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PAST SERVICE: UNITED NATIONS. Vice President, UNIFEM Metro UN Development Fund For Woman. Representative (CWU-USA 96-97). Alternate Neo, 76-62 -JJNICEF advocate VALE UNIVERSITY, National Capital Campaign 92-97, Associate Divinity School 1980-88. Alumni Council 1972-1980 NATIONAL BOARD YWCA - USA 1884-76, Executive Committee Chair Grace Dodge Scholarship & Loan, Chair College & University Division 1964-1972. CHURCH WOMEN UNITED - USA, NYS President, 1982-86, Common Council 78-88, Consultant Program 1968, Area Chair LIFE MEMBER: AFICS - Assn. of Former International Civil Servants (UN) NAACP - Yazoo City, Mississippi Branch National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Ohio State University Alumnae Association World Service Council YWCA-USA 2922-229 (H6) XBd '60S6-229 JO 98178-/1179 (ta6)

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VOLUME 2000- ISSUE 3 JULY

LET FREEDOM RING CONCERT XI- JULY 29

AMISTAD SCRIMSHAW

"Scrimshaw is the activity of carving or engraving on the ivory, bone, and other by-products of certain marine mammals, Amistad left Havana in 1839 with 53 and the use of these same materials in illegally enslaved Africans on board. the fashioning of home-made items." Three days into their passage the Malley, "Graven by the fishermen themselves," 9.15. Africans mutinied, took control of the ship, and fought for their freedom all the This largely American folk art, practiced way to the Supreme Court. since the late eighteenth century, reached The legacy of Amistad resonates in many its zenith in the mid-nineteenth century forms: movies, poetry, plays, murals, when whaling was of prime economic books, and on the face of this exclusive importance to northeastern mariners. The Mystic Seaport scrimshaw pin. Amistad decorative and utilitarian objects were made in leisure time aboard vessels such is now taking a new shape - an awe- as our CHARLES W. MORGAN, on voyages inspiring configuration crafted from that could last as long as eleven years. wood, metal and fabric - as Mystic Seaport builds a $2.8 million, 77-foot, hand-hewn recreation of the historic MYSTIC SEAPORT,, vessel in our Henry B. duPont | THE MUSEUM OF AMERICA AND THE SEA"| Preservation Shipyard.

Handcrafted in the U.S.A.

FRIENDS OF A CENTURY- HOPE FOR THE MILLENNIUM

PAGE TURNER & IRVING BURGIE, THE MARRS, GARVEY CLARKE, THE ALFRED BAKER LEWISES, , CATHERINE MOTON and FREDERICK D. PATTERSON, STUDENT NON VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC) ALL MEN AND WOMEN AFRO-AMERICAN CLERGY, TRANS AFRICA- REPARATIONS PROGRAM, ALL TEACHERS EVERYWHERE OF DEPRIVED AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHOSE ONLY REWARD WAS/IS THAT THE TRUTH OF THEIR EFFORTS/RESULTS WOULD LAST FOREVER, GLICKENHAUS FOUNDATION, THE LATE MARY FRENCH ROCKEFELLER, HANNAH WASSERMANN & MAYER FAMILY FUND, FRIENDS AND ALL friends EVERYWHERE OF THE CENTER WHO HAVE SHARED A VISION AND HELPED MAKE IT A REALITY, ALL TRAILBLAZERS & REVOLUTIONARIES EVERYWHERE WHO HAVE BEEN ELL CONTENT WITH THE STATUS QUO AND STRUGGLE TO CHANGE IT TOO OFTEN AT SUPREME COST. FOR ARTISTS AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THEIR EFFORT TO DRAMATIZE AND HUMANIZE CONFLICT CIVILLY AND \ TRAVEL INFORMATION ON PAGE #4-WHAT TO BRING, "Enter to ask the hard questions leave to live more creatively. ~

P.O. BOX 247 GREENFIELD PARK/NEW YORK 12435 Tel. (914) 647-8486 or 632-9509, Fax (914) 632-2262 Email: [email protected] Remarks of William.^inkney Master of the freedom schooner Amistad AMISTAD America. Inc. and Again mankind has lost its course, Tlic Schomburg Center (or Been driven of its way, Rciearch in Black Culture Down paths of death and darkness Cone astray - But there are those who still hold out preaent A chart and compass For a better way - And there are those who fight To guard the harbor entrance To a brighter day. There are those, too, who for so long Flankad by Rav. Dino Woodward, right, of Hartam'a Could not call their house, their house. Fra« and Acccptad Uaaona, Amlstnd Captain BUI Nor their land, their land —• Plnknay, cantar, puts on a gilt ot "apacial glovaa" ha ra- calved Irom me group during coramonlaa honoring Iha Formerly the beaten and the poor vlalt ot tna Amlaud In rtarlam, N.Y. July 5. Who did not own • •: The things they made, nor their own lives - ood afternoon! When 1 was told "But stood, individual and alone, that my assignment was to give Without power - The §ing remarks, a chill came over me. They have found their hour. As many of you know I love to speak, but The clock is moving forward here - Freedom this is the most important group of words .But backward in the lands where fascist fear. i. - Schooner 1 that I have ever had to put together. Has taken hold. It is at Him*; like these I rqil on my And tyranny again is bold. heroes to allow me to give to you the Yes, dangerous are the wide world's wafers lessons I have learned from them. On this still, '" mistad occasion there are two: My favorite writer ' Menaced by the will . ["' A AND THE TRIUMPH OVER SLAVERY Langston Hughes and my role model Of tlu>se who would keep, or once more make.^ sailor, Captain Hugh Mulzac. I'm sure that Slaves of men. ' . • ' • many of you are familiar with the work of We Negroes have been slaves before. - WEDNESDAY. JULY 5. 2000 Langston Hughes, but I suspect that tew of We will not oe again. RIVERBANK STATE PARK. MSTH STREET V RIVERSIDE DRIVE you know about Captain Hugh Mulzac. Alone, I know no one is fftt. Captain Mulzac was - a Merchant But we have joined hands - ' •?*' —with reporting by Kalhy Gihvit Marine captain who got his papers in the ' Black workers with white -workers • '-._ early part of the 20th century around 1914 I, with Your! You, with me! . '"' or so. But he could not get a command be- Together we have launched a ship. . Frederick Douglas cause he was Black. That sails these dangerous seas During the early part of the Second But more than ship, Institute receives $1,000 World War, transports called Victory Ships Our symbol of new liberties: were quickly built and set to deliver mate- We've put a captain on that ship's bridge there, rials to the war- efforts, in ..Europe. They A man spare, swarthy, strong, foursquare traveled across the No.rth Atlantic without But more than these, escort through the infamous submarine He, too, a symbol of new liberties. "Wolf Packs." The highest death toll of the There is a crew of many races, too, war was in the Merchant Marine. Many bloods - yet all of one blood still: President Franklin Roosevelt decreed The blood of brotherhood, that Hugh Mulzac should have a com- Of courage, of good will, 'mand and the Booker T. Washington was And deep determination geared to kill launched. The crew of the Booker T. was The evil forces that would destroy integrated and that in his time was a great Our charts, our compass and bell-buoy stride. He made more than 20 Atlantic That guide us toward the harbor of the crossings and never lost a man or a ship. New World Langston Hughes, writer and poet'had We will to make - spent time as a merchant seaman sailing to The world where every ugly past mistake West Africa and Europe on several occa- Of hate and greed and race sions. 1 feel his tribute to Captain Mulzac is Will have no place. fitting for this occasion. In union, you White Man I count it a blessing to sail Amistad And I, Black Man, . "" and an honor to follow in the steps of this Can be free. great sailor. In the poem to Mulzac, More than ship then. Langston Hughes expressed the messages Captain Mulzac, of the struggle for human rights in the Is the Booker T, context of the war, the theme of coopera- And more than captain tion and hope for the future in the charge You who guide it on its way, to the crew. Your ship is mankind's deepest dream The message of Amistad flows through Daring the sea Rev. Saint Clalr Morre and Calvin L.Walton his well-chosen words. I cannot put myself Your ship is flagship in the league with Captain Mulzac but Of a newer day. By Jacob Wunsch Operating in the spirit of the peal pledge myself to uphold the principles and Let the wind rise then! The Institute of African-American abolitionist deliver the message of Amistad as he de- Let the great waves beat! '" Westchestcr was recently presented with Frederick Douglass, the Institute seeks livered his needed cargo. Your ship is Victory, a thousand dollar check from members to revitalize New Rochelle'a poor neigh- And not defeat. of Saint Luke's Methodist Church in borhoods. "What we facie," says Presi- Langston Hughes wrote: Let the. great waves rise New Rochelle to support education, job dent and Founder Calvin L. Walton, "is And the winds blow free! training and community outreach pro- unemployment, lack of education, fam- Dangerous grams. Your-ship is ily breakdown, teenage pregnancy, and Are the western waters now Represented by Reverend Saint Freedom, violence." And the first thing we need And all the. waters of the world. Clair Moore, the missionary group also Brotherhood, 10 do, he continued, " is to establish a Somehow, donated three $ 1 SO scholarships for siu- Democracy! sense of community." dents who cannot afford to pay for the Institute': six-week computer training course.

