editions, has been published in several languages. Xernona Clayton’s autobiography, “I’ve Been Marching All the Time”, was published in 1991.
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Dedicated to promoting racial understanding, Xernona Clayton has been a leader in civic projects and civil rights activities for several years. In 1966, she coordinated the activities of Atlanta’s Black doctors in a project called Doctors’ Committee for Implementation, which resulted in the desegregation of all hospital facilities in Atlanta. This project served as a model and a pilot for other states throughout the country and received national honor from the National Medical Association for its impact. Her persistent fight against the dragons of prejudice and bigotry was never more apparent than in 1968, when the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan denounced the Klan and credited Xernona’s influence with his change.
Ms. Clayton’s dedication to the community is reflected in the many hours she spends promoting human relations through bi-racial groups devoted to improving racial understanding.
In private life, she is married to Judge Paul L. Brady. She is a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, formerly co-pastored by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
A recipient of numerous media awards, Xernona has been widely honored for her contributions to humanity. She is included in various editions of some very impressive biographical publications.
56 In recognition of Xernona’s contribution to broadcasting, her community and the nation, the American Intercultural Student Exchange (AISE) has created a scholarship in her honor. Each year, since 1987, Ms. Clayton chooses an outstanding minority high school student to spend a year living abroad with a European family, all expenses paid. The Xernona Clayton Scholarship is dedicated to increasing open relationships, internationally, through a global high school student exchange program. Additionally, the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists named its scholarship in her honor and annually presents the Xernona Clayton Scholarship to a student pursuing a career in communications. NAMIC (the National Association of Minorities in Cable) presented, to Ms. Clayton, its highest award, the Mickey Leland Award, which honors the late United States Congressman. Xernona, along with former Congressman Kweisi Mfume and the late Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown, was awarded the 1996 Distinguished Leadership Award by NAFEO (The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education) at impressive ceremonies in Washington, D.C. She also received NAFEO’s 2003 Corporate Award. She has received Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degrees from Clark Atlanta University, Tennessee State University and Alcorn State University. A school was recently named in her honor in Ghana, West Africa. She was additionally honored in 2004 with two very impressive awards. Spelman College presented Ms. Clayton the first Local Community Service Award, for her continued dedication to leadership in the community. The State of Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity presented her with the Leadership and Dedication in Civil Rights Award. Along with her other honors, she has received the first Coretta Scott King Award from the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) the Madam C. J. Walker Award from EBONY’S Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications and the Outstanding Corporate Professional Award from the PowerNetworking Family. The Atlanta City Council honored her by naming a street and a park in downtown UponAtlanta.the announcement of Xernona’s appointment as the first Black female corporate executive, Ted Turner said, “Xernona has an impressive record of accomplishments and we are proud to recognize her commitment to bettering human relations with this promotion.”
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Dr. Rita Samuel
Rita Jackson Samuels has been an advocate for civil rights since her youth when she served as a secretary for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Operation Breadbasket department under the administration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Since that time she has worked with all SCLC presidents: Abernathy, Lowery, King III, Shuttlesworth, and Steele. After dedicating more than three decades to advocacy, Samuels established Women Flying High, LLC a highly successful small business that is instrumental in forming strategic alliances and joint venture opportunities increasing women’s share of government contracts. Inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, Samuels emerged as one of Georgia’s most prolific women’s rights advocates. She is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Georgia Coalition of Black Women, Inc., a women’s advocacy training and development organization established in 1980. As Executive Director of the Georgia Coalition of Black Women, Inc. she created numerous innovative programs advancing Georgia women and girls including the “Just for Girls Computer Camp,” computer training for Foster Children, and one of the first government relations and public policy training initiatives specifically for Black women in Georgia. She is credited with helping to launch the careers of several Black women leaders from rural counties and many "firsts" including mayors, commissioners, and judges. In 1999 she founded the Women In Government Internship Program to assist young women interested in careers in government.
