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Spotlight Shines on DST-MAC Authors 6. Transparency – communicate with passion
and honesty.
7. Advocacy – Demonstrate your beliefs by your
actions.
A super leader must have a set of personal be-
liefs that guide them daily. She shared character
traits and spiritual beliefs that have framed her
leadership style over the last forty-four
years. “Remember, if you are walking and no-
body is following you … you are simply taking a
stroll.”
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Thrive Girl Thrive!
Dr. Tiffany H. Taft
1. We each have a story to tell and someone is
waiting on you to tell yours.
2. Women hold all their emotions in their womb,
our sacral chakra. We must be careful as women
The Montgomery (AL) Alumnae Chapter of Delta as we are receptors and receivers.
Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., hosted “MAC Authors 3. The group was asked to write down or think of
Spotlight” on Saturday, February 15, 2020. one thing that they are grateful for and one thing
These DST- MAC Authors on Tour are a group that they need to release that no longer serves
of college-educated women dedicated to public their greater good.
service with an emphasis on issues and topics 4. The group was asked to tell who they are
that target the African American community in without titles or roles related to careers or others.
which they live and serve. They are also writers 5. Thrive Girl Thrive was written for women by
of original literary works that provide insight women and for the men in their lives who seek to
communicate in a different way and understand
and promote change within the community.
them more deeply.
The National Arts & Letters Commission Authors 6. Names were mentioned of notable black fe-
Directory includes over one hundred listings of male authors, writers, poets, and fellow Soror
books by Deltas, three of whom are local sorors. authors as women not afraid to tell their story to
Our spotlight highlighted the works of Dr. Sheila empower another woman to THRIVE.
Austin, Dr. Tiffany H. Taft, and Josephine Bolling
McCall and raised the awareness of the commu- ********************
nity to their literary existence. The Penalty for Success
Each distinguished author presented highlights Soror Josephine Bolling McCall
from their works and answered questions from Soror McCall shared the story about her father’s
the audience.
lynching when she was five years of age.
Secrets on How to Be a “Super Leader” Elmore Bolling was thirty-nine years old and had
Nuggets of Wisdom to Inspire Your Journey achieved success as a farmer, trucker, entrepre-
Dr. Sheila M. Austin neur, and restaurateur. Her father‘s brutal mur-
der meets the lynching definition by having been
1. Humility – Super Leaders do what we do be-
cause it is simply being gracious! committed by more than one person and without
2. Integrity - Do the right thing because it is the any due process following. After ten years of
right thing to do! research and interviewing fifty-one people, Soror
3. Know Yourself – Know your strengths and McCall’s conclusion (as well as the NAACP’s)
weaknesses. Make things happen! was that her father was murdered because he
4. Communication – Do not allow your title to de- was “too prosperous to be a Negro farmer.”
fine you… you define the title!
5. Mentoring – Make other people feel important.
As a special treat there was a drawing at the end