The above inspired us to donate $200.00 - you are invited to help too... AT YALE THIS FALL :- nc Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and ribolition announces its second annual international conference, "The Arming of Slaves from the Classical Era to the American Civil War," November 16-18, 2000, at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Sessions will include:

-The Arming of Slaves in Classical and Islamic Societies —Slavery and Defense in the Colonial Borderlands -Military Uses of Slaves in New World Revolutions -The Arming of Slaves in the Caribbean -The American Civil War

The goal of the conference will be to shed light on the practice of arming slaves for national and imperial defense by examining the custom across boundaries of time and geography. We will also consider examples of the failure to arm slaves even at the peril of military defeat, such as revolutionary South Carolina and the Confederate States during the Civil War (continued below- left) » BROCHURE ON WOMEN AT YOUR LOCAL POST OFFICE John Brown Lives!

..had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great... it would have been all right..." WOMEN ON POSTAGE STAMPS John Brown, November 2, 1859

The women who are chosen to be portrayed on American postage sumps are May 23. 2000 paid this special tribute for a unique accomplishment, a historic achievement, or a Rev. Franklin D. and Evangelist Stephanie Blanks contribution worthy of worldwide recognition. All of the women pictured on ihe New Jerusalem Baptist Church stamp:; thai follow made significant contributions. PO Box 2771 Plattsburgh, NY 12901 As you read about them, you will I earn about the role women played in Dear Rev. and Evangelist Blanks, Columbus's first voyage, the Lewis and Qjrk Expedition, the Underground Railroad, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, the founding of Dethune- Many thanks to you and the members of the New Jerusalem Baptist Church Youth Choir for your participation in the John Brown 2000 Celebration. Enclosed you'll find a check in the amount of Cookman College, and other important events. $100 as an expression of our thanks and to help cover your expenses. We are able to send this amount due to the generosity of Bcrnicc Coscy Pulley, a woman from New Roehcllc who attended *• In reminding us of these and other achievements that exemplify ihe veri.il lie last year's John Brown Celebration, When she called with regrets that she couldn't come this year, she expressed her desire to support the participation of young people of color in the Celebration. 1 qualities of women, ihe United States Posial Service seeks to honor the wonwn pur- told her abovit the Youth Choir and she agreed that channeling her support your way would fulfill her trayed on ihe stamps featured in this brochure. wish.

Confirmed participants include:

Jennifer Baszile, Yale University David Brion Davis, Director, Gilder Lehrman Center and Professor of History, Yale University Frank* Deserino, University of London Laurent Dubois, University of David Geggus, University of Florida Philip Morgan, College of William and Mary and Co-Winner, 1999 Frederick Douglass Book Prize * Daniel Pipes, Editor, Middle East Quarterly Peter Voelz, Eastern University Thomas Wiedemann, Director, International Centre for the History of Slavery and Professor of History, Nottingham University

date for our John Brown/Nat Turner event: October 3, at 4:15 p.m.

*Note date of Dinner 9/26/2000 You're Invited...

As an 8 year old in 1968 Arthur L. Jr. wrote this poem upon the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

Martin and Jesus Sadness and gladness Came both to please Turned the cruel world upside down On this holy day And now the world But when ten men came to town Still has not It was like in the bay Pleased Jesus