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A deep appreciation for the need to preserve women’s history led Samuels to create the First Ladies Archive project placing the profiles of Georgia First Ladies in the State Archives. She also went on to produce and distribute the Resource Guide to the Social and Economic Contributions of Georgia Women in collaboration with Emory University. She served on the Board of the National Women’s History Museum and was selected by Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter as a Rosalynn Carter Fellow at the Institute of Women’s Studies at Emory University. In 1977 and 1998 she was selected by the Atlanta Business League as one of the 100 Most influential Black Women in Atlanta. In 2000 she was selected by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Negro Business and Professional Women as the 2000 Business Women of the Year. Since 1993 she has consistently been selected by the Georgia Informer as one of the 50 Most Influential Women in Georgia.
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Rita Jackson Samuels was the first Black female in Georgia’s history to serve on the personal staff of a Georgia Governor. In 1971 she was then Governor Jimmy Carter’s Coordinator of the Governor’s Council on Human Relations. Governor Carter personally selected her to direct and coordinate the hanging of the Martin Luther King, Jr. portrait in the State Capitol, a controversial assignment at that time. She also coordinated the hanging of portraits of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner and Mrs. Lucy Craft Laney.
Samuels attended Clafin University, Morris Brown College, and Georgia State University. She received Certification for successfully completing the Dimery Business College course of Business & Secretarial SheScience.and her husband Stanley, of more than 25 years, are members of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
She worked as a consultant with the Carter White House Staff in 1977 as well as with the Community Services Administration. In 1983, Samuels served as Director of former Mayor Andrew Young’s Office of Citizens & Community Affairs. She also served on the national board of a national anti-poverty rural development agency. She lobbied for and the served as the first Chair of the Georgia Commission on Women. She has been widely recognized for her work on behalf of Georgia women. She has been awarded keys to several small towns, including her hometown of Forsyth, Georgia. Governor Joe Frank Harris appointed her to the State Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission and he appointed her as the very first African American to serve on the Georgia State Election Board. She was re-appointed to the King Commission by Governors Zell Miller and Roy Barnes. A former staff member, she currently serves on the National Board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. She also serves as a Board Member of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Child Development Center and on the Mission Board for the Joseph E. Lowery Institute for Justice and Human Rights.
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Summary of NAADAC activities: Tom Watkins currently serves as the Department of Behavioral Health & Developmental Disabilities, DUI Intervention Program state Regulatory Offcer. He has worked in the addiction field over 25 years providing detox, inpatient and outpatient senvices. He was instrumental at helping form one of the earliest Accountability Courts in Northeast Georgia Serving as CEO of an outpatient clinic he designed treatment programs to meet the needs of mixed population adults with addictive needs at affordable pricing. In his role for the state he provides direction for best practice treatment guidelines to over 650 treatment providers. Finally, he gives back to the industry by serving on non-profit boards. His contributions to client and providers have been recognized by various awards over the years.
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Deborah, hosts “Prophetic Times” the T.V. show, Atlanta Live T.V, Show and is the founder of Begin Again Ministries, Inc. located in Atlanta, Ga. She serves in mission ministry around the world, preaching and teaching sound biblical truths assisting people to move into their purpose. She is the author of the insightful books “So You Say You Are A Prophet” and ‘The Successful Ambassador”. Through B.A.M.’s Missions Ministry she feeds the homeless in the Atlanta area. Deborah was born in the small town of Baxley, Ga. She began to pursue her dreams early as she entered college at age 16 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications. She then continued with three (3) years of training in ministry” and was ordained to the office of a prophet and later an apostle. She holds a Masters and a Doctorate Degree in Divinity. She recently completed an associate degree at World Changers Bible College and is an instructor at the World Changers Bible School in College Park Ga. Deborah is the youngest of twelve (12) children born to her parents Mr. James H. and Mrs. Lula B. Harrell . Two of her greatest joys are being wife to Vernon and mother to her son Cornell. She strongly perceived the call of God to ministry while serving at Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) as a prayer warrior in Atlanta, Georgia. She serves in ministry at World Changers Church International as an Orientation Instructor where the pastors are Dr. Creflo A. and Taffi L. SheDollar.received the President Barack Obama’s Life Time Achievement Award and the Outstanding Georgia Citizen’s award in 2016. Deborah has been described as one who motivates, educates and one who knows how to get the best out of Visitpeople.us At www.bamatl.org or on Twitter/ Linkedin/ FaceBook/Deborah Harrell Isom
80 Dr. Deborah Harrell Isom is a T.V. host, Preacher, Author, international speaker and a dynamic prophetic voice to the nations! She flows under an awesome prophetic and teaching anointing and founded “Aaron’s Beard School of the Prophet’s Bible School” in 2004. The focus of the school is to equip Those called to “Five Fold Ministry” and the church to do the work of the ministry with the tools necessary to meet with success. Her burning desire is to see God’s people encounter destiny.
