DedicatedtoPetersburgVA Meeting Minutes

.;1. Nov~mber22, 2008 (Saturday) PHS Auditorium ~

).Uendees: Annie Mickens, Mayor, Ivy Harrington, Angela (Graves) White,
Cherra Mitchell, Kwame Smith
Time: 1200 noon until 1315
0nening Prayer: Kwame Smith -1210
Open Discussion: All present-1212-1314 (discussion and topics below)
Moderator: Ivy Harrington
Closing Prayer: K warne Smith - 1315
Topics Discussion of Motivational Speaker Presentation on 11/21/08
- Speakers were Tanya Patterson, Maurice Bowles, Kwame
Smith
- Session went well
- Discussed how to improve the next presentation
Time was limited
Setting (classroom vs. auditorium)
Panel discussion type vs. individual speakers
Discussion of Advertising
- Cherra has contacted several sources such as the Progress
Index, Richmond Times Dispatch, and VSU radio station to
obtain advertising. This is to put the word out that we are
looking for PHS alumni. VSU may be able to do something
for us free. Cherra will follow up.
- Mrs. Mickens will touch base with her constituents in her
church (Good Shepard) to look for alumni.
- Angela will touch base with her constituents in her church
(Tabernacle) to look for a1umni.
- We will see if Mrs. T. Thrift-Smith will touch base with her
constituents in her church (Mt. Olivet) to look for alumni.
Discussion of Activities and lead Points of Contact
- The Mentoring Program lead will be Johan Jones. Action
item is:
c Looking for volunteers who will be willing to be role
models. Fort Lee may be a potential source.
- The Speakers Program lead person T8D (Maurice Bowles?)
Action items are:
Looking for volunteers who will be willing to share life
stories.
Talk about subjects such as felony convictions, jobs,
and prison.
- The Scholarship Program lead person TBD. Action items
are:
 ~ Kwame to talk to Regina Russell (Melvin Daniels'
mother) to see how she started his scholarship and
find if it is still active.
Get an activity together for the students to show them
how to apply for scholarships and college:
Discussion of Computers for School
- Ange a suggested a websre www.donorschoose.com for
educators who are looking for e uiprre'l or ot. e ~I gs for
their school.
- Kwarne wor ing to see what his company will do.
Discussion of Legalities
- Cherra checked into forming a 501 (c)(3).
www.legalzoom.com is where she received her information.
Pric' granges frofT\ $139.00 + state fee to $359.00 + state
fee.
- Mrs. Mickens suggested looking into legal representation
and counseling. Maybe some alumni out there are lawyers.

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