As we finalize plans for the Let Freedom Ring Concert XI, we think on the phrase "Turned the Cruel World Upside Down". Our theme for the day is "UP SOUTH, DOWN NORTH, OUT EAST AND IN WEST" How did we come up with this theme? We started by focusing on the unique friends who have touched our lives coming out of Albany, Georgia. Among them are and Rutha Mae Harris (whom we had hoped would be with us this date) of the original SNCC Freedom Singers. As well, the late Professor Clennon King, and his brother Professor Preston King. It also turns out that NAACP Ellenville branch President Maude Bruce were from Albany, Georgia and she lived there as a teen agree who joined the civil rights movement, and was jailed as were most civil rights workers. * It develops that Rutha Mae Harris is unable to be with us as she will be in Spain for a concert with Georgia Mass Choir. Maude Bruce must be in the West at the national meeting of her African Methodist Episcopal Zion church in which she is very active. We hope her family will join us. The late Professor Clennon King we said in the last newsletter was a visionary well ahead of his time. Indeed the entire family seemed to be. His brother Professor Preston King received a Presidential pardon earlier this Spring so he could return from England to attend his older brother Professor Clennon King's funeral. What is special in the lives of these Albany Georgia friends is how far they will- and have gone in their quest for freedom, and so this year we will celebrate all who have moved anywhere in search of greater freedom. Every southerner who has moved, every northerner, every westerner, every easterner, every foreigner , indeed anyone from anywhere to some place else in this small planet in quest of FREEDOM. So let's all come, celebrate and share how we OVERCAME, and are still struggling to OVERCOME.. The food will be SOUL, so bring your favorite dish with its special message about seeking freedom. We searched high and low and for our contribution in addition to greens we will bring sliced, spiced peaches, and like all soul food holds a unique story. Or bring any cuisine of your choosing for our International table Please join us if you can. The chartered buses will pick up in the Bronx at 7:30 A.M., and in New Rochelle after that about 8 A.M. this Saturday July 29th. The trip up takes about two hours. There will be one comfort stop at Sloatsburg on the about halfway up on the N.Y. State Thruway. Please call in to make your reservation by Thursday, July 27th by 5:30 PM. at (914) 632-2262 or call Ms. Sharon Prichard if you are coming with her group (914) 235-4152. And arrange what you will bring with her. Specify children, or adult, special needs or handicapped. It is important to dress light, but good to have arms and legs covered to avoid deer ticks (LYME DISEASE) and other insects. All children must have a parent or be witii a responsible adult. If the heat is extreme we'll have the sprinklers-so bring a small towel and a change of clothing. Remember the Arthur L. Pulley Jr. Memorial Center is DRUG, ALCOHOL AND SMOKE FREE -so please help us maintain this standard. If you have questions, please call. Look forward to sharing a safe and enjoyable day at G P. A B andN Pulley

1J1ANE DILLON RIDGLEY, a representative of the World YWCA to the U N is chairing the 53rd Annual Conference of NGO's to which representatives of 1500 + NGO's will attend 8/28-30.

THANKS AGAIN AND AGAIN - To each and all who help the Center in its mission. We especially note Barbara Lockwood Russell, Sara Sogi, Sharon Prichard, (Bronx teacher and Riverside Children s Choir Director), Doris Lennon, Felix Varela , and Ed Berman.

CHURCHES AND CHANGE: What a joy and inspiration to note that churches are at last noteably the AME AMEZ, United Methodists are accepting women in leadership roles since for so long they have been the backbone of its existence as it was in the beginning. Congratulations and prayers and good wishes to all. SPEAKERS AT ANNUAL BANQUETS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LA WYERS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY 1979-87

Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham Jr Honorable Amalya L. Kearse Honorable Willie Brown Dean Wiley Branton Honorable Juanita Kidd Stoute Honorable Attorney C. Vernon Mason Honorable Barrington D. Parker Sr. Honorable David N.Dinkins

ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY POSITIONED TO INVITE JUDGES TO FIRST ANNUAL DINNER "

One of the members of ABLWC was instrumental is getting an anonymous donor to contribute a sum enabling the new association to invite all Westchester Judges as their guests. Most attended.

Among African American judges most of whom were firsts and founding members of the Association of Black Lawyers of Westchester County and many active in the National Bar Association were often present

Honorable Fritz Alexander (Deceased) Hon Scovel Richardson -Past NBA President (Deceased) Honorable Harold L, Wood Honorable George D. Covington (Deceased) Honorable Harold Stevens (Deceased) Honorable Ivan Warner (Deceased1)! Honorable Edward Dudley Sr. (Deceased) Honorable Herbert Evans Honorable Milton A. Tingling Sr. (Deceased^ K Honorable John F. Pollard (Deceased) ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEMBERS WHO HA VE BECOME JUDGES

Honorable Richard L. Baltimore Honorable Gloria M. Dabiri Honorable Leland G. DeGrasse Honorable Brenda L. Dowery Honorable H. Hawthorne Harris Honorable Alexander W. Hunter Jr. Honorable Donna Mills Honorable Barrington D. Parker Jr. Honorable Betty Staton Honorable Bruce E. Tolbert Honorable Sam D. Walker Honorable Joseph K. West Honorable Harold L. Wood

. . . . the street namingTdedicatiorFceremony in honor of W. Haywood Bums is scheduled for Mon. August 14th @ 143rd St. and Convent Ave. More precise details should be forthcoming shortly. A WARD FOR ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE TO MARKS,

Surely the minds that envisioned and nurtured the idea of AMISTAD II merits all the recognition any of us can offer. The Arthur L. Pulley Memorial Center For Creativity is honored to present to Carmel Carrington Mart and Warren Marr II THE 2000 AWARD. Mr. Marr is former editor of The Crisis. Attorney Carmel Carrington Marr is a distinguished member of the Bar, was named a Commissioner of New York State and represented the United States in roles at the United Nations. We only wish the OO's behind the $ 100.00 could more completely reflect our gratitude for your contribution which we have every confidence will impact the future profoundly.

'RECIPIENTS OF ARTHUR L. PULLEY JR.. MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD =RECIPIENTS OF NAACP AWARD IN SPRING ( CONTRIBUTED PARTLY BY ALP CENTER)

•JAMES AVERY •ANDREA DEMISE PEARSON =TAWANA THERESA BROWN •LORETTA L. PEARSON •DOROTHY S. COLLINS •LIZETTE L. PEARSON =M1CHELE DAMMIER, •ROSETTA S. PEARSON •CASSANDRA N. DA WES =*KATIRA ROMERO •JOCELYN GARCIA =LANETTE SHORTER =*NAKEYIA GLOVER •CHRISTINA MARIE SNIPE TARRISHA GRANT •DARETA SOLOMON •CLAUDE JACOBS •JEDOLIA SOLOMON =*EVETTE CARLEEN JACOBS =*SABRINA MELISSA TANN •MICHAEL E. JETER =*CRYSTAL TRAMMELL =*LAMARK WILLIAM LOGAN •ROSANNA THOMAS •SHIFFONE MANDEVILLE *VERNON THOMAS •EBONY R. NETTLES •NYREE TAMJKA YOUNG •TIFFANY NETTLES •WILLIAM YOUNG, JR. +SUMMEREARTH1A NIXON

LOANS FROM JONES FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND and AWARDS FOR SINGULAR ACHIEVEMENTS MARY FRENCH ROCKEFELLER REVOLVING LOAN FUND AUDREY JACKSON, New Rochelle High School (In Memory of SARA-ALYCE WRIGHT) Excellence in Scholarship & Leadership- Entered Harvard SHARON J. REIVES - Mississippi ,Post Graduate Yale Divinity

LOAN FROM JONES FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP FUND DISCRETIONARY ASSISTANCE VERNON GARLAND, North Carolina -Repaid in Full TANYA WRIGHT - University of New Haven ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Dion Graham and his family have used the Center for a number of years and enjoy it. He has recently conducted drama workshops from Poughkeepsie, New York to Nebraska. We express our concern in the loss of a grandparent.

