{"id":2710,"date":"2010-05-19T09:22:25","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T13:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/100-black-men-valdosta-15-may-2010.html"},"modified":"2010-05-19T09:22:25","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T13:22:25","slug":"100-black-men-valdosta-15-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2010\/05\/100-black-men-valdosta-15-may-2010.html","title":{"rendered":"100 Black Men, Valdosta, 15 May 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4620915791\/\" title=\"Movie: Johnny Ball gives award to Helen Jackson, Educator (40M) by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4042\/4620915791_0ae30ea5f3_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" alt=\"Movie: Johnny Ball gives award to Helen Jackson, Educator (40M)\" \/><\/a>\nAt the annual Black Tie Banquet of 100 Black Men of Valdosta on May 15,\nJohnny P. Ball, III gave Community Service awards\n<ul>\n<li>\nto\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZqGcPz8et28&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=1539DF2D19477F6A&#038;playnext_from=PL&#038;index=11\">\nHelen Jackson<\/a>, a guidance counselor at Valdosta High School,\n<li>\nto\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YIcOR1xO4gk&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=1539DF2D19477F6A&#038;playnext_from=PL&#038;index=12\">\nPercy Chastang<\/a>,\na youth development coordinator at the South Health District, also involved in Poetic Magic,\n<li>\nand to Pastor\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a_BmEgOU20I&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=1539DF2D19477F6A&#038;playnext_from=PL&#038;index=13\">\nAngela Manning<\/a>\nof New Life Ministries.\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iB6paLNdHN0&#038;feature=PlayList&#038;p=1539DF2D19477F6A&#038;playnext_from=PL&#038;index=4\">\nKwame Holder played the saxophone<\/a> and the food was by Antoine&#8217;s Flavor of New Orleans.\n<p>\nHere is MC Donald Williams <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/M7A_95zZtuM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\">introducing the evening<\/a>:\n\n<!--more-->\n<p>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/M7A_95zZtuM&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>\n<p>\nThe 100 Black Men theme of mentoring is\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/100blackmenvaldosta.org\/\">\n&#8220;What They See Is What They&#8217;ll Be&#8221;<\/a>)\nor, as President Roy Copeland says,\n<blockquote><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SVP-ALaxoDE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\">\n&#8220;There is an inextricable nexus between our youth and our men.&#8221;<\/a>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/SVP-ALaxoDE&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>\n<p>\nThis theme\nwas echoed by the keynote speaker, Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond,\n<a href=\"http:\/\/valdostadailytimes.com\/local\/x2023208162\/Michael-Thurmond-delivers-strong-speech\">as quoted in the VDT:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\n\u201cRather than focus on those who should but don\u2019t, I\u2019m going to focus on those who do. I\u2019m going to talk tonight about the men, like all the men in this room, who do. I\u2019ve come to Valdosta to celebrate our men.\u201d\n<\/blockquote>\nAs you can see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ndGRGqUlzPQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\">in the video<\/a>, the VDT&#8217;s version is a loose paraphrase:\n<p>\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ndGRGqUlzPQ&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/view_play_list?p=1539DF2D19477F6A\">\nplaylist for the event.<\/a>\nMore videos may be added later.\n<p>\nRoy Copeland and jsq:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4620919971\/\" title=\"Roy Copeland and jsq by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4062\/4620919971_5766b7e1aa_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Roy Copeland and jsq\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nGretchen and the hats:\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/4620933309\/\" title=\"? and Gretchen by faul, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4021\/4620933309_512356b061_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" alt=\"? and Gretchen\" \/><\/a>\n<p>\nPictures and videos by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman for LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange,\nValdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 15 May 2010.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the annual Black Tie Banquet of 100 Black Men of Valdosta on May 15, Johnny P. 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