Jazmin Marlin
inducted
into college
Honor Society
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Jazmin C. Marlin of Winston-Salem
has accepted membership in the Golden
Key International Honor Society. She
was honored during a recent induction
ceremony at East Carolina University.
"It is only fitting that a top academ
ic achiever like Jazmin be recognized
by Golden Key,"
Martin
saiu jonn w.
M i l eh e I I ,
Golden Key's
CEO. "Our
members are
inspired and
motivated not
only to achieve
exceptional aca
demic accom
plishments, . but.
also to make a
positive impact
on our world
through the Society's commitment to
service."
Golden Key International Honor
Society is the world's premier colle
giate honor society, with more than 1 .7
million members and over 360 chapters
in the UnitedStates. Australia, Canada,
Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa
and the United Arab Emirates. The
global nonprofit organization provides
academic recognition to top-performing
college and university students, as well
as scholarships and awards, career and
internship opportunities, networking,
servicf and leadership development
opportunities. Membership into the
Society is by invitation only, to students
in all fields of study. Golden' Key was
founded in 1977 in Atlanta. The Society
is a member of the Association of
College Honor Societies (ACHS).
Women
from puttr BT
Forsyth Technical Community College and
stepped out on her own.
Chisholm credits the program with helping
her to make the transition to independence
successfully.
"I think it had a lot to do with it because a
lot of times you feel like you want to give up
and you don't have anything to look forward
to," she related. "It made me look forward to
____________ wanting to be out of the
Miller
shelter."
The program has
also been life-changing
for Mary Holman, a
recovering addict and
Bethesda Center resi
dent for the last seven
months.
"My past life has
taught me not to trujst
others, but Ms. Usher
teaches us to trust God
and then we can trust
others," commented the
52-year-old. "...(For
someone) to show us
interest like this, it means a lot. It makes us
feel like we're being loved all over again. ancT
not forgotten."
The women closed each session by chanti
ng the Serenity Prayer and reciting Maya
Angelou's famous "Phenomenal Woman"
poem, from which the program draws its
name.
Ishi Pentacostal, a small church off of
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, served as a
makeshift salon and fashion-house on
Saturday in the hours before the formal gala,
where each program participant received a
certificate of completion.
The women were treated to a lengthy pam
pering session. Makeup artists, hairstylists
and nail technicians gave them complete
makeovers. They then donned evening gowns
collected by program organizers before trav
eling to St. John CME in chauffeured limos.
Current Bethesda resident Ashley Johnson
was bubbling with excitement at the pamper
ing session. Though she was thrilled to
receive the royal treatment, Johnson, 26, said
it was the message of the program that res
Stephanie Branch models her new gown.
onated most with her.
"The Phenomenal Woman program made
me stronger, made me a better young
woman," declared Johnson, who lives at the
Center with her fiancee. "It taught me that it's
a time and a place tor everything, and it's not
what you do but how you do it (that matters)."
Carma Miller, a Mary Kay cosmetics rep
resentative and Phenomenal Woman Board
member, describes her affiliation with the
program as a therapeutic experience.
Miller says she was in need of healing her
self after she suffered an unthinkable tragedy
in the summer of 30()7.-when her 16 year-old
son. Christian, drowned in Happy Hill pool.
Coping with the loss, of her child has helped
her to relate to the crises other women face.
Miller said.
Photos by Layla Farmer
Ashley Johnson is made over.
"It's been inwardly rewarding to be able to
help another woman," she commented.
"These women, some of them were just bro
ken and didn't know what to do. I've been
there: I've done that "
Miller took great pleasure in witnessing
the impact of the program on the women at
the pampering session.
"Just coming in now and doing before and
after shots and seeing the joy on their faces,
it's been well worth it," she said. "I'm look
mi! forward to (starting the program again)
next year."
For more information about the
Phenomenal Woman program. visit
lit tp:// site the phenomenal woman .org .
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