Walter Jones has had a busy year teaching drama in NYC schools. But the first week in August he plans to be at the Center putting the final touches on the Mariori Anderson play . He has collobrated with Edear White and Nor ma Jean Darden over several years in this much anticipated work. Diana Solomon Glover was referred by one of Ajhur Jr.'s friends . ..

Video segments for BLACKWATER..a river run! through us... will be shot on location at the Arthur Pulley Memorial Center for Creativity In September 2000. BLACKWATER, a multi-media "Noise/Funk" meets "Riverdance", is the artistic vision of Diana Solomon-Glover and has recently received a $73,000 grant from The Riverside Church in the City of New York to develop and workshop the piece in Spring 2001. BLACKWATER is a musical account of the contributions made African-American culture to mainstream American culture.

A friend of Ruth Steinkrause Cohen suggested that I contact you concerning a theater project that I am currently developing. It is a performance piece about the life of Harriet Tubman through aarrative, dialog, action and song. We are at a preliminary stage and will be holding the first readings of this work on June 19 and 20. We intend to hold a workshop production in September and a 5-6 week Off Off Broadway production in February and March. I am at present seeking co-producers or arrangements with other groups to mount this production. I already have interest from the Kairos Theatre Co. of the Washington Square United Methodist Church in Greenwich Village for the workshop and the Stamford Center for the Arts for a week-end in February. I also have interest from two CUNY colleges to bring students to the winter production. However. 1 would love to bring the production to underserved areas as well. I expect to be able to finance at least a four week run on my own, but 1 am so excited about this project that 1 hope to find

a larger audience for it than my small not-for-profit company can afford. , , , t*t Yours truly,

lysabeth Kleinhans RSC is for decades has been a pillar of UN NOO community ARTHUR L. PULLEY JR. MEMORIAL CENTER FOR CREATIVITY, INC. P.O. box 247 Greenfield Park, New York 12435 Tel. (914) 647-8486 or 632-9509, Fax (914) 632-2262

30 + acres in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York

The photo at the right shows the second building at the Arthur L. Pulley, Jr. Memorial Center For Creativity, Inc. which houses extensive and diverse collections covering more than 100 years of our family's involvement in the response to the African-American experience. The Center is in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York - 100 miles and two hours Northwest of Metropolitan New York City. The facility sits on 30+ wooded acres and is a naturalists dream - with countless wild flowers, fields of rhododendron, mountain laurel, evergreen, etc. Later in the seasons, it becomes a winter wonderland. Dedicated in May, 1988, this drug, alcohol, and smoke free environment has a fully equipped 8 room house and other buildings. It is available year-round without cost to artists, scholars, writers, and creative persons who wish to hone talents or refine works. We do this as a living memorial to the tragic loss of two precious young men in our lives - our son/brother, Arthur, and also nephew/cousin Everett Emerson Hatcher, a federal DEA agent who was assassinated in 1989 in the line of duty in a valiant struggle against the corrupting impact of drugs on our society. The flag pole and landscaped parking lot adjacent to the Center are dedicated to his memory.

We firmly believe the inspiration and insights needed to deal with the thorny and complex problems of our times - including the creative use of leisure - are to be found here. African-Americans especially of this generation, need and deserve the powerful backing and supportive presence of both nature's ordered rhythms and her constant revelations. In an atmosphere of affirmation in this corner of upstate N.Y., one can be exposed tothose same powerful natural influences which have inspired such greats as William E. B. DuBois, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Rederick Douglass, The Suffragettes, Henry David Thoreau, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper. With help from friends and family who shared our vision, we have been enabled to invite persons aspiring to address the human predicament in this day to learn of this offer of time and space. We ask your help in reaching more of such persons. All inquiries will be welcomed. ^ Some 40 scholarships have been given each year to a young man and young woman graduate who graduate from Ellenville High School "and complete high school against the greatest odds, and continue their education by entering college. These awards are presented in cooperation with the Ellenville Branch NAACP at the annual banquet in the fall. The Center matches the donation awarded by the Ellenville NAACP for graduating seniors. More than 3500 guests have visited the Center from part of one day to three months for the many and varied programs.

Mark your calendar and come and bring family and friends to join us in Greenfield Park, and witness and experience with us in this unique setting the Presence of the Grantor of these profound gifts.

FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER IN 2000/2001 !

LET FREEDOM RING ANNUAL CONCERT XI7/292000 NOON- A DAY IN THE COUNTRY 14,2000 NOON - THANKSGIVING OPEN HOUSE (Sun after) 2 PM - Nov 26,2000

2001 LET FREEDOM RING XVI- ANNUAL SPRING OPENING, MAY 26th Noon - EVERETT E. HATCHER II GOLF/FAMILY DAY, JUNE TBD NEVELE/GRANDE LET FREEDOM RING ANNUAL CONCERT XII - JULY 28 Noon - DAY IN THE COUNTRY OCT 6TH Noon - THANKSGIVING OPEN HOUSE NOV 25TH 2 P.M. -

"Enter to ask the hard questions. leave to live more creatively."

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0 Captain! My Captain! WALT WHITMAN FERN WEST was my 8th grade English (Bom May 31, -rSJp; died March s&, J£P-»> ;her at Vernon Junior High School in Ohio. After a gazine drive (Reader's Digest) our efforts were •arded by our school being able to purchase our t public address system. Ms. West insisted upon O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; cing another student (male) and 1 proficient in its The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is . We seemed to have no choice in the matter of won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, uninvited after school elocution lessons. 1 was While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and igned to memorize "Oh Captain" and after her daring: ching recited it countless times. I think everyone But O heart! heart! heaitl /tarion Ohio must have heard me recite it at least O the bleeding drops of red, e. 1 became identified with this poem and the * Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead. ;ct of teasing by friends and family. She coached towards perfection in this chore and made us and O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; er students part of many public appearances. Of Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores rse I did not realize at the time that she was doing a-crowding; a favor and on her own time. For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning: During lunch hours years later in D.C. as t of a students in government program for college Here Captain! dear father! dents, with new found college friends from This arm beneath your head; It is some dream that on the deck mceton, Nebraska, Oberlin and OSU we would You've fallen cold and dead. ngle our toes in the reflecting pool at the Lincoln emorial and over and again read the Gettysberg My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse or will; Idress on the wall in back of the statute. I of course The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and It a kinship. Some days we would walk to the DAR done; . 'T, From fearful trip the victor]ship comes in with object won: jadquarters nearby where Marian Anderson had ;en insulted and rejected motivated by racism. Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells! Little did or could 1 know so etched in my But I, with mournful tread, Walk the deck my Captain lies, xperince and psyche would be the setting for the Fallen cold and dead. lost famous March On Washington on 8/28/68. A ;achers influence is eternal. BCP Page Twelve

WE WILL MISS:

"~ M 1 • • CATHERINE MOTON PATTERSON • Bill Former Neighbor in N .R who spent her last years in Exetet, N.H., cared there for son FDP II. Her own achievements and inspiration touched many . Daughter of Tuskegee President and Wife of Tuskegee Head Fred D. Patterson, Founder of United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

LYDIA BODDIE PEYTON of Rochester, NY Who shared love of Bethesda and Boddie family lore with ALP-and with BCP love and devotion to YWCA and CWU (Churrch Women United)

MARJORIE GRIFFIN -Longtime Clerk at UNION BAPTIST CHURCH, N.R. active in State . and National Baptist Convention activities Past President of Church Women United-New Rochelle & Pelham.

