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NEWS/The Charlotte Post
February 15, 1996
Community Notes
• Lester Newman, Treva
Norman and Jon Lee
Wiggs have been appointed to
leadership positions at
Johnson C. Smith University.
Newman has been named
vice president for academic
affairs. Prior to Smith, he held
the same position at Shelby
State Community College in
Memphis, where he served as
professor of physical science.
Norman is vice president for
student affairs and will serve
as special assistant to
President Dorothy Cowser
Yancy. She was JCSU’s direc
tor of institutional research
and planning.
Wiggs is director of institu
tional assessment, evaluation
and research. He will be
responsible for research activi
ties, including compiling and
reporting data on the internal
and external environment of
the university.
All three appointees report,
directly to Yancy.
• The Greenville
Community Historical
Society will hold its
Celebration of Life program
Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. at Greenville
Center.
Nazareth Primitive Baptist
Church, a former Greenville
Community Church, will be in
charge.
• The Black Political
Caucus of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg will hold its
monthly meeting Sunday at 7
p.m. at First Baptist Church
West. Richard Bargoil, man
ager of the Economic
Development Division for the
city of Charlotte, will talk
about the widening of Beatties
Ford Road.
For more information, call
Johnnie Collins at 393-1200 or
Anna Hood at 333-4685.
• Radiance of Charlotte
will present “Celebrating A
Legacy Of Excellence” Feb. 25
at 3 p.m. at the Main Branch
of the Public Library.
Guest speaker will be
Michelle Thomas of Johnson
C. Smith University and
PAMSA will give an African
dance performance.
• Mecklenburg County is
accepting nominations for
boards.
Positions are available on
the Emergency Medical
Advisory Council, Minority
Affairs Advisory Board and
Spirit Square Board of
Directors. Nominations will
take place Monday and
appointments made April 2.
The deadline for applying is
March 4 at 600 East Fourth
St.
• A program honoring Dr.
Charles Warren Williams
was held Wednesday at the
westside health center named
for the Charlotte physician,
the city’s first African
American surgeon.
The event celebrated Black,
History Month and National ‘
Heart Association Month.
Williams, who died in 1982,
founded the C.W. Williams
Health Center at 3333
Wilkinson Blvd., first known
as the Metrolina
Comprehensive Health Center
and served as its chairperson.
On hand for
Wednesday
ceremony
were his wife,
Vivian
Williams, and
his colleagues
in the center’s
creation. Dr.
J. Matthew
Murphy, a
dentist, and
Peggy
Beckwith.
Mrs. Williams read a list of
her husband’s accomplish
ments.
Williams was organizer of
the Southern Piedmont
Health Systems Agency, chair
of the Charlotte Boxing
Commission, developer of
Hyde Park Estates and East
Independence Plaza, a direc
tor of Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, and the entrepreneur
who brought coin-operated
laundries to Charlotte.
Williams
100 Black Women
group organizes
A national black women’s
organization is forming a
Greater Charlotte chapter.
The National Coalition of
100 Black Women of Greater
Charlotte will be the first of
its kind in North Carolina,
and organizers anticipate the
chapter will be a force for
change in African American
communities.
“We feel this organization
will bring together a diverse
group of African American
women with a primary focus
to make a difference,” said
Viola Alexander, chair of the
organizing committee. “We
hope to contribute to solutions
for success in our communi
ties.”
The 65-member organization
includes Cabarrus, Catawba,
Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln,
Rowan and Union counties in
addition to Mecklenburg.
NCBW is a non-profit organi
zation made up of volunteers
working to improve the lives
and career opportunities of
African American women
through networking and pro
grams.
Organized in 1970, NCBW
was formed to address prob
lems and opportunities facing
black women in the wake of
gains made during the civil
rights and women’s rights
eras. Programs dealing with
family, career and political
and economic empowerment
helped foster leadership skills
in its members.
The coalition became a
national organization in 1981.
Northwest CDC meeting held
BALTIMORE — Rep. Kweisi
Mfume left Congress to head
the NAACP with $188,000 in
leftover campaign funds that
he could use to someday
return to politics, donate to
charity or give to another
politician.
Mfume, only the second
Marylander to leave Capitol
Hill with substantial leftover
campaign funds, said he has
not seriously considered how
he will spend the money, but
added he could save it for a
future political race.
Mfume is to be installed this
week at the NAACP’s national
board meeting.
Federal election law would
also permit the five-term
Baltimore Democrat to spend
the fimds on charitable dona
tions. Mfume said he has “sev
eral favorite charities," includ
ing the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People, which is $3.2
million in debt and “clearly at
the top of my list of priorities,"
he said.
According to the Federal
Election Commission, once
Mfume clears up his congres
sional expenses, he could
spend campaign kitty on char
ity, other candidates or a
future race.
Like all lawmakers, he will
be required to report the sta
tus of his campaign funds to
the FEC every six months
until the money is gone.
He is not permitted to use
the money for personal use.
Former Rep. Helen Delich
Bentley was the other
Maryland lawmaker who left
office with money to spare.
Bentley had about $42,000
when she left Congress.
and by 1991, there were 60
chapters with 7,000 members
in 22 states and Washington,
D.C. The Charlotte group,
which met for the first month
ly meeting Monday, hopes to
be chartered by early fall.
For more information on the
National Coalition of 100
Black Women of Greater
Charlotte, call 551-1923.
Ike Heard, center, and Joseph DeLaine, right, discuss westside
development plans with John Huber of the Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Utility Department. Heard is executive director of
the Northwest Corridor Community Development Corporation.
DeLaine, president of the McCrorey Heights Community
Association, is a member of the Northwest Corridor CDC board.
Severai key westside issued were discussed during the
Northwest Corridor CDC’s annuai information meeting Feb. 8 at
First Baptist Church West on Oaklawn Avenue. About 45 people
attended.
Nfume takes seat
Maggie Walker opened
more than the St. Luke’s Bank.
She opened doors.
'Maggie Walker founded the St. Luke Penny
Savings Bank in 190Z both to serve the financial needs
of her Richmond, Virginia community and to create
jobs for other black women. She saw a need, found a
solution, and then made banking history - as well as
black history - by becoming the first woman president
of an American bank. Wachovia salutes Mrs, Walker,
and the enterprising spirit that inspired her.
©1995 WocKovia Corp.
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