For 35 years, the members of have dedicated themselves to “shaping and revolutionizing” a new generation of leaders.
“We are not only grooming leaders for the future, we want to ensure that education, pay, economic development and employment remain in the minds of our legislators,” says president Elma Hairston.
In election years, the members spend a lot of time reminding others how important it is to vote — a point that addressed when she spoke at CBWPA’s 33rd Tribute to Black Women Luncheon on Saturday at the Marriott City Center.
Franklin was Atlanta’s first female mayor and the first African-American to be elected mayor of any major Southern city. She served from 2002 to 2010.
Three of those who worked hardest to get her elected, Franklin said, were from Denver. Sherry Jackson, Denver’s former clerk and recorder, pretty much lived in Atlanta full-time during Franklin’s campaign; former Mayor Welllington Webb and his wife, Wilma, made frequent trips to Georgia to help muster support. Franklin, Wilma Webb and Jackson are all members of .
Those honored at the luncheon were Tammy Booth-Myers, president of Tammy Booth-Myers Insurance; Cheryl Williams-Carter, founder and executive director of and ACW Marketing and Event Planning; Bennie Lucille Williams, a retired educator and co-director of ; Daphne Hunter, who recently retired after 34 years with the Denver Public Schools; Frances Owens, a lifelong volunteer and one of the newspaper’s African-Americans Who Make a Difference; state Rep. Angela Williams; and Kimberly Turner, an East High School honors graduate majoring in chemistry at in Decatur, Ill.
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