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Mable Thomas
For over 28 years, “Able” Mable Thomas has been at the forefront fighting for freedom, justice, and equality for all Georgians and disenfranchised people around the world. Whether as a community organizer, civil and human rights activist or elected official, she has been a consistent force for good.
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Her emergence onto the political stage began in 1984 when she was chosen as a presidential delegate for candidate Jesse Jackson at the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco, California. While there, she formally announced her candidacy for the Georgia House of Representatives where she eventually won a highly contested battle with a long standing incumbent. During her 18 years in office, Mable was the youngest member of the House, but mature beyond her years from the experience she gained as a community leader and civil rights Inactivist.1997, she again sought public office winning the Atlanta City Council, Post 1 AtLarge seat which allowed her to focus on quality of life issues most impacting people throughout Atlanta.
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She is a veteran leader with proven results, who has historically represented the people with respect and vigor. As a member of the Atlanta City Council she was responsible for passing the Affordable Housing Policy Bill, obtaining $4.9 million for Atlanta Green Space Conservation and was a major stakeholder in community efforts to secure the Historic Westside Revitalization Project. As a state legislator, Mable consistently voted in favor of public policy that improved the lives of people. Whether it was educational reform, women’s reproductive health, living wages, racial profiling, economic development, access to health care or senior issues, Mable was always willing and ABLE to stand up and speak out. An example of her dynamism was the passage of landmark legislation requiring mammograms, pap smears and prostate exams to be covered under medical expenses thus saving many Georgians thousands of dollars in doctor bills. The following is additional legislative and career Authoredmilestones: the 1st acupuncture (complementary medical bill) in the State of MandatedGeorgia; that insurance companies pay for mammograms, pap smears, and prostate cancer tests as a regular part of the medical benefit plan; Authored Rape shield legislation that makes it harder for a woman's past sexual history to be included in rape trials - unless there was a past relationship between the two. Giving the case a chance to be tried on its Passedmerit;legislation providing fire trucks first responders license that allows fire persons to administer IV's without being sued;
A key leader in the fight for Medicaid expansion in the State of Georgia; Chaired the Housing Needs, Midwifery, and the Feminization of Poverty study
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Professionally, Mable has been extremely successful as executive director of the Greater Vine City Opportunities Program, Inc., which provides youth and family enrichment and educational opportunities for highrisk urban youth. Recently, she was able to purchase the Historic English Avenue Elementary School in the English Avenue community which will be converted into a multi-million dollar state of the art, environmentally friendly, high-tech, global community center. This project reflects trends, nuances and the tangible output of national thought leaders as it brings the most current ideas and innovations for neighborhood revitalization to inner city, Black, marginalized communities. This is yet another example of her passion to change the world, one person at a time, one block at a time, one community at a time.
85 Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague is a Democrat representing House District 65. She was first elected as a member of the General Assembly in 1992 and continues to serve today. Presently, she serves on the Games, Fish & Parks, Reapportionment, and Ways & Means Committees. She has proven to her constituents and the general public alike that she is a committed and able legislator. For more than 35 years her political involvement has been focused toward improving the standard of living for the working poor, thus helping to enhance the quality of life for those unable to speak up for Representativethemselves. Beasley-Teague has participated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Jewish Fund, Operation Bread Basket, Head Start, Inc., and the United Youth Adult Conference.
