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By Mary Booth Thomas For YWCA Salute to Women The children in the YWCA of Greater Atlanta's Early Childhood Education program celebrated Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa last year. The child-sized kitchen in the Virginia-Highland facility is stocked with plastic egg rolls, tacos, pasta and shish kebabs as well as hamburgers and hot dogs. The dolls, storybooks, art supplies and costumes in the dramatic play area also celebrate Atlanta's multicultural communities. It's all part of the YWCA's mission to eliminate racism and empower women, said Tamika Scruggs, early childhood education director. One of the goals of our program is to help children get to know children of other cultures and other races. We are teaching them that, while they have their differences, they are all the same, she said. The Early Childhood Learning Center provides full-time day care for children 6 weeks to 4 years old, Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. About 35 percent of the 113 children enrolled in the program are from minority groups and 16 percent are from
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Shaniya Hill and Rhett Burley play in the PreSchool2 classroom at the YWCA Early Childhood Learning Center in Virginia-Highland.
low-income families, Scruggs said. We believe that child care is education and not just baby-sitting, she said. We have a staff-child ratio that is lower
than state requirements. We follow lesson plans and a creative curriculum for children in each level, including the infants. The creative curriculum and the multicultural atmosphere attracted Desiree Biggs, a native of Mexico City, who enrolled her daughter, Fernanda Morales, after her family was displaced by Hurricane Katrina. She later joined the YWCA staff as a volunteer coordinator. The doors are wide open for the multicultural kids to be in the program and to learn about each other, Biggs said. The staff is well-prepared, and they love what they do. My daughter speaks Spanish, and it's nice that some of the other kids take Spanish lessons, she said. Parents can enroll their children in Lingual Kids, an extracurricular program of Spanish lessons once a week, said Tomeki Hill, early childhood education coordinator. Hill knows rsthand the bene ts of early childhood education. She has custody of her 4-year-old niece, Shaniya Hill, and has enrolled her at the YWCA. It's a very rewarding program. We're African-Americans, and I think it's bene cial for Shaniya to have the opportuni-
ty to interact with Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic children. When children get to know people of other races and cultures at an early age, they don't have problems getting along later in life, Hill said. The YWCA's volunteer program encourages parents and other volunteers to work with the children. One volunteer reads to the children in Spanish. Another, from Thailand, visited in full costume and performed a native dance. We never turn down volunteers. They do have to pass a background check and go through orientation, she said. We love to have people come in and interact with the kids. It helps the children grow. The program empowers women with families by providing a safe, nurturing place for children to receive care while their parents are working. It empowers the staff by encouraging them to continue their education, offering exible schedules, on-site training opportunities and computer access for online classes, Scruggs said. Last year, the YWCA provided onsite training that enabled all staff to receive the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential. The organization pays for 20 hours of continuing education for staff each year, double the state requirement.
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25th ANNUAL YWCA SALUTE TO WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT LUNCHEON
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➤ When: May 14, 2008 ➤ What: Honoring Atlanta's
premier female role models through the Academy of Women Achievers
➤ Where: Georgia Ballroom, Georgia World Congress Center
By Grace Green/For YWCA Salute to Women For 25 years, the YWCA of Greater Atlanta chapter has honored some of city's most accomplished women ¨ leaders who have demonstrated excellence in their professions as well as a steadfast commitment of service to their communities and the YWCA's mission of empowering women and girls. As the organization marks the silver anniversary of its Salute to Women of Achievement, we offer 25 things everyone should know about the YWCA.
1. Has reached out to girls and women internationally since 1858.
2. Is the oldest and largest
multicultural women's organization in the world.
3. Has received the national Hallmark Award from the YWCA USA for creating Em-
powered Youth Entertainment, a racial-justice program that advocates peace, leadership and respect for all humankind.
4. Can be found in 122 coun-
YWCA programs from top left: Mentoring; TGI Tech; EYE; Early Childhood Education; Women in Transition.
➤ Information and tickets: www.ywcaatlanta.org tion, intolerance and prejudice through its Empowered Youth Entertainment (EYE) Diversity Education Program.
9. Creates opportunities for Photos by Philip McCollum, Barry Williams and YWCA
sion of eliminating racism and empowering women.
tries around the world, serving 25 million women and their families.
6. Has more than 1,300 sites
5. Promotes its national mis-
7. Is served by more than
in the United States, serving almost 2 million participants.
70,000 volunteers whose work is strengthened by diversity as they help deliver services nationwide.