Nick, BCP and ALP at Queen Mary, QUIET PLACES AND SPACES

For 47 years Art and I have been blessed to be intimately involved in and at tbe United Nations, as visitor, employee- and life member of Tbe Association of International Civil Servants, NGO and advocate. This is why over the years one is just as likely to see at The Center For Creativity the U N flag flying as that of the U S. or any other of our choosing. With the highest respect and with intentionality we are pleased to honor all "We the peoples of the United Nations'* with a permanent exhibit of 189 miniature flags elevated in the larger living room of the main house. One of the most serene, secluded and quiet spots on the 30 acres of this upstate facility is by the rock and flag pole where the podium reflected in the above photo is to be found. Dag Hammarskjold the late Secretary General wrote the words below for the Meditation Room at the UN. But it is applicable and adaptable to this special place at Greenfield Park as well. Whether one enjoys this spot under the canopy of the skies anytime or at night beholding the awe inspiring star spangled heavens, it can harbor deep meaning. BCP

YYB ALL HAVB wichin us a center of still- gives life to the earth on which we stand, a forged his swords, of iron he has also made ness surrounded by silence. symbol to many of us of how the light of the his ploughshares. Of iron he has constructed This house, dedicated co work and de- spirit gives Life to matter. tanks, but of iron Lie has likewise built bate in the service of peace, should have one But the stone in the middle of the room homes for man. The block of iron ore is part room dedicated to silence in the outward has more to tell us. We may see it as an of the wealth we have inherited on this seme aad stillness in the inner sense. altar, empty not because there is no God, earth of ours. Howflre we to use it? It Has been, the aim. to create in this small not because it is an altar to an unknown go4t The shaft of light strikes the. stone in a room a place where the doors may be open but because it is dedicated to the God room of utter simplicity. There are no other to the infinite lands of thought and prayer. whom man worships under many names and symbols, there is nothing to distract our People of many faiths will meet here, and in many forms. attention or to break in on the stillness foe that reason none of the symbols to which The stone in the middle of the room re- within ourselves. When our eyes travel we are- accustomed in our meditation could minds us also of the firm and permanent in from these symbols to the front wall, they be used. a world of movement and change. The block meet a simple pattern opening up the room However, there are simple things which of izon ore has the weight and solidity of to the harmony, freedom and balance of speak to us all with the same language. We the everlasting. It is a reminder of that cor- space. have sought foe such things and we believe nerstone of endurance and faith on which that we have found them in the shaft of Light all human endeavour must be. based. There is an ancient saying that the sense striking the shimmering surface of solid The material of the 5 tone leads our of a vessel is not in its shell but in the void. rock. thoughts to the necessity for choice be- So it is with tbis room. It is for those who So, in the middle of the room we see a tween destruction, and construction, be' come here to fill the void with what they symbol of how, daily, the light of the skies cween, war and peace. Of iron roan, has find in their center of stillness. ARTHUR L PULLEY JR. MEMORIAL CENTER FOR CREATIVITY, INC.

30 + acres in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York

The photo at the right shows the second building at the Arthur L. Pulley, Jr. Memorial Center For Creativity, Inc. which houses extensive and dfverse collections covering more than 100 years of our family's involvement in the response lo Ihe African-American experience. The Center is in the Catskill Mountains of upstale New York - 100 miles and two hours Northwest of Metropolitan New Yoik City. The facility sits on 30+ wooded acres and is a naturalists dream -- with countless wild flowers, fields of rhododendron, mountain laurel, evergreen, etc. Later in the seasons, it becomes a winter wonderland. Dedicated in May, 1908, this drug, alcohol, and smoke free environment has a fully equipped 0 room house and other buildings. It is available year-round in 19fl9 in the line of duty in a valiant struggle against the corrupting Impact of drugs on our society. The flag pole ana iana v parking lot adjacent lo Ihe Center are dedicated to his memory.

We Himly believe the inspired and insights needed I. deal with the f °7 "^^ ' e use of leisure - are to be found here. African-Americans especially of this general ion " ^™h7rf07afflrmaUon in this corner of siippoilive presence of both nature's ordered rhythms and her constant revelations. 'n f n ^°SPh ;re 0J J™illia E B. DuBois, n s c ar a 8 m ups ate N.Y one can be exposed tolhose same powerful nature, influences> which haveAspired ^O^ ,^ James Fenimore D 8 n Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman. Roderick Douglass, The Suffragettes Henry f"JJ° J?0\^ ™ ^78 VsSng to address the Cooper. With help from friends and family who shared our "«^^^^£^^X^^^^ A" inc

Some 40 scholarships have been given each year to a young man and young woman graduate who graduate from Ellcnville High School "and complete high school against the greatest odds, and continue their education by entering college. These awards are presented in cooperation with the Ellenville Branch NAACP at the annual banquet in the fall. More than 3000 guests have visited the Center from part of ode day to three months for the many and varied programs. Mark your calendar and come and bring family and friends fe join us in Greenfield Park, and witness and experience with us in this unique setting the Presence of the Grantor of these profound gifts.

FUTURE DATES TO REMEMBER IN 2000 !

LET FREEDOM RING XV ANNUAL SPRING OPENING, MAY 27th Noon - EVERETT E. HATCHER II GOLF/FAMILY DAY, JUNE 9TH NEVERLE/GRANDE LET FREEDOM RING ANNUAL SPRING CONCERT XI - JULY 29 Noon - DAY IN THE COUNTRY OCT 14TH Noon - THANKSGIVING OPEN HOUSE NOV26THNoon-

