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Saturday, May 25, 2013

Honoring Augusta Baseball Coach Jerry Hunter for caring about our inner city youth: W. K. Kellogg Foundation New Tools New Visions 2 (NTNV2) sponsored a youth baseball camp at Paine College with Jerry Hunter as coach

Honoring Augusta Coach Jerry Hunter for caring about inner city youth: W. K. Kellogg Foundation New Tools New Visions 2 (NTNV2) sponsor a youth baseball camp at Paine College





New Tools New Visions 2 (NTNV2) in Augusta, Georgia: Finding healthy outlets and activities for inner city youth and others facing social inequalities by addressing issues of environmental health, violence, health equity, and social justice

NTNV2 is a Paine College/Community Partnership funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation

NTNV was the primary sponsor of a baseball camp for inner city youth in the summer of 2010 organized by amazing and outstanding Augusta Coach Jerry Hunter.
The Jerry Hunter Baseball Camp for middle school and elementary school kids included "inner city youth from Augusta area housing projects," said Rev. Terence A. Dicks, an Augusta activist and the NTNV2 Community Liaison and Steering Committee chair and New Tools for Healthy People 2020.

"We need more projects like the Coach Jerry Hunter's baseball camp for our children - to give them something to do" during the long, hot summers in Augusta, said Rev. Dicks, who is hoping to help start more projects for Augusta area youth because they are targets for greedy drug dealers and have too much time on their hands if not involved in extracurricular activities.


Coach Hunter "is a very enterprising young educator and a Paine College Alumni," Dicks said.

Coach Hunter was the boy's baseball coach (2007-2010) at Lucy C. Laney High School in Augusta and then became the celebrated head coach of the high school boy's basketball team - leading the team to its first class AA state championship in 2012.

"It's a Mother's Day gift to Miss Laney, from us," said the modest Wildcats coach Jerry Hunter in an interview with an Augusta newspaper following the March 11, 2012 state championship victory.

Coach Hunter was honoring the school's famous and beloved namesake:
Post Civil War African American Educator, Reformer, and Social Activist Lucy Craft Laney - who established a school for African American children in Augusta and was a huge inspiration to many of her students including (Mary McLeod Bethune) a future advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

Coach Hunter stepped down as the school's basketball coach in 2013 to spend more time focusing on his family.

A 1997 Paine College graduate who lettered in basketball, Coach Hunter was a member of the 1994 basketball team that won the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season title and advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament.
In 2011, Coach Hunter's son LaTron (3rd base) became the first Wildcats baseball player to ever get a full athletic scholarship signing with Southern Union State Community College in Alabama.

Hoping his son's scholarship will encourage more youth to play baseball, Coach Hunter said LaTron showed Augusta athletes it's possible to earn a scholarship in sports other than basketball and football.

Hunter's three seasons as head basketball coach for Laney (77-15 record/84 percent success) included three Final Four appearances and the 2012 state championship.








Coach Jerry Hunter:
Paine College Class of '97 is among those honored in June 2012 by Augusta Sports Council
http://www.paineathletics.com/news/2012/6/4/GEN_0604122721.aspx
http://paineathletics.com/mobile/index.aspx?story=261


Lucy C. Laney High School

Educator, Reformer, Social Activist Lucy Craft Laney (April 13, 1854-October 24, 1933), an early African American educator who established a school for African American children in August, GA:


Coach Jerry Hunter

Laney Coach Jerry Hunter has stepped down as basketball coach March 18, 2013
Laney routs Manchester for its first state title
Laney 67, Manchester 53
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Team and Coach Jerry Hunter honored by city of Augusta after 2012 state championship victory
2012 stories in Augusta newspaper about student helped by coach Hunter
Problem child : Laney High star athlete overcomes odds to graduate - and gives praise to coach Jerry Hunter:
Fostering success: Laney star made home on basketball court
Jerry Hunter's students/players go on to acclaim:

New Tools New Visions 2 (NTNV2) in Augusta, Georgia:


NTNV2 is a Paine College/Community Partnership
Funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation

NTNV2 is a community collaborative organization built on Community Based Participatory Research principles

NTNV organizes Augusta churches in public, celebratory activities.
Pastors, Ministers and other Religious leaders can publicly commit their churches to the Annual Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS.

Encourage HIV/AIDS education, promoting HIV testing and organizing against stigma.

