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NCNW Gets Lamp Of Knowledge Award
L to R: NCNW Members, Tee Solomon, Doris Scott, Bertha Kemp, Mary Forbes Williams, Rosa Cambridge, Erma Griffin, Josephine Townsend, Joann Harris, Rosa Webster, and Colleen Smith.
Mr. Hearns presenting President Solomon the Lamp of Knowl- edge Award
NCNW presented the library a framed logo with founder and the pledge. From left, Rosa Webster, Pres. Solomon, Hearns, Historian and Carrie Hurst, Principal Librarian.
Health Forum Targets Men And Women
MS. RHONDA GRAY Tampa Police Community Service Officer
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
This month, the focus of the monthly Health Forum targets locating individuals suffering from cognitive condition. The organizations have invited a guest speaker to address the system to help locate a missing person.
The next Health Forum is set to take place on Friday, April 29th. It will begin at 11 a.m., and will be held at the College Hill Church Of God In Christ, 6414 N. 30th Street, Superin- tendent Charles Davis, pas- tor.
The speaker is Ms. Rhonda Gray, a Community Service Officer with the Tampa Police Department. She will talk about SafetyNet.
The SafetyNet Tracking Sys- tem helps law enforcement agencies locate missing persons quickly. It comes in the form of a bracelet that is worn all of the time. The SafteyNet Bracelet features a radio frequency transmitter that emits a contin- uous signal.
The Bracelet has a secure database of information that can help in rescue operations. Additionally, the company of- fers customer service 24 hours a day.
Once a person wearing the SafetyNet Bracelet has been re- ported missing to law enforce- ment, trained search and rescue teams track the signal emitted from the SafetyNet Bracelet. The missing person is then returned home.
The Bracelet is successful be- cause it can still send the signal in wooded areas, building, and shallow water. Since its intro- duction in 2010, more than 500 missing persons have been lo- cated.
The forum is open to the public, and men and women are encouraged to attend. For additional information about the forum contact, Chester White, at (813) 237-6061, or Coach Billy Reed, at (813) 744-4923.
Times Publishing Company Sells St. Petersburg Headquarters
The Times Publishing Com- pany, which produces the largest newspaper in the southeast United States – the Tampa Bay Times – has sold its downtown St. Petersburg headquarters to 490 First Av- enue Owner LLC, a joint ven- ture of Convergent Capital Partners and Denholtz Associ- ates.
The sale price was $19 mil- lion. With a 15-year lease, the Times will remain a tenant and occupy nearly half the building, which will still bear the newspaper’s name.
The Times’ Tampa office on Ashley Street is located in a building owned by Denholtz Associates that also bears the newspaper’s name.
2nd Segment Of Community Conversations
The National Council of Negro Women-Tampa Metro- politan Section participated in "the Black Experience" pro- gram at Robert Saunders Li- brary on April 4, 2016. The Black Experience is sponsored monthly featuring a Black or- ganization who shares with the public "their story."
Ms. Carrie Hurst, Princi- pal Librarian and Mr. Fred Hearns, Saunders Founda- tion Administrator welcomed the group and presented to President, Mrs. Tee Solomon, The Lamp of Knowledge Award.
President Solomon also presented Mr. Hearns in honor of the Robert Saunders Library a collage and the pledge of The National Coun- cil of Negro Women with a pic- ture of Mary McLeod Bethune in the background.
The group did a power point highlighting key facets of NCNW's programs and activi-
ties. In a panel discussion (moderated by Ms. Rosa Webster, Special Committee Chairman) NCNW members responded to questions related to the programs, history, serv- ices, and operational structure of The National Council of Negro Women.
A reception followed the program. NCNW is apprecia- tive for the opportunity to share its story with the public. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune is the Organization's Founder, Ms. Ingrid Saun- ders Jones is the National Chair, Mrs. Tee Solomon is the Section President, and Mrs. Christie Jacobs is the Public Relations Chairperson.
NCNW is in preparation of its upcoming Annual Bethune Recognition Luncheon sched- uled for Saturday, May 7, 2016 at DoubleTree Hotel on Cy- press Street. The donation is $45.00.
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
On Saturday, April 30th, the Arthur Green, Jr., Memo- rial Foundation will host the second segment of its Commu- nity Conversations Series. The event will take place from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., at the Tampa Heights Community Center, 2005 N. Lamar.
The event will begin with a Community Question and An- swer segment by the Depart- ment of Justice Discrimination Investigation update.
Dr. Kurt R. Young, Asso- ciate Professor and Chairman, Department of Political Sci- ence, Clark Atlanta University, will serve as the Moderator.
The first Roundtable Discus- sion will focus on the topic of the upcoming elections. It is entitled “Candidates Conver- sations on Electoral & Com- munity Leadership.”
The topic of the second Roundtable Discussion is “In- justice & Inequality in Tampa’s African American Community in the Buckhorn Era: Community Strategy Session on The City Charter, and Review Board Ballot Ini- tiative.”
Arthur Green, Jr., died while in the custody of the Tampa Police Department. Mr. Green, 63, suffered a di- abetic episode and was pulled
The late Arthur and Lena Green, Jr.
over by a Tampa Police officer for a traffic infraction. After being removed from his vehi- cle, Mr. Green was placed on the ground and handcuffed.
Emergency personnel were called when it was discovered that he was in distress. A known diabetic, Mr. Green died on April 16, 2014, at a local hospital.
Since his death, Mr. Green’s widow, Mrs. Lena Young Green, and children have launched several projects to educate both law enforce- ment and the general public about diabetes.
Mr. Green’s family created the Arthur Green, Jr., Memo- rial Foundation to help others who are affected by diabetes.
The Community Conversa- tions Series is free and open to the public.
Series Planned
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