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Greenfield Park, New York THE DAY PUBLISHING COMPANY New ! ^ndon, CT 06320-1231 Reprinted from The Day Press Kit The Arthur L. Pulley Memorial Center For Creativity acknow- The Day probably is unique in the newspaper industry in lhat all of its ledges with appreciation permission given by THE DAY dividends go to charity. Theodore Bodenwein, its owner-publisher from granting copyright permission for a onetime (May newsletter 1891 until Ms death in 1939, established in his will the Bodenwein Public and program Reproduction of the Special Commemorative Benevolent Foundation to distribute The Day's profits to charitable issue of March 26,2000 of photos and copy of the front page. organizations in Southeastern Connecticut. THE DAY and its photographer Robert Patterson, Jacquie Mr. Bodenwein, the son of a German immigrant bootmaker, purchased Glassenberg, and its editors have kindly granted permission to alter the order and placement of the two photos. We are most the paper ten years after its founding in 1881. He felt a deep sense of grateful.. gratitude to the people who supported his newspaper and created the Bodeuwein Foundation to show his appreciation in a tangible way. WE NOTE WITH SORROW THE DEATH OF THE Mr. Bodenwem, in leaving the newspaper's stock in the hands of The Day LATE HONORABLE JUDGE FRITZ ALEXANDER II Trust, also sought to insure that the paper always maintain its independent status. Members of Congressional Black Caucus present at Amistad II launching 9/25/200, Honorables :Chair James F. Clyburn(SC) 1st V.Chr Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), 2nd V Cbr Corrine Brown (FL), Donna Christian-Christensen (VT),Eva Clayton Chr CBCF, Gregory Meeks (NY), Donald M. Payne (NJ), Carrie P. Meek (FL)Juanita Millender- McDonald (CA), Charles B. Randall (NY), Bennie G. Thompson (Ms), Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (Ohio), Albert Wynn (MD), John Larson (Rep), Chaka Fattah (PA), Earl Billiard (ALA), (GA), William J. Jefferson (LA), Cynthia McKinney (GA), Robert C. Scott (VA). Also in photo is Captain Pinkney and an official related to the day's program. Pursuing a Dream- Harlem Entrepreneur, U.S. Army 1943, With President Harry S. Truman who signed G I Bill of Rights in 1965, Visit at Federal Reserve during NBA Convention, New Rochelle site of 1688 Huguenot Church,With colleagues Rhoda H. Karpatkin and Yodie HC Adelson at Law School reunion in 1998, Namesake Renil Arthur Andrew Pulley, (Parents Ron and Angela), Talking with Brothers Charles and Alkie Howard on his 97th birthday, On banks of Mississippi at Greenville during Jones Family Reunion with Nick and Pam, Yale Alumni week-end shaking hand with Secretary of Treasury Robert E. Rubin, All of us and Papa (CHPI), With Yale University Chaplain Jerry Streets, As leader of Bar with District Court Judge Amalya L. Kearse and Supreme Court Harold L. Wood, Nick and son Alex, with colleague Late Judge A. Leon Higginbotham.

From Mississippi Delta to high school graduate (Ohio), Student Movement YM/YWCA as Chair of first statewide conference on Effective Citizenship with 5 term governor- later Senator Frank J. Lausche in 1948, With President Harry S. Truman 9/4/65 and Anne Jenkins (Univ of Denver and Northwestern,Ms. Earl D. )Thomas of KCMo, Speaker, Yale Alumnal Award, Immediate Family-1965, World Student Christian Federation'1949 (Friends of lifetime Ruth E. Shinn, Beverly Corbet Davison, Richard Batchelder, George A. Tate, et al, THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON 8/28/63, Peace Ribbon Around The Pentagon 1985, Two former Ohio coeds (CSK and BCP) OSU and Antioch, from Marion (Ala and Ohio) meet at NCC meeting at Roosevelt Hotel NYC. In background Presidents Bishop Philip R. Cousin and Rev Dr. M. William Howard, Land of my birth,, Blaine, Sunflower County Mississippi during Jones family reunion, With Esther Wanner Hvmer..n Injv nf Wisr'?fl1 oldest active NGO in from of signatories of UN Charter in Delegates Dinine Roprn. With OSU K.CV ur. uavm L. tltas during YDS Award festivities 1994, The GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 1993.

THANKS to each and all who over these 15 years have given gifts of time, goods, resources, ideas from the smallest to the largest WE ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL

DOING GOD'S WILL- Serving God and humanity for 37 years as Pastor of Bethany Baptist,Church, Newark , Rev Dr. James A. Scott and his wife Dr. Beverly N. Dunston Scott. Dear Friends! Serving in New Rochelle for 27 years Rabbi Amiel Wohl and his wife IVY at Temple Israel of New Rochelle. Dear Friends!

The Late Professor Clennon King of Albany, Georgia was a visionary and well ahead of his time. The power of his life was so profound that his brother Professor Preston King was granted Presidential pardon to return after 39 years in the UK to attend his oldest brothers funeral. During our tour of the UK with American Baptist Assembly CASTLES, CATHEDRALS AND CANALS 4/9^t/20 we were pleased to speak with Professor Preston King at .His daughter Oona is the first woman of African heritage elected to UK Parliament. Complete story by ALP in next issue.

LET FREEDOM RING ANNUAL CONCERT XI- 7/29/2000. We expect Ruth Mae Harris, also of Albany Georgia (as is NAACP President Maude Bruce) an original and founding member of SNCC'S FREDOM SINGERS and a dear friend of 47 years who did the solo during the funeral service of the Late Professor Clennon King will be our special guest.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS July 4,2000 FOR THE AMISTAD II participation in the Tall ships of the Millennium in New York Harbor. More details in next issue.

ALP and BCP feel blessed to attend our 50th college reunions this May and October at OSU and VUU. We enjoy sharing with you the enclosed photos in this issue. We note with thanksgiving that you have been a part of these many days and we are indeed grateful for your friendship. About 20 Westchester judges have been active members of the Association of Black Lawyers of Westchester County of which ALP was founding President and is now President Emeritus. These judges will be listed in the next newsletter. It is worthy to note that founding Member Leroy Wilson Jr. is now serving as chair of NYSBA Committee on Civil Rights. More of this in next issue. Also continuing to give imaginative leadership for the meeting later this month at Howard University Law School on Black Women and the Law is Gail Wright Sirmans, Esq. She took great initiative in a progam PIONEERS IN JUSTICE a historic program honoring Judges, Jane Matilda Bolin, Constance Baker Motley and the late Juanita Kidd Stoute a few years back. More in next issue.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS EARLY- the bus leaves 381 Fifth Ave, SAM 5/27/2000- and returns about 6:30.P.M. Call and let us know how many and what you will bring (to serve 6-8) for the International Table during our traditional picnic , fun fellowship/sisterhood on the Greenway. Remember to wear light clothing and to avoid risks of deer tics etc. cover arms and legs well. 'Union, we'll e'er revere the cause

NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ARTHUR L. PULLEY HOUSE OF DELEGATES (1987 - 1990} ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW ASSOCIATION OF YALE ALUMNI YALE LAW SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVE (1989 - 1992)

PRESIDENT EMERITUS, THE ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LAWYERS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTRY, INC. (914)632-2262 381 FIFTH AVENUE VICE PRESIDENT, ARTHUR L PULLEY, JR: FAX (914) 632-2262 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.108O1 MEMORIAL CENTER FOR CREATIVITY TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND

Our friend A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM JR, retired Chief Judge of the federal Appeals Court in Philadelphia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, died in December. We lament Leon's passing. We were classmates at Yale Law School, Leon 49-52, the writer 50-53. Leon proved to be a long lasting valuable friend. When the writer experienced difficulty mastering some of the law school subjects back in 1951, Leon along with Isaiah W. Crippins, graduate law student friends, literally set the writer down and lectured him on the theme "No Afro-American flunks out of Yale Law School." Needless to say, as a result of this lecture, I buckled down and fortunately produced good grades for the following two years.

