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Clubs & Socials
26 th White Breakfast and
“Women of Vision Awards of Excellence”
Sponsored by Durham Alumnae Chapter of Bennett
College November 12
The Durham Alumnae Chapter of Bennett College will host its
“Twenty-sixth White Breakfast and Scholarship Fund Raiser”
on Saturday, November 12, 9:30 a.m., at the Hilton Durham Hotel,
located at 3800 Hillsborough Road. Five outstanding women will
receive the “Women of Vision Awards of Excellence”. The “Women
of Vision Awards of Excellence” (WOVE) recognizes individual
women who have made great impacts on the Durham Community
and beyond. Nominees must have demonstrated high degree of
vision, innovation, and initiative in the pursuit of success in their
chosen fields; be a member or product of the Durham Community
(including the Research Triangle Park, Raleigh and Chapel Hill);
must have worked to excel in her area while proactively serving
as a role model for women and girls, embrace sisterhood and must
be a representation of the ideals taught at Bennett College (even if
she is not an alumna). The Durham Alumnae Chapter of Bennett
College will present awards to the following 2016 distinguished
honorees as follows:
CATEGORY^ Distinguished Bennett College Alumnae and
Retired Veterans
HONOREE: Dr. Norma Jones ’73 -Retired Commander
from the U. S. Navy after 20+Years of Service
HONOREE: Dr. Yardley Nelson Hunter ’75 - Retired Captain
from U. S. Air Force after 21 years of Service
CATEGORY: Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education
Administration and United Methodist Church
HONOREE: Dr. Bernice Duffy Johnson, Retired University
Administrator and Professor
North Carolina Central University and National Leadership
in the United Methodist Church
CATEGORY: Distinguished Leadership in Health Education
and Community Outreach
HONOREE: Mrs. Ethel Jean Rigsbee Jackson ‘60
Retired University of North Carolina Professor and Civic
Leader
CATEGORY: CHAPTER AWARD: BENNETT
PHENOMENAL WOMANAWARD”
HONOREE: Mrs. Audrey Demps Franklin ‘72
Director of Alumnae Affairs at Bennett College
The event cost is $40. The breakfast reservation deadline
for the White Breakfast and Scholarship Fundraiser is October
28, 2016. Persons interested in attending the event my contact
Dr. Bernadette Watts, Chapter President (919-544-5947) or Mrs.
Dianne Jackson Chair-Fundraising Committee (919-548-0606).
Bennett College, located in Greensboro, North Carolina,
is a United Methodist affiliated four year accredited liberal
arts college. This year, Bennett College is celebrating its 90 th
anniversary as a Women’s College
(1926-2016). Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins, is the Interim
President of Bennett College.
John Perkins to Speak in Durham
On Saturday, November 5, Dr. John M. Perkins, civil rights leader
and founder of the Christian Community Development Association,
will be giving a series of talks in Durham, NC.
Dr. Perkins grew up in a sharecropping family in rural Missis
sippi, where he was later active in the Civil Rights Movement. As a
minister, Perkins has started churches, youth programs, a day-care
center, a cooperative farm, health centers, a low-income housing de
velopment and many other ministries, including the Christian Com
munity Development Association. Along with his wife Dr. Vera Mae,
he currently leads the John & Vera Mae Perkins Foundation in Jack
son, Mississippi.
Perkins has been recognized for his work with 13 honorary doc
torates. Three universities have established John Perkins centers. He
is an international speaker and teacher on reconciliation, leadership,
and the philosophy of ministry known as Christian Community De
velopment.
Dr. Perkins will be speaking at 8:30am at the DurhamCares break-
fast fundraiser about his vision for restoration in our communities.
The mission of DurhamCares is to mobilize Durham residents and
institutions to love their neighbors, and attendees will learn how Dur
hamCares is carrying on the work that Dr. Perkins began.
At 10am Duke Chapel will be hosting a talk titled “Persevering in
Pursuit of the Beloved Community” about how to sustain community
development work for the long haul. This talk is being held in honor
of the 10th anniversary of the Duke Chapel Pathways House and
Duke Chapel’s year of celebration in honor of reopening the Chapel
after a year of restoration work.
Both events will be at ReCity, 112 Broadway Street, Durham, NC.
Omega Theatrics
(in honor of Veteran’s Day )
presents
A full-length romantic saga about a decorated
combat veteran who finds himself grappling
with love and war. His only survival is the
hope that Ava is waiting when he returns.
INOTENIBER to, 2016
SHOWTIME: 7:30 pm
PUBLIC $20; Student $15.00
VIP $40 (includes play, live entertainment,
refreshments, book signing, photo taking.