The group's intention to serve as a vehicle for increasing the level of public awareness in the Augusta Black church community.

NTNV 2 assessment by Dr. Kimberly M. Coleman, MPH
Consultant and paid contractor for the Kellogg Foundation
11-8-10 in Denver, CO
138th annual meeting of the American Public Health Association
"Lessons learned as a Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) technical assistance coordinator - partnered with four rural, African American Communities" in Albany, Augusta, Fort Valley, Savannah.

Dr. Kimberly M. Coleman, PHD, MPH, CHES
In 2008, she was awarded a $100,000 contract from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation as the Technical Assistance Coordinator for the "New Tools, New Visions 2" project





Albany State University:


Albany, Georgia Tools for Change, Inc.
P.O. Box 3841
Albany, GA 31706-3841

Danielle Blackwell, BA
Facilitator

229-255-0502


NTNV2 Purposes:

Connect four rural GA communities surrounding Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with faculty resources to develop a community-based participatory research (CBPR) infrastructure to address issues of environmental health, violence, health equity, and social justice.

NTNV2 Project Goals:

Help community residents to resolve identified problems, and create change in public policy, and quality of life using several public health-based strategies to engage community residents and partners with researchers and/or HBCUs to develop solutions for each targeted community's health issue among local residents

Community Grantees:

Four Southern Georgia community organizations were selected after submitting proposals to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Harambee House, Inc. and Citizens for Environmental Justice

Kellogg Foundation





Participants define strategies to eliminate obstacles from and creating good policies for African Americans to develop healthy families.

Using the Healthy People 2020 objectives include dynamic interaction between building healthier family structures and eradicating obstacles to healthier Black families.

While myriad areas of health disparities will be addressed, special attention will be paid to four focus areas:
Violence as a public health issue

HIV/AIDS

Mental Health Disparities

Under-utilization of Preventative Care

Presenters take a proactive stance in addressing critical matters corresponding to the creation of stronger Black Families and improved health conditions.
Presenters include outside experts and the Augusta community, Paine College faculty/students plus reps of the Medical College of Georgia health system.

NTNV2 Augusta is a partner of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of Minority Health's National Partnership for Action (NPA) to End Health Disparities, and a member of the national Healthy People 2020 Consortium.

More info:

Dr. Adeleri Onisegun
NTNV2 Project Director
Paine College Dept. of Psychology
706-821-8281

Rev. Terence A. Dicks
NTNV2 Community Liaison
Chair, Steering Committee
706-799-5598

United Methodist News Service story March 2008 by Linda Green




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Friday, May 24, 2013

Prayers and respect from Augusta, Georgia: Richmond County Democratic Party honors victims of Boston Marathon terrorist attacks

Richmond County Democratic Party pays tribute to the Boston Marathon bombing victims as they continue road to recovery

Richmond County Democratic Party (RCDP) chair Dr. Lowell Greenbaum offers condolences and respect to the families and victims of the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings terrorist attacks
Prayers are offered by RCDP chaplain Rev. Sidney Gates
 Photos of Richmond County Democratic Party (RCDP) tribute to the Boston Marathon tribute honoring the victims of the 2013 bombing including those at the parade and the police officers who were killed or wounded capturing the terrorists.

Showing solidarity for the terror victims and all Boston area residents, party members discussed their feelings about the terrorist bombing, press coverage and other issues.

RCDP members have friends and family who work and reside in Boston.

Two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people on the afternoon of April 15 and more than 260 people were injured in the attacks that shocked the world.

Murdered in the bombings were eight-year-old Martin William Richard of the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester; Krystle Marie Campbell, 29, a restaurant manager from Medford, Massachusetts; and Lü Lingzi, 23, a Chinese national and Boston University graduate student from Shenyang, Liaoning. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police Sean Collier was gunned down by the terrorists after their identities became public and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Transit Police Officer Richard H. Donohue, Jr. would be shot and wounded by friendly fire a few hours later during a hail of gunfire in a shootout between between police and the terrorists. 

Speakers at the Wed., April 17, 2013 event in Augusta, GA included RCDP Chair Dr. Lowell Greenbaum and the Rev. Sidney Gates, RCDP Chaplain.

(Photos by Progressive Democrat the Rev. Terence A. Dicks of Augusta, a Democratic Party of Georgia State Committee member for the 12th Congressional District of Georgia on behalf of the RCDP)


Pictured above, right to left, are:

Front Row: RCDP chaplain the Rev. Sidney Gates, RCDP voter registration chairperson Betty Frank, RCDP Treasurer Liz Johnson; and a guest of the of the RCDP event.