When our family notified friends of the tragic death of our 26 year old son Arthur Jr. in 1986 Leon was one of the first to send meaningful condolences (with a check) toward the Memorial Center. Leon was so caring.

At the first annual banquet of the Association of Black Lawyers in Westchester County at the Tarrytown Hilton in 1979, 1 experienced one of my greatest pleasures incident to being founding president of the organization as I intro- duced our speaker Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, for that historic event. More than 450 attended this our first annual banquet, and set the pace for a decade of annual banques. Of course, Leon was dynamic as he discussed his book "IN THE MATTER OF COLOR." Hundreds were thrilled. Leon autographed our copy in words memorable:

"To Art and Bernice with fond memories of our years at Yale and with highest admiration for your contribu- tions." How pleased we were when Son Nick and Pam-his lawyer wife told of being at a UConn BALSA event where they met him.

He was particularly interested in molding the lives of young people. Speaking to the graduating seniors at Wesleyan in 1996, with great thrust and emotion Leon stated "I will make two requests;" they are that you will always attempt to see those human beings who become invisible to most people, and that you always try to hear the pleas of those persons, who despite their pain and suffering have become voiceless and forgotten." To properly and effective- ly characterize the greatness of Leon, one must consider that uppermost in his long and productive life was the never ending regular concern over the plight of the disadvantaged. A great writer years ago penned, "III fares the land where hastening ills a prey; where wealth accumulates and men decay" Leon would invoke this sad but faultless principal as he contemplated the plight of so many disadvantaged in a land where the CEO of one of our largest corporations earns $40,000,000.00 each and every day while thousands of the unfortunate to whom he was so-sensitive still-attempt to eke-out a living. It was indeed a blessing to have been associated with this valuable human being.

The last time we met was at Justice 's funeral in Washington, D.C. As I was making my way to the front of the National Cathedral past a section full of dignitaries and notables, Leon rather loudly greeted me by saying, "Hi, Classmate." We will miss this valuable friend to all. We conclude this tribute by saluting Leon with a noble stanza written in 1824 by Lord. Bryon which states:

"Seek out- less often sought than found— A soldier's grave for thee the best Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest" ALP Sr.

During the summer of 1952 in California Chuck Fielding Yale'50 and YLS'52 (middle) arranged for an appointment of these three gentlemen with Cecil B. DeMille to discuss the movie industry and the issue of race. On the right is the Late Samuel C. Sheats, Morehouse'47, YLS'52. Time and Change

PAST SERVICE: UNITED NATIONS, Vice President, UNIFEM Metro UN (JJ BERNICE COSEY PULLEY Development Fund For Women, Representative (CWU-USA 96-97). Alternate NGO, 78-82 - UNICEF advocate YALE UNIVERSITY, National Capital Campaign 92-97, Representative World YWCA to United Nations (ECOSOC) Associate Divinity School 1980-86, Alumni Council 1972-1980 American Baptist Assembly - Advocate & Board of Directors NATIONAL BOARD YWCA - USA 1964-76, Executive CEO Arthur L Pulley Jr. Memorial Center For Creativity Committee Chair Grace Dodge Scholarship & Loan, Chair College & University Division 1964-1972. CHURCH WOMEN UNITED - USA, NYS President, 1982-86, Common Council 76-86, Consultant Program 1968, Area Chair P.O. BOX 247 381 FIFTH AVENUE LIFE MEMBER: GREENFIELD PARK, N.Y. 12435 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. 10801 AFICS - Assn. of Former International Civil Servants (UN) Tel. (914) 647-8486 or Tel. (914) 632-7112 (H) NAACP - Yazoo City, Mississippi Branch National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Ohio State University Alumnae Association FAX: (914) 632-2262 • E Mail: [email protected] World Service Council YWCA-USA Legacy of Black Seminarians Celebrated in Convocation/Reunion Event Contributed by Charlu-Ryan Duncan, MAS '00

As pare of its mission to engage alumni/ae in The liming of the event offered a unique the life of die school and bring current opportunity to honor the memories of the students and graduates together around their 1 two women for whom rhe scholarships common YDS experience, the Board of 3- above were named. Mary Fugel-Hayes, '56, Alumnal Affairs sponsored a reception 2 was one of the first black women to attend celebrating the legacy of Black Seminarians * YDS. She devoted her life's ministry to following the first evening lecture of the social work and the YWCA, Mary con vocation/ re union week. Goodman was not a YDS alumna, but stands as a pioneering benefactor for today's The reception was conceived by Stephen Black Seminarians. Upon her death in 1872, Roy, '93, a former member of the Black Goodman bequeathed her entire estate of Seminarians and of the Board and its $5,000 to YDS "with the idea of aiding Reunion Committee. "My hope in colored young men in their studies for rhe suggesting the reception was that a tradition ministry," according to an obituary in the of celebration in presence and ministry New Haven Palladium (February 2, 1872). might be initiated at YDS. Too often, my Mrs. Goodmans headstone in the Grove experience was that YDS would welcome any Street cemetery was irreparably vandalized events that the Black Seminarians mighc Btmift Costy-PtiUty and Block Stminariant Co-Prttidtnu Carolyn Fltmtng-Sawytrr in lace 1996; following remarks from and Delphaht Demotthtott tpeot with Dean Wood during the reception etlebrating propose, but that ihcsc occasions were rarely historian Peter Dobkin Hall and archivist tht legacy of Block Snunonant at Yal*. CotyPuUty, oiu of the firttfemale Ajneaa-Amiriean experienced as celebrations of a common Judith Schirf, University Chaplain Jerry jtuaeats to be graduatedjram YDS, wot instrumental in establishing tbt scholanhip in ministry. My hope is that this reception can mrmory of her friend and schoolman, Mary Eilttn fttftt-Haya. Streets, '75, dedicated a new headstone that be the beginning of an institutional was later placed at her grave. affirmation of both the presence of the Black Seminarians and the recognition of a common ministry,tt said Ray. The different yet equally important pioneering spirits of these women have had a significanr impact on the lives of students. Because of their work and dedication to The evening provided an opporruniry to foster relations between alumni/ae and furthering the African-American religious experience, Mary Fuget-Haycs and Mary students in a social setting relevant to both groups' experiences at YDS. Students Goodman arc important to the legacy of Black Seminarians. Noting the significance of benefit from discussing their YDS experience and drawing on the wisdom of alumni/ae that legacy in his remarks, Dean Wood said, "Educating leaders for the African- visiting foe the reunion events. "Having reunion during the school term makes a lot of American Churches has been an important part of the Yale University Divinity sense. It gives us (the student body) better access to alumni/ae. We have rhe benefit of School's mission for many years. Maty Goodman's early recognition of that role advice on our careers from people who have the same life goals and are already well continues to encourage us to diversify the faculty, staff, and srudent body, and to make down the path. It also gives alumni/ae an opportunity to contribute to our community the Divinity School truly welcoming." through their experiences," said Burke Gerstenschlager, MAR '01. While the reception celebrated the legacy of an important group of students and Alumni/ae likewise benefit by reclaiming a stake In our community and its influence. their alumni/ae, it also highlighted the diversity of the student body and recogni2ed It allows them to see how their experience has influenced YDS and the potential of the Yale University Divinity School as a jewel with many facets. The Community Life students today for the community tomorrow. Being more aware of and involved in the Committee of the School recognizes sixteen distinctly different srudent groups, with students' lives makes them more involved in the life of the school. Regarding the n$w groups added each year. While these groups vary in their goals, concerns, and reception, Alumnal Board President Ion Slraker, '85 said, "The presence of significant colcures, there is among them a common ministry and a shared dedication to numbers of African-Americans in the academy that began in the 1970'$ has had a delivering the message of Christ. profound effect on scholarship in the humanities and social sciences; Yale's Black Seminarians have a similar impact on the life and work of YDS while they are In In accord with Ray's vision, the celebration of the legacy of Black Seminarians is the school, and disperse that impact throughout the world in all the areas of ministry they first of a new tradition of an Alumnal Board-hosted reception to highlight undertake." The Black Seminarians community and the reception to honor them one of the Divinity Schools student groups during each reunion/convocation week. presented a lens through which YDS could better see how our alumni/ae and students The Co-Coordinators of rhe YDS Women's Center have already begun to work with impact one another and the world. It also gave the school a way to focus on its the Office of Graduate and External Relations to plan a similar evenr during the student groups and encourage their influence on the world by highlighting the convocation/reunion week of October 9, 2000. accomplish menu of their alumni/ac.