8. Uses drama to give 13- to
19-year-olds a means of exploring attitudes toward discrimina-
young women's growth and leadership through mentoring programs with women leaders in Atlanta's major corporations.
10. Has empowered women
since 1902, when the YWCA of Greater Atlanta was founded, offering programs that promote education, advocacy and unity.
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providers of child care in the United States, caring for more than 250,000 children annually in programs such as Early Childhood Education at the Northeast Intown YWCA.
12. Opened the rst deseg-
regated public cafeteria in the Southeast in 1960.
13. Provides a safe and enriching environment for youth in KYDZONE after-school programs at eight metro Atlanta sites.
14. Cultivates interest and
competence in science, technology, engineering and math through Teen Girls in Technology (TGI Tech), which helps metro Atlanta girls overcome barriers and stereotypes in these elds.
15. Educates women in
underserved neighborhoods on breast and cervical health and refers them to screening centers through ENCOREplus, a national initiative.
16. Promotes health and well-
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2008 YWCA SALUTE TO WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT
19. Addresses and prevents
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homelessness by providing comprehensive services to women and children that improve self-suf ciency and the ability for mothers to gain and retain employment to support their families.
Manager: Martha Foster, 404-526-5750 or mfoster@ajc.com
Staff: John Brieske, managing editor; Bill Boykins, Fran Casselman and Amy Schneider, editors Advertising contact: Raquel Jarrett, 404-526-5978 or rjarrett@ajc.com On the cover: Photos by Barry Williams. Clockwise from left: Preschool teacher Angela Parks and Olivia Koval, 4, at the YWCA Early Childhood Learning Center; quilt at Cascade House; Empowered Youth Entertainment rehearsal.
20. Operates the Cascade
House, which provides homeless women and children with temporary housing and support to make safe and positive transitions into new lives.
21. Serves as a preeminent
provider of programs and shelters for victims of domestic violence in the United States, serving more than 500,000 women and children annually.
22. Provides job shadowing
opportunities for girls at major Atlanta corporations that open doors to future career opportunities.
23. Recognizes women who embody the YWCA mission through the Academy of Women Achievers and at the annual Salute to Women of Achievement Luncheon.
17. Opened the rst emergency night shelter for women and their children in Atlanta in 1987.
24. Provides job training and
18. Gives aid, transitional
25. Helps nancially challenged mothers with child-care costs.
shelter and residential support to more than 15,000 metro Atlanta homeless women and
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A Salute to 25 years Academy shines spotlight on women's achievements By Pamela A. Keene For YWCA Women of Achievement
2008 HONOREES
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YWCA of Greater Atlanta. As we celebrate Salute's silver anniversary, it is a privilege to induct these empowered women into n the early 1980s, women our Academy of Achievers. Each were notably sparse in the serves as a paradigm of distincboardrooms of major corpotion whose laurels make us berations and in leadership posilievers in our ability to overcome tions across the country. All of that has changed, thanks in large racism and sexism, live out our dreams and continue to spread part to a program developed by hope throughout our city and the national YWCA called Tribbeyond. ute to Women in Industry. The 10 honorees are chosen At that time, the national each year by a formal selection organization knew there were committee, which may consider women in leadership positions 40 to 50 nominees. Candidates and decided it was time to are recommended by employrecognize them, said Ann Stalers, community leaders, other lard, former national president academy members and the comand lifetime honorary board munity at large, early in member of the YWCA of the year. Greater Atlanta. Stallard Carol Jackson, now also has served on the retired as executive vice international board of president of the Federal the YWCA; she was inHome Loan Bank of Atducted into the Academy lanta, was named Woman of Women Achievers in of Achievement in 1999. 1994. The women are all By lifting up women incredible. The impact of achievement in industry, arts and educaJustine Boyd, they each have on the community and their tion, the YWCA not CEO, YWCA ability to in uence young only celebrated their of Greater girls to help them underaccomplishments, it also Atlanta stand that they can do continued its mission to even more than they believe they connect women together and to can. It's amazing what we're able provide strong role models for to do as a connected group, future generations. Jackson said. The YWCA instituted the The annual Salute to Women academy in 1984; Rosalynn of Achievement luncheon, Carter was the rst Woman of scheduled for May 14, honors Achievement. She was inducted women who make positive with nine other women as the strides in business, the commuinitial members of the academy. nity and in the lives of others, Since then, more than 200 but it goes much further than women have been inducted into recognizing the 10 nominees. the academy, including Coretta Certainly, each year's Scott King, Anne Cox Chambers, Gladys Knight, Jane Fonda, inductees are outstanding, but in this city there are so many Shirley Franklin, Evern Cooper women doing great works that Epps, Stephanie Blank, Ingrid it makes the selection process Saunders Jones, Dorothy Fuqua, very challenging, said Brenda Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Reid, chairwoman of the YWCA Leah Ward Sears. of Greater Atlanta board of From the beginning, we directors. realized that women's contri The academy is a wonderful, butions are being made at the symbiotic way not only to salute board table, the community outstanding women; it's also the table and the kitchen table, living example of the strength across all demographics and and inspiration for future genfrom a variety of backgrounds, erations, Reid said. said Justine Boyd, CEO of the