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For the past 19 years, Rep. Beasley-Teague has worked as Founder and President of the Richard James Teague Memorial Foundation,which helps provide funds for various programs at the Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital. She creatively explores and solicits funding resources to provide college scholarships for high school seniors.
Representative Beasley-Teague is married and has one daughter. She is also a active member of the Christian Fellowship Community Church where she helped start a local chapter in South Fulton, and has completed her training as an Evangelist. She has been the recipient of numerous awards for civic and community service.
Senator James was re-elected to serve once again in the State Senate. She is a member of the Education and Youth, Special Judiciary, Economic Development, and State and Local Governmental Operations committees. She has also worked to bring progressive change in the area of crime reduction, a safer and cleaner environment, stronger drunk driving laws and drug trafficking laws, economic development, increased access to affordable healthcare and quality Senatoreducation.James authored and passed the Child Endangerment Bill and the Child Sexual Commerce Act of 2001, Teenager Responsibility Act and habitual drunk driving Throughoutlaws.her tenure she has earned the distinguished reputation of being the voice of the voiceless. She championed an effort to stop an Indy 500 style race track by passing a bill which prohibited the construction of racetracks in residential neighborhoods. This prompted the construction of multi-retail outlets (Camp Creek Market Place) now responsible for local economic development and career opportunities for thousands of Ascitizens.asuccessful entrepreneur, Senator James understands the importance of fair and equitable business opportunities; therefore she authored legislation to support small businesses by mandating that all bids for Georgia State service and supply contracts be posted online to enforce open access and fair consideration for all small businesses.
87 enator Donzella James is a democratic senator representing Metropolitan Atlanta’s 35th District of Georgia, which includes portions of Fulton, Clayton and Douglas Counties. She was elected to the State Senate in 1994 to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Arthur Langford. She proudly served four and one half full terms and retired to offer herself to serve in the US InCongress.2009,
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Donzella was the 1999 recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellowship at the National Center for Policy Alternatives. She also was a recipient of the Freshman of the Year Legislator Award in 1994 and awarded Legislator of the Year in both 1997 and 2000.
The National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees and the Georgia Highway Safety Management System have also cited James for her superior legislative leadership. As a leader in community affairs, and Cochairperson of “Keep South Fulton Beautiful,”
Senator James was elected by her peers to serve in 1994-2002 as Editor and Assistant Secretary to the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials (GABEO). She also served as National Assistant Secretary and Executive Board member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) from 1997 to 2002. Donzella has traveled the world as an Ambassador for Peace and has consulted directly with diplomats, kings, prime ministers and presidents of many nations.
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Senator James has been consistent in promoting the “Green Movement” as a global perspective. She has served as a delegate of three national Democratic conventions. She was a member of South Fulton’s Vision 2000; the Atlanta Women’s Political Caucus; the National Political Congress of Black Women; the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women and was Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Tri-Cities cluster of the Atlanta Project.
Donzella recently became a widower from the death of her husband and soul mate of 44 years, Elmo James, Jr. They are parents of two sons, Brian James and the late Kerry James (killed by a drunk driver), daughter-in-law Cheryl Renee; and three grandchildren, Kerri, Ryan and Bryce.
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Senator James authored legislation to create the Senate Eviction Law Study Committee which examined current eviction procedures with an eye toward making them less disruptive. She chaired the Senate Study Committee on Solid Waste Reduction and received the “Legislative Service Award” honors from both the Georgia Municipal Association and the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia. She has been co-founder and chairperson of the Task Force for Good Government; served on the Benjamin E.Mays High School Advisory Council; and the Board of Directors Advisory Committee of the Atlanta Job Corporation. She also serves on several boards that include Tapestry Ministry for unwed teen mothers; Georgia soccer Association; Sonje Yo, Inc. a human rights organization as well as other human trafficking organizations.
