Post-Tribune, The (Merrillville, IN) (Published as Post-Tribune (IN)) – January 13, 2011
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Urban League installs leaders
By Lisa DeNeal
Post-Tribune correspondent
GARY — It was standing room only Wednesday during the Urban League of Northwest Indiana’s installation of the 2011 board and advisory council members inside the office at 3101 Broadway.
“This will be a broader and more diverse organization serving those in Lake, Porter and LaPorte counties,” Urban League CEO Vanessa Allen said. “We will be behind the definition of what the Urban League is about — education, economic empowerment, health and wellness, civic leadership and civil rights.”
Chairman of the Board Richard Hardaway told the new board and advisory council members that being a supporter of the Urban League of is the “highest level of volunteering in the organization. You are working for the community and the people in three major counties and they are welcoming you to be a part of it all,” he said.
“We want to not only be a pillar in the community, but we want the National Urban League headquarters to recognize us as a prime example of what they stand for.”
Highland Clerk-Treasurer Michael Griffin conducted the 2011 installation ceremony, saying this was a reflection of their progress in the last year since Allen was named president and CEO. “This …
is about forming a more perfect union. It is not about you and me, it is about all of us working together for others. It is about what is in your hearts.” and I know you all are committed to do from the heart, what is best for the community,” he said.
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The 2011 executive board:
Richard Hardaway; chairman
Michael Suggs, vice chairman of internal affairs
Joe Wade, vice chairman of membership
Darian Collins, vice chairperson of programs
State Rep Vernon G. Smith, vice chairman of special projects
Father Thomas Mischler, secretary
Brenda Smith, treasurer
Board members:
Juan M. Andrade, Runetta Brown, Gary School Superintendent Myrtle Campbell, Yolanda Chatfield, Darian Collins, Isaac Culver, Reginald Dotson, Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin, Juan Fernandez, Lisette Guillen-Gardner, Marilyn Hairston, Ragen Hatcher, Roosevelt Haywood, Alfred Johnson, Vance Kenney, Patricia Lawson, Indiana University Northwest Chancellor William Lowe, Ian McFadden, Jim McShane, Marlon Mitchell, Robert Ordway, Suzette Raggs, Art Russell, Gene Stubblefield, J. Guadalupe Valtierra, the Rev. Emmanuel Vaughn, Shirley Walls, Gail Watkins, Ann West-Walker and Steven May.
The 2011 Advisory Council:
Loreece Bly, the Rev. Carrell K. Cargle, Gary Police Chief Gary Carter, Shalonda Crump, Paul Dawning, Augusta DeNeal, Elder Willie Eastland, Steven Gill, Tera Grinnell, Bishop Norman Hairston, Richard G. Hatcher, Belinda Huley, Glenn Johnson, Mae Jones, Harold Jones, Irene Scott-King, Sherry Knight, Robert Latiker, Pamela Marshall, Carolyn McCrady, Lavelle Morgan, Debbie Niksch, Joyce Nyongani, Natalie Pugh, Karen Pulliam,
Frank Rivera, Lori K. Sloan, Alisa Spencer, Mary Steele-Agee, Robin Tien, Henry Turner Jr., Rosalyn Whitfield, Annette Williams, Che Wright and Chanelle Yarber.