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Senior partner, Alston & Bird LLP Community: The Atlanta Women's Foundation, The Lovett School, Breakthrough Atlanta. Family: Husband Buddy (Charles) Miller, daughters Linden Miller, 20, and Doria Miller, 17. Biggest influence on your life/career: I had a series of strong people in my life: My teachers in primary school, Mrs. Blakely, Mrs. Emerson, Mrs. Gray; my piano teacher, who also taught me life lessons; my mother ¨ one of the smartest and wisest women I know; my father, who taught me to work hard; my spouse, who has supported me in everything I've done; and the many partners who have mentored and cared about me professionally and, even more, personally. Greatest challenge you have overcome: It may sound clichï for a woman in my position, but the greatest challenge that I have overcome is being a woman in a maledominated profession and balancing the responsibilities of my career with those of being a wife, mother, daughter and sister. Advice to young women: Focus on education, especially the ability to write and to think clearly and critically; the ability to read and comprehend; and the ability to think analytically. Be fearless in the face of change and challenge; seek excellence; desire and have the capacity to tackle the world, whatever it brings.
LISA M. BORDERS
President, Atlanta City Council, CEO, The LMB Group LLC Community: Trustee, Clark Atlanta University; trustee, The Westminster Schools; director, St. Joseph Healthcare System; director, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. Family: Adult son Biggest influence on your
life/career: My grandfather, the late Rev. William Holmes Borders Sr., and pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church for more than 50 years. He led by example, speaking out against injustice and working tirelessly for
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the uplift of the entire community. He simply worked to solve problems and address basic needs and civil rights, like affordable housing and the equal opportunity for work. He cared deeply about bringing people together in a once-segregated society. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Running a multimillion-dollar business while raising a son as a single mother. Advice to young women: Enjoy and celebrate the professional and personal dimensions of their lives.
SUSANA MARIA CHAVEZ Vice president, Parking Company of America
Community: Atlanta Commission on Women, chairwoman of the board; Anti-Prejudice Consortium, immediate past chair and current fund-raising chair; Atlanta Women's Foundation, board member; CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), vice chairwoman CREW Leadership 2008; Metro Atlanta Arts Fund, board member; Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Family: Husband John Enoah Cook; two children, three stepchildren and two grandchildren. Biggest influence on your life/career: My mother and father. When I was a child my mother took care of me, loved me and taught me to read. I could always count on her. My dad worked most of the time, except on Sundays. After church, he took us to our farm and taught us to ride horses. My parents are still hugely important to me. In her 80s, my mom states more clearly what she wants, teaches me to take action and has introduced me to the opera. My father now gives me more of his time. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Being a woman in a male-dominated society. For many years I thought my reasoning was somehow awed. Later I learned I had a different perspective that was just as valid as that of the men surrounding me. Recent studies show that women make only 77 cents to every dollar a man makes. But attitudes toward women continue to change for the better. Advice to young women: You are more capable than you give yourself credit for. Your drive, tenacity, brain power and heartfelt approach to life are worth a lot. Get a college and graduate degree. Apply
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LaJEAN WALLER GOULD
Founder/president, Women in Golf Foundation Community: Georgia Black United Fund; African American Golfer's Digest, editorial advisory board; Executive Women's Golf Association. Family: Husband Otis; daughter and son-in-law, Jonet and Rodrick Eason. Biggest influence on your life/career: My mother. She was a single parent who encouraged me to pursue my dreams and believe in myself. She has been a role model for me: strong, determined, focused and a rst in many accomplishments. Her work paved the way for me and other women today. I stand on her shoulders so that others may stand on my shoulders. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Realizing that the real glass ceiling is directed at the progress of women. For many years, I focused on the race barrier until I truly understood the challenges that women face. My challenge was double, but it was important to prioritize the challenges in the appropriate order to ensure progress. Advice to young women: When challenges arrive, remember that you are only limited by your own imagination. Visualize yourself in the midst of your dreams, enjoying your accomplishments, and then put your heart and soul into making that dream a reality.