Senator James is been a steadfast advocate for middle-class families, working to help create jobs, expand children’s healthcare benefits and protect Social Security from privatization. She is strongly committed to making sure that every citizen of Georgia has the right to vote in fair, accessible and credible elections. She fought the Attorney General to ensure better protection of votes and to ensure every vote is counted “one man one vote.”
Senator James earned a Bachelor degree in criminal justice and political science from Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia and she’s received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Emmanuel Bible College in Macon and studied additionally at Georgia State University.
Donzella is a retired federal employee with dedicated service as a member of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees. She is a native of Atlanta, also taught in Atlanta Public Schools for more than a decade.
Senator James has a proven record as a successful policymaker and known to be committed to the people, a fiscally responsible professional, and a strong woman of faith. She has been a major force for progressive change, and her commitment to family values and the salvation of Georgia’s children has been exemplary.
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Edwina is a Woman of Worship, a Psalmist, an Evangelist, an Ordained Minister of the Gospel, with a heart and compassion to serve others for over 25 years. Although there is an International call on her life, Edwina believes “How can we serve the world if we don’t know our neighbor”. In the beginning of her Ministry, She fed, clothed, and housed others in need, right out of her own home, and now she partners and volunteers with other Non-profits who are doing great works in their community. After 40 years in the profession, Edwina is semi-retired in the Hair Business. She is now in the process of writing a proposal to present to the Government that could Not only help the licensed professional, and increase unreported earnings to perspective States but also those that are not licensed and cannot afford the traditional time or money it takes to achieve their goals through a revised Apprenticeship Program. Being the daughter of a military soldier (her father) and Minister, devoted housewife, and very politically involved mother, gave Edwina exposure and knowledge of various cultures. Edwina has sung before Brazilian, African, Hispanic, and Asian congregations. She sings for large conferences and events all to the Glory of God.
A Worship Leader and Campus Minister at Divine Faith Ministries International for over 8 years
A returning College Student Majoring in Business Marketing Management at Gwinnett Technical College and also attended Spelman College.
She enjoys songwriting, vocal coaching, and mentoring and inspiring young women and men to be the best they can be in life and Put God First.
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A member of BMI Has written works housed with Sony Publishing She is no stranger Has performed with many great professional Secular and Gospel Artists
A Woman who values family and puts God first in everything she does.
Edwina is a recipient Barack Obama Presidential Achievement Award in 2017
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Meet Morgan Jani, one of the entrepreneurs!youngestworld’s
The sole purpose of this book is to draw people closer to God and help them to have an open mind towards Him and His message. Morgan says she was heavily inspired by the way God helped her when she was writing this book. Through His special power, she found focus and determination while writing this book.
At just eight years old, she has accomplished much more than countless people many times her age. In her short period of time on Earth, she has already written a novel titled Mommie & Me. Her book is full of inspiration. It harnesses a refreshing spirituality with numerous examples of how God can help every individual who puts his or her trust in Him.
Her parents are overcome with joy and pride at their daughter’s accomplishments. Even though she’s already accomplished so much, her love for God is remains steadfast and strong. Morgan is very attentive and articulate. Although she’s an accomplished writer, Morgan’s best subject is mathematics.Becauseofher compassionate nature and loving attitude, her dream is to one day become a doctor and great preacher. Morgan believes in the Bible and God’s message. Her definition for success is finishing every work that comes into her hand. Her sole advice for the (even) younger generation is that they should follow their dream despite any and all challenges they may encounter. According to His book, “whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it quickly.”
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Myles www.mylesjorge.comJorge
“Train up a child in the way he should go and, when he is old, he will not depart from it.” These words couldn’t be truer of Myles Jorge. The young entrepreneur has not only become a published author, he has been awarded the Martin Luther King Drum Major Gold Award from President Barak Obama. Myles’ parents play a vital role in his life, having spent hours upon hours teaching him the way of the Lord. Myles is well-versed in the ways of good manners and respecting his elders. Even at such a young age, he is well aware of all of the benefits that accompany boys and girls who honor those who have come before them. Myles Jorge always professes that honoring your father and mother means listening to them always and obeying their instructionsespecially those of the ways of the Lord.
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