Q & A with decorated Vietnam War
Veterans, and a free Ken Dula traditional
Christmas CD)
The Arts Center, 300-G East Main Street
Carrboro, NC 27510
Tickets online at
www.artscenterlive.org
Poet Laureate to Read at Duke
U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera will read selections of his
works and meet the public during a free event at Duke University
Thursday, Nov. 17.
The event begins at 4:30 p.m. in the David M. Rubenstein Li
brary’s Gothic Reading Room on West Campus. Parking is available
in the Bryan Center lot and garage.
Herrera — a poet, photographer, anthropologist, cartoonist and
multimedia artist — was selected as the nation’s 21st poet laureate
in June 2015. He is the first Mexican-American and Latino to hold
the position. Herrera’s publications include 14 collections of poetry,
prose, short stories, a young adult novel and picture books for chil
dren with 21 books in total in the last decade.
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ASGUT HEALTH
VLET'S TALK ABOUT WWT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU
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Pick a date that works best for you:
Saturday, November 12
9 am -1 pm
(RSVP by November 5)
Durham County Dept of Public Health
414 E. Main St. Durham, NC
or
Friday, November 18
9 am " 1 pm
(RSVP by November 11)
West End Community Center
705 Kent St, Durham, NC 27701 .
Beta Phi Chapter
Of
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
Presents:
Omega Men: Living me Founders Vision
Sunday, November 13th, 2016
Staging at 4:00 pm
North Carolina Central University Campus
H.M. Michaux School of Education
700 Cecil Street, Durham, NC
Featuring:
The Master of Ceremony for die evening is
John Clark from ABC! [Eyewitness News,
join us as we give recognition to those individuals who have mi
- contributions towards improving the quality of life in our coms
Music selections performed by The
Fountain Singers.
Light refreshments win be served
Go to thepolls
and Vote
Take A
Durham County Library Presents
a Pauli Murray Program on
Harriet Smith
Program: Pauli Murray Program: Harriet Smith
Date: Thursday, Nov. 3
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Main Library, 300 N. Roxboro St., Durham, NC
27701
Cost: Free and open to the public
About: Durham County Library presents a Pauli Murray Program
on Harriet Smith at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 3 at Main Library,
300 N. Roxboro St. in downtown Durham. This event is free and
open to the public.
Pauli Murray’s 1956 memoir Proud Shoes: The Story of an
American Family chronicles her grandmother Cornelia Smith—a
slave reared alongside her sisters in their white aunt’s Orange County
plantation home—and her free, brick-making Fitzgerald family in
Durham. In a lecture and exhibit focused on Harriet’s remarkable
family, Duke University Graduate Liberal Studies scholar Kim Smith
reintroduces noteworthy members of the Smith, Fitzgerald, Morphis,
Kirby and Toole families.
This program is sponsored by the Pauli Murray Project and the
Durham Library Foundation. For more information, call 919-560-
. 0268 or visit durhamcountylibrary.org.
Durham County Library encourages Discovery, connects the
Community and leads in Literacy. As a department ofDurham County
Government, the library furthers Goal 1 of the county’s Strategic
Plan by enhancing cultural, educational and creative opportunities.
For more information about the library, visit durhamcountylibrary,
org.
FOOD DRIVE: COLLECTION OF NON-PERISH ¬
ABLE FOOD ITEMS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11,
8am-6pm. Drop off items at the Durham Army National
Guard Armory, 801 Stadium Drive, 27704. Fixings for
Thanksgiving meal are especially appreciated.
TURKEY DRIVE: COLLECTION OF FROZEN TUR
KEYS OR CHICKEN, THURSDAY & FRIDAY NO
VEMBER 16 & 17, 8am-6pm. Please bring FROZEN
POULTRY donations to: Bull City Cool Food Hub, 902
N. Mangum St., 27701.
Take A
Friend To Vote
The Doctor Is In for Meo Only . .,
“Healthy Relationships”
Men, join Dr. Arnett Coleman for another
fun evening of sharing and fellowship.
Dr. Coleman is a respected, compassionate
and trusted physician who’s cared for
families for over 35 years.
In this talk, he gives guidance and answers
questions about maintaining a healthy relationship. Join Dr.
Coleman and your neighbors for this informal talk.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Durham County Human Services Building
Conference Room A.
414 East Main Street, Durham, NC 27701
The Beta Phi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc in
partnership with Uplift Project, Inc.
Dale
Tuesday, November 14, 2016
Time
7:00pm
Location
Uplift Communit}' Center
For additional information:
(919) 903-8978
If you can or cannot attend and would like to sponsor
a veteran in appreciation for his/her service, please
call the number above.
1811 Palmer Street
Friend To Vote
Durham, NC
Alliance
You don’t want to miss it for the world!