LISA HAMILTON
President, The UPS Foundation Community: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Center for Corporate Citizenship, chairwoman; Disaster Assistance Working Group; Atlanta Education Fund; Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship; United Way of Metro Atlanta.
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career as a tax lawyer. It is a very speci c profession, and it was dif cult for others to understand how my skill set was applicable to other opportunities. However, I utilized volunteerism and leadership programs to enhance my skills and demonstrate my value in other areas, and after six years was given an opportunity outside of tax law.
Biggest influence on your life/career: My father encouraged me to follow my dreams and supported me in my pursuit of them. He provided opportunity, allowed me to explore and experiment, refrained from judging, and assumed that I would succeed in whatever endeavor I undertook. He was the wind beneath my wings.
Advice to young women: Focus on the three P's: planning, preparation and people. Planning means guring out what goal you want to pursue, whether it is a speci c job, company, or industry. Preparation means developing your skill set to enable you to meet the opportunity when it comes. People means making connections with those who can help you achieve your goals.
Greatest challenge you have overcome: Recovering when our home and business were destroyed by Hurricane Andrew, and reaching out to help others who did not have the same resources. Advice for young women: Be bold and stretch. You will never regret the things you did, only the things you didn't do. Create your own canvas. Don't let others paint you into their picture of what success looks like.
CANDACE KASPERS
President, Gender Plus+ Inc., a consulting, training and business-coaching company Community: Board member, Center for the Visually Impaired; former president of the Women Business Owners of Atlanta; board member and former board chairwoman of the AntiPrejudice Consortium; board of directors of the YWCA of Greater Atlanta and former board chairwoman. Family: Husband Bill Kaspers; daughter, Brett O'Brien; and son Tyler Kaspers. Biggest influence on your life/career: Betty Smulian, former chairperson of TrimbleHouse, and Ann Stallard, Principal of Graphic Communications Corp. They are both eloquent and incisive businesswomen and volunteers who encouraged me to be as committed to the Atlanta community as I had been to my profession. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Led a three-year ght and jury trial in federal court to support Jewish college faculty against discrimination and won the battle against institutional discrimination. Advice to young women: As you move to new heights in your life and career, it is essential that you stay true to your beliefs, respect others and lift other women as you climb.
Family: Husband Erick Hamilton; daughter Lauren Hamilton, 5.
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Biggest influence on your life/career: My parents were strong proponents of education and encouraged me to pursue college and then law school. They also helped me believe that any goal was within my reach and helped me identify learning opportunities, such as international exchange and leadership development programs, to help me achieve those goals. Even today, they are my closest advisers and biggest cheerleaders.
Community: Voices for Georgia's Children; Atlanta Committee for Progress; Atlanta Education Fund; Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation.
Greatest challenge you have overcome: Finding a way to transition from my initial
Family: Husband Raymond H. McPhee; daughter Cameron Brook McPhee.
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President, ING Foundation Community: Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Woodruff Arts Center; America's Promise; Operation Hope. Family: Divorced; daughter Ansely Gabrielle Simpson, 28 months. Biggest influence on your life/career: I nd Oprah Winfrey to be a true inspiration. Her story is amazing. She is the best example of a woman of color defying all barriers and accomplishing anything in life. In addition, all four of my grandparents had really great personal and work ethics. I admired each of them. They also helped me realize that I was put on this earth to accomplish whatever my heart desired. Greatest challenge you have overcome: My greatest challenges in life have been ones that I have self-imposed. For instance, I nally had to accept that there are some facets of life that are simply beyond my control. I am a self-proclaimed perfectionist, so for me each day is a challenge, especially when it's one of those days in which nothing will go right. Advice to young women: Recognize that your rst responsibility is to yourself as a woman, then others.
LOUISE SAMS
Executive vice president and general counsel, Turner Broadcasting System; president, Turner Broadcasting System International Community: Board member, High Museum of Art; board member, Metro Atlanta YMCA; member of the Princeton University board of trustees. Family: Single, no children.
