GABEO Annual Summer Convention, June 19-22, 2008, Savannah State University
Posted on May 28, 2008
The GABEO Annual Summer Convention, June 19-22, 2008 Savannah State University, 2219 College Street, Savannah, GA, 912-356 2240 “Founders of the Civil Rights Revolution: Honoring our Legendary Heroes” Saluting and Celebrating the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Fred Shuttlesworth, 5th President and Co-Founder of SCLC
To: GABEO Members, Friends and Supporters From: Rep. Tyrone Brooks, President RE: GABEO Summer Convention Agenda/Events
Agenda: Expanding our Board of Directors, Adding New Partners,” Holistically Creating a More Unified Voice for our Communities: Getting Out the Vote ’08: “Stopping the Violence, Saving Our Children, Ending the Carnage”
Thursday, June 19 3:00 p.m. Opening News Conference – The Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, 912-231 8900
Friday, June 20 4:00 p.m. Georgia Association of Black Contractors, Bill Cannon, Executive Director – West Broad Street YMCA , 1110 May Street (at corner of Gwinnett) 912-233-1951
6:00 8:00 p.m. GABEO Opening Reception Host: GABSU Mr. Roy Jackson and Ms. Helen Johnson, Coordinators – West Broad Street YMCA, 1110 May Street (at corner of Gwinnett) 912-233-1951
8:00 p.m. Entertainment – The Mutuals Club (Downtown Savannah, Corner of Barnaird and Pearl at 46th Street off Victory Drive near the Railroad Tracks)
Saturday, June 21 Jordan School of Business 7:30 a.m. Get Out the Vote: Clergy/Leadership Breakfast Coordinators: Rev. Henry Ficklin, Rev. Bennie Mitchell
8:00 a.m. Registration and Plenary Session, and Community Forum: Teen-Youth Summit! Stopping the Violence, Saving our Children, Ending the Carnage Presiding: Rev. Rhea Posey, Executive Director Personal Growth Institute, Atlanta, Georgia Greetings: The Honorable Michael Thurmond, Georgia Commissioner of Labor Ms. Helen Butler, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda Mayor Willie Burns, President, Georgia Conference of Black Mayors Rep. Al Williams, Chair, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Atty. Janice Mathis, Vice President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Dr. Joe Beasley, Regional Director Ms. Rita Samuels, Founder, Georgia Coalition of Black Women Sen. Charles Steele, President, SCLC Mr. Ed Dubose, President, State NAACP Mr. Bill Cannon, Georgia Black Contractors Association Mr. John Evans, Operation Lead Atlanta City Councilwoman Felicia Moore, Past President, NBC- LEO Rep. Calvin Smyre, President, National Black Caucus of State Legislators Commissioner John Hayes, Black Caucus, ACCG, Albany, Dougherty County, GA
11 a.m. – 12 noon Introduction of Presidential, Congressional, State and Local Candidates (Note: Each candidate can speak for 5 minutes. Only candidates can participate. No surrogates allowed.)
12:30 p.m. GABEO Get Out the Vote Awards Luncheon – Student Center Ballroom, Savannah State University – Celebrating the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Fred Shuttlesworth, Co-founder SCLC, Leader of the 1963 Birmingham (Bombingham) Movement. He invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Ralph David Abernathy, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, Rev. C. K. Steele, Rev. T. J. Jemison and others to join him in this movement, which led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights (Public Accommodations) Act.
Welcome: The Honorable Otis Johnson, Mayor of Savannah Greetings: Dr. Earl G. Yarbrough, Sr., President Savannah State University Invocation: Rev. Bennie R. Mitchell, Pastor Connor’s Temple Baptist Church Special Tributes to Honorees: Saluting the Longest Serving African American State Lawmakers for 34 years of continuous service: Rep. Calvin Smyre, Rep. Bob Holmes, Rep. David Lucas Saluting the Freedom Fighters in the Movement for Justice, Moore’s Ford Bridge Lynchings, Monroe, Georgia: Ms. Hattie Lawson, Chair, Athens Clarke County Human Relations Council; Mr. Robert Howard, Activist, Social Circle, Walton County; Ms. Bobbi Paul, Executive Director, WAND, Atlanta Media: The Walton Tribune, The Covington News, The Athens Banner-Herald, The Georgia Informer
2:30 p.m. Georgia Conference of Black Mayors Caucus, Student Center Conference Room, The Honorable Willie Burns, Mayor of Washington Georgia, President
6:00 p.m. Begin Boarding for the GABEO Get Out the Vote Dinner Cruise – Savannah River Boat Company, 9 East River Street (Downtown Savannah behind the Hyatt) 912-232 6404 Note: We board at 6 p.m. Departure is at 7:00 p.m. SHARP. Return time is 9:00 p.m., Host Coordinator: Mr. Ernie Jones, Tanner and Associates, GABEO Business Coordinator
9:30 p.m. – Until – Entertainment
Sunday, June 22 10:00 a.m. GABEO Get Out the Vote Closing Worship Service (Dedicated to the Memory of the Honorable Rev. Dr. James Orange, SCLC, Civil Rights, AFL-CIO labor veteran; GABEO’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa) Connor’s Temple Baptist Church, Reverend Bennie R. Mitchell, Pastor (Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. at corner of W. Gwinnett Street) Delivering the Message: The Honorable Rep. Al Williams, Chair, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus
2:00 p.m. Lunch and Adjournment: Don’t Forget July 15th Primary Elections!
Convention Accommodations Holiday Inn Midtown, 7100 Albercorn Street, Savannah, Georgia 31406, 912-352-7100 Ext. 520, FAX 912-691-2647, Ask for Kai Williams, GABEO Rate: $94.95 (Standard King and Double) Please Make Your Reservations Now!!
Next Meeting: The 3rd Annual Reenactment of the Lynchings at the Moore’s Ford Bridge Friday, July 25, 2008, 12 Noon 1st African Baptist Church, Tyler Street, (Across from Church’s Chicken), Monroe, Georgia Demanding the Arrest and Prosecution of the Killers Fall Conference: October 24 – 26, 2008, Claxton, Georgia
For more information and updates please visit www.gabeo.org or call Tyrone Brooks 404-656-6372 or 404-372-1894.
Please forward this information to everyone on your list. Thanks, Tyrone.
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