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as the bedrock of                             community activist and                        Charles Houston Center at
               democracy, spent 35 1/2                       church leader. Despite her                    Clemson University; she

               years as an educator in                       life altering experience of                   formerly worked at the
               Atlanta Public Schools. As                    being diagnosed with                          University of North Carolina
               Coordinator of Media                          Multiple Sclerosis in 1972,                   in Asheville and Western

               Services, she oversaw the                     her life of volunteerism, civic               Carolina University in
               automation of all library                     engagement and service to                     Cullowhee, NC.
               media centers in the district                 Spelman as an alumna have

               bringing Internet to some                     enriched her life.                            Joyce Ricks Drayton
               students who were victims of                  Higher Education                              was staff member at
               the digital divide. She was                                                                 Georgia Tech and Clark
               elected president of the                                                                    Atlanta University.

               Georgia Association of                                                                      Teresa McGowan
               Educators and was the first                                                                 Carter Ph.D. is a Licensed
               person to serve two two-                                                                    Psychologist and former

               year terms. She was                                                                         Spelman College faculty
               instrumental in stopping                                                                    member.
               vouchers for private schools
               in Georgia during her tenure.                                                               Patricia A. Freeman,


               Lydia Wynn has used her                                                                     Ph.D is Chair of the
               education credentials in a                                                                  Department of Economics,

               variety of capacities,                                                                      Tougaloo College,
               including kindergarten                        Starlett Russell Craig                        Tougaloo, MS. She also
               teacher, Nutrition Agent,                     serves as Director of the                     headed the University of
                                                                                                           Mobile’s Latin American
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