JEAN
DORTHENIA
CORA
SAMUEL
Program
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
REGINALD HINSON
OPENING
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
FAITH’S PLACE CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION
NOBLE LOCKHART MAYS, DIRECTOR INVOCATION
BROTHER JUAN BURROWS
WELCOME
ANNIE NELSON
SELECTION | THE ELEMENT OF PRAISE
ROANOKE BAPTIST CHURCH
LIBATION STATEMENT & CEREMONY
DOROTHY MCKINON
SELECTION
FAITH’S PLACE CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER
ALICE BARNES
SPEAKER
STEVE WHITE
PERFORMANCE
BAHAMAS JUNKANOO REVUE, INC MIAMI, FL
- INTERMISSION -
SELECTION | ROOSEVELT AFRICAN DRUM CIRCLE
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF HONOREES
GWENDOLYN FERGUSON
DANCE PERFORMANCE
SOUL MOVEMENT/ ACCOMPANIMENT, ABASI HANIF
SPONSOR RECOGNITION & APPEAL
ROSLIAND RICHARDSON
SELECTION | POSITIVELY AFRICA
MINISTER JULIUS SANNA
CALL FOR CHILDREN
MINISTER JULIUS SANNA
BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE
JACQUELINE WALTERS
RAFFLE
DONATED PRIZES
THE FAREWELL STATEMENT
ELAINE HUBBARD-WILLIAMS
Steve White is an esteemed educator, author, and mentor devoted to the positive development of the Black family. Recognized as one of South Florida's Top Black Educators in 2018, Steve has published two in uential books: Helping Black Children Reach Their Full Potential: The Seven Keys to Developing the Genius Inherent in All Black Children and From Black Boy to Black Man: What Does It Take?. For over 20 years, he has also guided aspiring authors as a publisher.
A dedicated mentor to Black men and boys, Steve received the Chairman’s Award for Mentoring Leadership from 100 Black Men of America and was honored by the Tom Joyner Foundation for his community and prison reentry programs. His online and in-person courses, such as "Helping Black Children Reach Their Full Potential" and "Understanding God and Your Divine Purpose for Living," empower individuals and communities. Through his work, Steve continues to inspire and uplift while fostering growth and success.
Contact: Phone: 561-440-4144 www.hattieschild.com | www.protectivehands.com
Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing,
LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING, ‘TIL 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 'TIL 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, TIL 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 HAS 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,
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Our Host
Reginald Hinson
REGINALD “REGI” HINSON IS A NATIVE OF ORLANDO, FL. HAVING COME TO PALM BEACH IN 2018 HE HAS ENDEAVORED TO BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. REGI IS RETIRED FROM THE US NAVY. HE IS CURRENTLY A MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATOR TEACHING HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, AND THEATRE. MARRIED TO KIMBERLY HINSON, HE IS A FATHER AND GRANDFATHER. REGI LOVES TO READ, SING, AND MENTOR YOUNG PEOPLE. HE AND KIMBERLY ATTEND TABERNACLE MB CHURCH AND SING IN THE EBONY CHORALE OF THE PALM BEACHES. A MEMBER OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC AND PRINCE HALL MASONS.
THE BLACK FAMILY PLEDGE POEM
DR. MAYA ANGELOU
BECAUSE... WE HAVE FORGOTTEN OUR ANCESTORS, OUR CHILDREN NO LONGER GIVE US HONOR.
BECAUSE... WE HAVE LOST THE PATH OUR ANCESTORS CLEARED KNEELING IN PERILOUS UNDERGROWTH, OUR CHILDREN CANNOT FIND THEIR WAY.
BECAUSE... WE HAVE BANISHED THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS, OUR CHILDREN CANNOT PRAY.
BECAUSE... THE OLD WAILS OF OUR ANCESTORS HAVE FADED BEYOND OUR HEARING, OUR CHILDREN CANNOT HEAR US CRYING.
BECAUSE... WE HAVE ABANDONED OUR WISDOM OF MOTHERING AND FATHERING, OUR BEFUDDLED CHILDREN GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN THEY NEITHER WANT NOR UNDERSTAND.
BECAUSE... WE HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOVE, THE ADVERSARY IS WITHIN OUR GATES AND HOLDS US UP TO THE MIRROR OF THE WORLD SHOUTING, REGARD THE LOVELESS
AUDIENCE WILL REPEAT...
