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Hillsborough County Branch NAACP Swearing In Ceremony Planned
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Friday, January 4, 2019, the new leadership of the Hillsborough County Branch NAACP will be sworn into office. The cere- mony will take place at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 3005 E. Ellicott Street, beginning at 6 p.m.
The ceremony will be conducted by Leon Rus- sell, Chairman, of the Na- tional NAACP Board of Directors.
Russell was elected chairman of the NAACP at its annual Board of Direc- tors on February 18, 2017. He has served as a member of the NAACP Board of Di- rectors for 27 years.
Russell retired in Janu- ary 2012, after serving as the Director of the Office of Human Rights for Pinellas County Government, Clear- water, after 35 years.
While serving in this ca- pacity, Russell was re- sponsible for implementing the County’s Affirmative Action and Human Rights Ordinances, which provide for the development of a racially and sexually diverse workforce reflecting the general make up of the local civilian labor force and the implementation of the county’s Equal Employ- ment Opportunity Pro- grams.
The Pinellas County Human Rights Ordinance provides protection from il-
LEON W. RUSSELL, Chairman, National NAACP Board of Directors
JOSEPH ROBINSON 2nd Vice President
housing, employment and public accommodations for the County’s 923,000 resi- dents.
Russell has served as the President of the Florida State Conference of Branches of the NAACP from January 1996 until January 2000, after serving for 15 years as the First Vice President. He has served as a member of the National Board of Directors of the NAACP since 1990. He has served the Board as the As- sistant Secretary; Chair of
MS. YVETTE LEWIS President
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MS. JANELLE McGREGOR ... Secretary
the Convention Planning Committee; and Vice Chair- man of the National Board.
He has also served as a member of several organi- zations. Russell has been the recipient of numerous civic awards and citations.
The new officers who will be sworn in are: Ms. Yvette Lewis, President; Daryl Richardson, 1st Vice President; Joe Robinson, 2nd Vice Presi- dent; Ms. Janelle Mc- Gregor, Secretary; and Ray Campbell, Treasurer.
Members of the Execu- tive Committee At Large who will be sworn into of- fice are: Atty. Norman Harris, Ms. Lenora Spearman, Ms. Darele Campbell, Ms. Norene Copeland Miller, and Jarvis El Amin.
Ms. Lewis said several other positions have not yet been filled. Those positions will be filled at a later date.
“This is a wonderful oc- casion for us. This will be the first swearing in cere- mony for the branch in about 6 years. We are mov- ing forward,” she said.
Retired Educator Is Named Guest Speaker For Bay Area Brotherhood Annual King Banquet
MS. DELORES C. McINTOSH
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
The By Area Brotherhood has announced its speaker for the 46th Annual Banquet commemorating the life and works of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The banquet will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at the MacDill Air Force Base Surf’s Edge Club. The cocktail hour begins at 5:30 p. m., fol- lowed by the banquet and en- tertainment by the Progress Village Magnet School of the Arts.
Popular songstress, Be- linda Womack will be the Mistress of Ceremonies, and may even sing a little, too.
The guest speaker will be Ms. Delores C. McIntosh, a retired education consult- ant, who worked in the field part-time for 10 years. She re- tired from the Hillsborough County School District in 2003.
A native of Alapaha, GA, Ms. McIntosh came to Tampa with her parents, Weldon and Amanda (White) Hodgins as an in- fant. Her elementary school years were spent at St. Peter Claver Catholic School. She completed her junior and senior years of high school at Howard W. Blake High
MS. BELINDA WOMACK
School, graduating with hon- ors. While at Blake, she was crowned Miss Junior and then Miss Blake High.
In 1961, Ms. McIntosh enrolled in Florida A&M Uni- versity and obtained a B. A. Degree in English in 1964.
While at FAMU, she wore the titles of Miss Freshman, Miss Alpha Phi Omega and Miss NAACP. Also during this time, she participated in human rights demonstra- tions and was arrested three times.
After graduation, Ms. McIntosh taught school in New York for one year. She then returned to Tampa, teaching at Middleton and Blake High Schools. Her ca- reer in education included coordinator, specialist and supervisor/generalist. She earned a Master’s Degree and has 18 hours towards a Doc- toral Degree.
Tickets to the banquet are still available. Contact any member of the Brotherhood.
The Bay Area Brother- hood is a private nonprofit organization of 20 active duty and retired military person- nel, organized in 1973 and chartered on MacDill AFB in 1978 to promote brotherhood in the Tampa Bay Area. Their motto is: “Helping Disadvan- taged Children.”
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