Zora Neal Hurston
1891 - 1960

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Fisk University
"Jubilee Singers"
Seminole Community College
"Spiritual Legacy"
January 11, 2007

THE CROOM'S ACADEMY
"GRAND REUNION"

Mr. Charles "The MadHatter"
Merritt was born and raised in the Georgetown area
Sanford, Florida, in September 9, 1932.  Spending
most of his professional career outside Sanford,
much of his legacy is here in Sanford, and in tact!
... As part of our Community TV Workshop of
Central Florida activity, Mr. Merritt will be
celebrated.  We are starting here in "Classic Soul
Music Month" on WebbRadio.com !

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What I really wanted to do with these pages is to
inform you about what is going on here in
Sanford-Eatonville-Oviedo, and to keep you up-to-date
with what goes on there.   There are thing that you might find very interesting, and there is more to this, that has much to do with culture, history and that part of our lives
    I'm enjoying Sanford and this part of Florida ... at this stage of my life.
    Yeah ... and it has an awful lot to do with culture and the people in it.
     Thank you Mr. Don Brown, and all of the "Brown
Family", Midway, Florida.  Thank you Tajiri Performing
Art Center and Ms Patricia Merritt-Whatley, Ms Jamie
Thomas, Carmilla Barnes, Cal Ledbetter, Ms Cynthia
Smith and all the staff at The Golden Rule Community
Development Center and "The Harris Nest".
    
 

N.A.A.C.P.
"CHRISTMAS PARTY"
Saturday - Dec 9th
7:00 PM EST

JUNETEENTH
FORT MELLON PARK
SANFORD FLORIDA
12 NOON - 4 PM

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COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR
SPONSORED BY:
NAACP
&
BO-KEY INT'L TECHNOLOGY
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March 25, 2006

Midway Heritage Day Festival
& Midway Safe Harbor Center
Midway-Canaan City Florida

March 18, 2006

'519 PLEDGE DRIVE'
BREAKING BARRIERS

TAJIRI PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY
519 PALMETTO AVENUE
SANFORD, FLORIDA
(pronunciation:  Ta-JEER-ee)

Ms. Sharon Robinson

For Immediate Release
March 7, 2006

Daughter of Baseball Great Jackie Robinson Helps Local School 

Jackie Robinson’s entry into Major League Baseball in 1947 not only
broke the color barrier in that sport, but also set the stage for
his daughter’s life work.   Sharon Robinson, Vice President of
Educational Programming for Major League Baseball, is bringing her
love of education and baseball to Central Florida.

Ms. Robinson, who has written four books about her famous father,
will be helping the ‘Little Red Schoolhouse’ in Seminole County
keep its doors open.  Robinson will keynote the Tajiri School of
Performing Arts Pledge Drive Fundraiser on Saturday,
March 18, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the school in Sanford.

Tajiri School of Performing Arts, the life of Jackie Robinson and the
work of his daughter share a common theme: empowering
young people.  Tajiri’s mission is to help youth by keeping alive the
tradition of storytelling and folklore, develop leadership and
entrepreneurship skills and celebrate unity through diversity.

Tajiri’s location, 519 Palmetto Avenue, is on the National Registry
of Historic Places as the first public school in Sanford.

Sharon Robinson’s Central Florida visit comes a little over one
month before the anniversary of her father becoming the first
African-American to integrate professional baseball (April 15, 1947 - Brooklyn Dodgers).

As Major League Baseball’s vice president of educational
programming, Robinson created a program using baseball-themed
activities to educate students.  It includes bringing baseball players
into classrooms across the country to talk to children
about overcoming obstacles.

 Her book, “Jackie’s Nine: Values to Live By” (Scholastic, 2001),
is considered the foundation of the program.  It focuses on
nine values she says her legendary father lived by:  courage,
determination, teamwork, persistence, integrity, citizenship, justice,
commitment and excellence.

Ms. Robinson will discuss those values, her father’s legacy and
the importance of giving back to the community at the event
on March 18^th.

For more information contact:
Jami Thomas, Executive Director
Tajiri School of Performing Arts
(407) 833-9864

Patricia Merritt Whatley, Founder
Tajiri School of Performing Arts
(904) 696-7877

March 11, 2006

"Housing Fair"
Golden Rule Community Development
Crooms Academy Gym

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