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Biggest influence on your life/career: My parents. My father passed away several years ago; my mother is still alive, and they both continue to in uence me. Both being wonderful people who think about others, who give back to those who are in need ¨ without any desire for recognition. They taught me about integrity and doing the right thing. They have loved me for who I am and have been supportive in all that I do. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Leaving comfort zones, where you know what you are doing and feel con dent about your work. In taking on the responsibility of Turner's international business, I stepped out of the comfort of practicing law. I had to learn to analyze business opportunities and initiatives in a slightly different way, ask different questions and admit that I didn't know everything I needed to know right off the bat. Advice to young women: Seize opportunities, even when you fear you are not yet prepared for the next step. Those opportunities don't come along often enough, and you will surprise yourself at how well you do.
CECILIA TORRENCE
Community involvement of cer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Community: American Red Cross minority recruitment board member; Future Foundation board member; League of Women Voters board member; South West Atlanta Youth Foundation, COO; Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia volunteer. Family: Husband Leigh Torrence Sr.; son Leigh Torrence Jr., who plays football for the Washington Redskins. Biggest influence on your life/career: My grandmother, Malinda Johnson. She taught me strong Christian values and instilled in me the con dence that has sustained me though life's many journeys. Juanita Powell Baranco has been a mentor and friend. She gives great advice and tells me what I need to hear, and not necessarily what I want to hear. She also inspires me by the example that she sets for me and other women and girls by being a great mother, teacher, businesswoman and friend. Greatest challenge you have overcome: Developing and implementing the community involvement program at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta. Since I was appointed as the rst community involvement coordinator in 1997, the program has grown and continues to be an excellent recruiting tool for new employees. Advice to young women: Find your passion and pursue it. Start saving for retirement the day you start working.
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Women in Transition program lends helping hand By Karon Warren For YWCA Salute to Women Sometimes in life, things don't turn out the way we planned, and we nd ourselves struggling to get back on our feet. For homeless women and their children, the YWCA of Greater Atlanta's Women in
Transition (WIT) program offers a place to regain their footing. Participants receive transitional housing at Cascade House, the organization's housing facility, as well as resources and referrals for long-term housing, health care, child care and job readiness. The ultimate goal is to lead participants to self-suf ciency.
Although the program is structured for an 18-month stay, WIT Director Kecia Lott said they encourage participants to complete the program in a shorter time frame. She sees the extra six months as a cushion rather than a crutch. If we do our job in 12 months, they should be prepared and ready to
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go, Lott said. To get them on their way, participants stay in Cascade House rent-free, but they must share responsibilities, such as performing household chores and preparing meals. They also participate in the program's mandatory savings plan, in which 30 percent of their monthly income is deposited into a savings account on their behalf. Upon completion of the program, they get the money back, which can be used for debt relief, utility deposits, rst month's rent and other necessities. Statistic show that the Women in Transition program appears to be working. In 2007, Cascade House served 12 women and their children. Of those, ve were discharged while the others continue working toward independence. All successfully gained employment. The program worked for Evelyn Hicks of Atlanta, who entered WIT in 1993 with her two children. She said being a part of the program helped her focus on herself and her daughters. She also bene ted from the
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workshops she attended through the program, particularly those on budgeting money and anger management. I am able to cope with my problems better by going through the workshops, Hicks said. I'm not ashamed. It's made me a better person. Four years ago, Hicks returned to the YWCA, this time to help others as she herself was helped. It keeps me grounded, she said. It reminds me of what I need to stay on track. Lott said she sees the positive effect WIT has on those enrolled in the program. In the year that I've been here, it's had a tremendous impact, she said. I'm constantly talking about the women and children we serve and how they're on the right path. Case in point: She recalls a letter she received from a 16year-old boy. He wrote, Thank you for Cascade House. Thank you for giving me shelter. I get the opportunity to plant the seed and see it grow, Lott said. We get to see them prosper.
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Brenda Reid, president Karen Walker, vice president Deborah Schwartz-Grif n, secretary Wendy Thomas, treasurer
Ashley Scott Agard Andrella Baylis Mary L. Bennett Sonia Booker Annette Gaines Martina Jimenez Meryl Lacy Connie McIntyre Amanda Pace
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The Empowered Youth Entertainment program at the YWCA of Greater Atlanta recently won the Hallmark Award, given by the YWCA USA as part of its Racial Justice Awards. Pictured (from left) are EYE Artistic Director Sharrell Luckett, students Cathi Muse and Jazmine Girten, and Alisa Porter, YWCA of Greater Atlanta chief program of cer. The award recognizes achievements by a local association in eliminating racism and advancing racial justice.
Mary Pike Susan Richardson Leslie Sibert Ann Stallard Teresa Stivarius Ruby Swann Susan J. Thompson Pauline Warrior Carol Reid White Myrna White
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