“Alice Sams,” P. 3 “Life Is the Flower for Which Love Is the Honey.” - Victor Hugo POSITIVE-INSPIRATIONAL-EDUCATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH 100 Black Men to Hold Rev
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Spotlight: William Hooper Councill, p. 7 FREE Friday February 12, 2021 Vol. 7, No. 22 Heart Health and Blacks, p. 5 ValleyWeeklyllc.com “Alice Sams,” p. 3 “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” - Victor Hugo POSITIVE-INSPIRATIONAL-EDUCATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH 100 Black Men to Hold Rev. Joseph Lowery Virtual Fundraiser Born to a teacher and shop owner in Huntsville, The members of 100 Ala., in 1921, the Rev. Dr. Black Men of Greater Joseph Echols Lowery co- Huntsville (100BMOGH), founded the Southern Chris- in celebration of Black His- tian Leadership Conference tory Month are kicking off (SCLC) and was a vocal the Scholarship/Mentoring advocate for civil rights. Program virtual fundraiser He graduated from During the historic Selma AAMU Alumnus Seeks ‘Fintech’ to support efforts in award- William Hooper Councill to Montgomery March ing 10 annual scholar- High School. After his in 1965, Lowery joined Answers in Australia ships to local high school collegiate experiences at organizers on a mission to seniors, and a structured Knoxville College (Tenn.), A Nigerian-American to financial tools for sub- deliver demands to Alabama Mentoring Program for Alabama A&M University, alumnus of Alabama A&M Saharan African small- and Governor George Wallace. young males in the com- Paine College (Ga.), and the University has been work- medium-sized enterprises. State troopers violently ing feverishly in Australia “We are members of munity. Chicago Ecumenical Insti- attacked the peaceful march- to acquire invaluable the African diaspora who The program will be tute, Lowery launched his ers on the Edmund Pettus research tools in financial regularly send money hosted by Kenneth Ander- www.100bmogh.com/ career as pastor of Warren Bridge in Selma, leaving Street Methodist Church in technology to fuel his own to our family members son, director of the Office donate, or contact (256) many of the marchers of Multicultural Affairs for 277-3488 to discuss levels Mobile, Ala. bloodied and badly beaten. Atlanta-based company. at home, visit and con- the City of Huntsville. of sponsorship/advertising, It was during this period Congressman John Lewis, Ultimately, these resources, duct transactions across 100BMOGH solicits and join 100BMOGH dur- in the 1950s when he met among the marchers that he believes, will better en- various African markets,” ing the virtual celebration/ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, day, suffered a fractured able him to help bring the explained the 2012 com- support through dona- fundraiser on February 27, Jr., the civil rights martyr skull during the beatings. African continent into its puter science graduate. tions or sponsorships. who was pastoring at Dexter The distinguished destiny as the next frontier “Our team has first-hand Visit the link: http:// 2021, at 1 p.m. Avenue Baptist Church in leader not only received the of innovation. experience dealing with the Montgomery, Ala. He is NAACP’s coveted Lifetime Oyedeji “Deji” Oluwoye frustrations that come with credited for helping to lead Achievement Award in 1997 is founder and CEO of unstable currency and lim- the Montgomery Bus Boy- but also the Presidential Coincentrix, a blockchain ited options for seamlessly cott following the arrest of Medal of Freedom from research firm that creates transacting across borders. Rosa Parks in 1955. Lowery President Barack Obama in and King, with Rev. Ralph software for blockchain This is what powered our 2009. and social-impact proj- interest in creating a plat- INSIDE THIS ISSUE! Abernathy and other civil Called 2 Preach, Page 2 He received honorary ects aimed at emerging form that would simplify rights activists, formed the Spotlight on Elders, Page 2 doctorates from several markets, smart cities and how businesses across the SCLC in 1957. Preston Brown’s Champion Game Plan, Page 3 colleges and universities, developing countries. continent can serve cus- Two decades later, Lowery including Morehouse Col- PowerShots, Page 4 would head the organization A key project of Olu- tomers on the ground and lege, Alabama State Univer- Valley Deaths, Page 5 set it on a new course en- woye’s operation is Canza, in the diaspora.” sity and the University of tim allston: Perspectives, Page 6 compassing a range of social Alabama in Huntsville. a blockchain-powered Deji is the son of Dr. and environmental issues. ecosystem enabling access and Mrs. Jacob Oluwoye. Washington in a Minute, Page 8 2 THE VALLEY WEEKLY February 12, 2021 Bibles, in the original in a theological way, was CALLED 2 language of the New Testa- what our elders used to PREACH ment, it is just one long say in their own quaint REV. MICHAEL RICE sentence. Its content and quotes such as “He’s God context help to understand all by Himself.” That is why Paul went on and on the idea conveyed in this “According to the Counsel of His Will” and on about what God has two-word phrase in English Ephesians 1:11 done regarding the salva- and one-word in Greek. It tion of believers who first means that God not only The title is one of five heard and read and those acted alone in the provision He is the One who works God from doing what He times that the Apostle Paul who have read it across the and process of salvation, all things “according to the has willed. used the words, according annals of time. but that the security of this counsel of His will.” He is worthy! to, in his libatious litany of These five uses of this salvation is a fact because Nothing or no one stops praise that he poured out phrase according to, ex- and pored over concerning plains much of what some the worthiness of God to would call the strange and receive that twelve-verse unnecessary behavior that anthem found in Ephesians is seen and heard in many 1:3-14. settings during the gather- Although it is twelve ing of the saints in worship. separate verses in our What Paul was saying Spotlight on Our Elders ... Featuring Mrs. Alice Sams Mrs. Alice Friend Sams Parole Board. With partners, ing middle and high school was born in Madison County, Project FOCUS provides students, preparing lesson Ala., where she attended workshops on anger manage- plans, using innovative in- public schools ment, financial sta- structional methods to im- before earning un- bility, life skills, and prove student’s functional dergraduate and counseling. academic levels, reporting to MBA degrees from Sams is also a retiree local and state educational Alabama A&M Uni- of NASA Marshall offices and evaluating stu- versity. Space Flight Center, dents at the beginning and A graduate of the where she served end of each year. coveted Leadership for 25 years as con- Sams is no doubt known Huntsville Madison tract specialist from equally as well for her signifi- County program in 2000, 1982-2007. At NASA, she cant community involvement Sams served as program was chiefly re sponsible for and civic engagement with director for Project FOCUS soliciting bids and proposals, various organizations and (Former Offenders Changing selecting vendors, negotiat- boards. She worked closely for Unconditional Success) ing, evaluat ing budgets and with the Judge U. W. Clemon under the auspices of the personnel assignment, which and the community on the Madison County Commis- resulted in the awarding of Desegregation Consent sion District Six. In that purchase orders, grants and Order with the Huntsville capacity, she assisted with multi-million dollar contracts City Schools and Madi son job and housing placement, in support of space and mis- County Schools and helped GED preparation, restoration sile systems. prepare budgets with the of voting rights and pardons Her diverse career also state and NAACP offices and from the State Pardon and includes 12 years of teach- the Von Braun Lions Club. 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