THEREFORE WE PLEDGE TO BIND OURSELVES TO ONE ANOTHER, TO EMBRACE OUR LOWLIEST KEEP COMPANY WITH OUR LONELIEST, TO EDUCATE OUR ILLITERATE,
TO FEED OUR STARVING, TO CLOTHE OUR RAGGED, TO DO ALL GOOD THINGS, KNOWING THAT WE ARE MORE THAN KEEPERS OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
WE ARE... OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO TOILED AND IMPLORED GOD WITH GOLDEN TONGUES AND IN GRATITUDE TO THE SAME GOD WHO BROUGHT US OUT OF HOPELESS DESOLATION
WE MAKE THIS PLEDGE.
Honorees
Kevin L. Jones
NATIVE OF RUSTBURG, VA WHO MOVED TO WPB IN 1997. HE EARNED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN CRIMINAL USTICE FROM RADFORD UNIVERSITY IN 1996, A BACHELOR RTS DEGREE IN MINISTRY FROM PALM BEACH ATLANTIC NIVERSITY IN 2007 AND A MASTER OF DIVINITY DEGREE THE INTERDENOMINATIONAL THEOLOGICAL CENTER IN 2012. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL IN JULY AND ORDAINED IN 2007 AT TABERNACLE MISSIONARY APTIST CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED ON THE MINISTERIAL STAFF 16 YEARS. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS COORDINATOR OF OMMUNITY INITIATIVES WITH THE WEST PALM BEACH POLICE AND AS COORDINATOR OF RECRUITMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION CENTER AT PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. HE IS MARRIED TO MICHELLE T. JONES, THE FATHER OF THREE SONS AND HAS THREE GRANDCHILDREN.
Alisha R. Winn,
RECEIVED HER PH.D. FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIIN APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY. SHE IS THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF CONSIDER THE CULTURE, AN EDUCATIONAL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FIRM SPECIALIZING IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH CULTURAL EDUCATION. SHE SERVES AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FOCUSING ON THE PRESERVATION AND PLANNING EFFORTS OF THE HISTORIC SUNSET JAZZ LOUNGE, THE HISTORIC NORTHWEST DISTRICT, AND PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY’S COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION CENTER WHERE SHE IS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN THE SCHOOL OF MINISTRY’S INTERCULTURAL STUDIES.
Jervonte “Tae” Edmonds
YOUNGEST DEMOCRATIC FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTING DISTRICT 88 . HE HOLDS A B.S. DEGREE IN OLITICAL SCIENCE FROM FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY. HE THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF SUITS FOR SENIORS INC., THE FASTEST GROWING YOUTH CAREER ACADEMY IN THE UNITED TATES. HE IS AN ACCLAIMED PUBLIC SPEAKER, SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR, INSPIRING EDUCATOR, PROLIFIC AUTHOR, AND COMPASSIONATE PHILANTHROPIST. HIS LIFE PHILOSOPHY, INSPIRED BY GANDHI, ENCAPSULATES HIS MISSION: “BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.”
Keely Gideon-Taylor
HAS WORKED AT THE PALM BEACH POST FOR 22 YEARS IN VARIOUS ROLES WITHIN CLIENT SOLUTION AND MARKETING. OR THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, SHE HAS MANAGED THE OMMUNITY RELATIONS DEPT. SHE OVERSEES THE PHILANTHROPIC PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN AND HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP, PROGRAMS THAT HAVE RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE IS COMMITTED TO MAKING A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HER COMMUNITY SERVICE. HER MOTTO IS “WORK FOR A CAUSE, NOT FOR APPLAUSE. DON’T STRIVE TO MAKE YOUR PRESENCE NOTICED, JUST MAKE YOUR ABSENCE FELT.”
Ma hew B. Harper
IS AN ELEVENTH GRADE, TALENTED MUSICIAN ATTENDING A. W. DREYFOOS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AS A BAND MAJOR. HE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED TRUMPET PLAYER AND VOCALIST WHO ENJOYS CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND GOSPEL GENRES. HE IS A THREE TIME SEMI-FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL TRUMPET COMPETITION. RECENTLY, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE ESTEEMED NEW WORLD SYMPHONY COLLEGE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM IN MIAMI. AT THE AGE OF 16, HE BECAME AN EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST RANKING IN SCOUTING. HE ALSO CONTINUES TO RUN HIS 11 YEAR NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION–THE LUVMAT PROJECT WHICH COLLECTS AND DISTRIBUTED NECESSITIES TO THE HOMELESS.