Back Row: RCDP member Frank Williams and RCDP Sgt. Of Arms Alvin Forrest


Pictured above, left to right:

Front row: RCDP member Krishna Goel

Second Row: Augusta residents and RCDP members Barbara Stenstrom and Gloria R. Greenbaum, wife of the RCDP chair

Third Row: Avid longtime RCDP members Marcia Brown, party assistant treasurer Hilda Phinizy, and Lydia (Alvin) Forrest

Fourth Row: RCDP member and former party secretary Michael "Mike" McCullen, a member of the Progressive Religious Coalition and co-chairman of the Augusta Mayors Blue Ribbon Commission on Race


Speaking is the Rev. Sidney Gates, RCDP chaplain and a member of the Augusta Progressive Religious Coalition

RCDP chaplain the Rev. Sidney Gates offers prayers for those who were victims of the bombing and to families of the brave police officers involved in the manhunt and apprehension of the Boston terrorists

Boston Marathon Terrorist Attacks

Some background on those pictured, who are known for their compassion for others:

With others with a big heart, Krishna Goel was named one of the 2012 volunteer Care-
givers of the year representing from the Central Savannah River CARE-NET (Caregivers Network) program – a unique volunteer coalition of 12 Georgia caregiver support organizations across a broad array of illnesses and disabilities.
Goel was honored by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and the Rosalynn Carter Institute (RCI) for Caregiving at the 2012 RCI Gala
Goel is the chair of the Augusta Chapter of the Georgia Traumatic Brain Injury Support Groups.

An active member of the Summerville Neighborhood Association, Barbara Stenstrom is a longtime Democratic Party supporter/contributor who has donated/supported worthy projects like the Lucy Craft Laney Museum, environmental clean-up and many more community efforts like the daily newspaper's Empty Stocking Fund plus is a noted cat lover and protector.

Known for her big heart for all people and human rights, Gloria Greenbaum called out Republicans for their dirty tricks and meanness while writing letters to the editor recognizing great community causes like the Good Boys, Good Men program at Hephzibah High School and bringing culture and arts to Augusta's (Savannah) Riverfront.
Gloria Greenbaum was quoted in a 2000 news story praising Democratic Presidential candidate Al Gore for making history by naming Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate because he (Lieberman) was the first Jewish candidate (Lieberman) on a national ticket.

Lydia Forrest

RCDP assistant treasurer Hilda Phinizy, who serves as secretary of the fitness/recreation Kingston Club, Inc, a Non-Profit Corporation

Former RCDP secretary and avid Democrat Michael McCullen is a member of the Augusta Progressive Religious Coalition and co-chairman of the Augusta Mayors Blue Ribbon Commission on Race relations.

RCDP voter registration chairperson Betty Frank has been actively involved in National League of Women Voters and Georgia Council on Aging.
A retired social worker, Frank received an advocacy award from the Augusta chapter of the National Association of Social Workers for her political involvement and leadership role working with groups including the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Agency on Aging (AAA), the League of Women Voters and the Mental Health Association.
She served as President of the Augusta Chapter of the National League of Women Voters and as a deputy registrar with the Richmond County Board of Elections.
She has been active on many levels on behalf of seniors, veterans and others including legislative advocate with the CSRA AAA and with the Coalition for Mental Health Advocacy.
In 2008, Frank was named Volunteer of the Year by the CSRA AAA.
Frank was honored for her tireless efforts to bring about positive change for seniors and their families.
She has worked on the local, state and national level to promote, support and sponsor important issues and legislation which have benefited all citizens of the CSRA.
Her ultimate goal is to ensure that seniors are comfortable and knowledgeable about how to communicate with their elected officials

RCDP Treasurer Elizabeth "Liz” A. Johnson has been actively involved in voter registration, Storyland Theatre, Jesse Norman School of the Arts, Planned Parenthood, Augusta Choral Society, Augusta Library, the Lydia Project, Augusta GreenJackets’ Diamond Club, the Sierra Club, Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy, Earth Day, and the Sacred Heart Garden Festival

RCDP member Frank Williams has been featured in the news – and is know around Augusta - or his avid support of Democratic Party

RCDP Sgt. Of Arms Alvin Forrest

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