As participants gathered in the Common Room following the Sorensen Lecture, Goodman Lectureship Proposed presented by Dclores Williams, Dean Wood offered opening remarks, followed by In the spirit of service to the community embodied in Mary Goodman's comments by the groups 1999-1000 Co-Presidents Delpham Demoslhenei, MDiv '00, bequest, the establishment of the mary A. Goodman lectureship in and Carolyn Fleming-Sawyerr, MDiv '01. Samuel Slie, '52 and Bernice CoseyPulley, Community Ministry is being proposed at YDS. The terms of the two to three '55, offered insights and reflections on their time at YDS and how it prepared and year proposed appointment would include teaching on aspects of congrega- influenced their lives. "Having been Vice-President for Social Action ac YDS and as a tional and community leadership, organizing public programs on topics relat- native Mississippian, 1 felt ready and equal for participating in the civil rights ing to community ministry, and advising students interested in community movement which accelerated in the latter part of 1955," said Cosey-Pulley. ministry.

Following these remarks. Dean Wood introduced Zelda Kennedy, MDiv '00, as the The Program on Non-Profit Organization sis negotiating for foundation sup- 1999 Mary Eileen Fuget-Hayes Scholar, and Christopher Talley, MDfv '01, as the 1999 port of a two to three year position at PONPO to fill some of these roles on an Goodman Scholar. Janna Tull Steed, 79/93, and Jonathan Berryman, '96, provided interim basis until the Lectureship can be formally established. With the sup- accompaniment to the reception with selections from the sacred and secular port of alumni/ae and friends of the Yale community, we hope the funds can compositions of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington. be raised to ensure the continuation of the position. For more information, contact Peter Sipple, Director of Development at (203) 432-5358. The Negro Speaks of Rivers Langston Hughes My Life by Aureo Cuevas I've known rivers 10 year old, 1/9/2000 I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human My life is great, my life is cool. blood in human veins. My life is just a big pool of art and strange things. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I meet new people everyday and they say change but I smile with grace. My life is full of mystery made of my own I battled in the Euphrates when dawns were young. history and exciting past. With a flick of my wrist I make past blow last I build my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. and make way for the future I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. Coming rapidly like a choo choo train meandering through misty blue bubbles of I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New tidal waves. As my life settles in the aftermath Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bottom turn all golden in the sunset. like a still small voice of calm echoing in a scene of dawning serenity.

I've known rivers: HOPE Ancient, dusky rivers. Lou Mayberry 93 years old Christ United Methodist Church My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Hope is the spark Deep in our soul That urges us on To reach our goal /, Too - Langston Hughes Hope sustains in sorrow Hope looks forward to tomorrow Hope lifts our heart I, too, sing America. and makes it sing! Oh, wondrous gift I am the darker brother. Thank God! They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, 'Tis the Old Ship of Zion 131

But I laugh, Traditional Traditional And eat well, And grow strong. M j jj ji i h i. j> :> i J JM-•'•Sh^t- 3-i* Tis the old ship of Zi - on, 'Tis the old ship of Zi - on, Tomorrow, ..,.. . i. .. , ,r r r *. -j-jl— .EL- g if r i I'll sit at the table 1 \ Ih/ [H/ Mu When company comes. 'I n 'P ^¥¥ Nobody'11 dare ilti' J> Js . J J> > . J __-j — \- Say to me, tr 3 3 " *••' '•»=5=3=Ji=t:f^F^i "Eat in the kitchen," "Us the old ship of Zi - on, Git on ^board , gi3t on board. f f Then. Hi. I. , f if frf.f-.l-* v-v' E i PPM V V T f D 'i' Response Besides, * . Leader They'll see how beautiful I am tr /' ^ - - - - ^V *h• 3Jl 3Jl -,j j j=* And be ashamed — 1. It has land- ed many a thou-sand, It has land -ed many a thou-sand, 2. Ain't no dan-ger in de wa - ter. Ain't no dan-ger in de wa • ter', *y i |i — » > f — * $ — it — f — f- m m I, too, am America. rl-h ^'-U....V-U.

.Q 1. K = DC Give me a sense of humor Lord ^^ ^ i -3—3—3—15^ h J^ j - =T ?=i*=£*=-=F Give me the grace to see a joke ftj » » It has land -ed many a thou-sand, Git on board. Git on board. Go get some happiness from life Ain't no dan-ger in de wa- ter, And pass it on to other folk «.i:.i, r T ' |ir ^ r fff r i.i *-<-£:• i -* »— H 1- D E Ip M M SJ An ancient 8th century prayer from 3. It was good for my dear mother,. 4. It was good for my dear father,. . a monk in Glastonbury Abbey 5. It will take you home to Glory,. Capt. William Pinkey rings the bell from Amis tad during ceremonies Saturday. The bell was rung 53 times, once for each of the captives.

JACQUIE GLASSENBERG The Day

Spectators fill the shipyard at Mystic Seaport to watch the launch of the schooner Amistad.

JACQUIE GLASSENBERG The Day