January 2024- June 2024
Congratulatory Announcements
*CONGRATULATIONS TO DR. Thema Bryant, who begins her term as Convener of the Global Psychology Alliance with over 70 associations represented from around the world
Thema S. Bryant, PhD, is the 2023 president of the American Psychological Association (APA), the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology with more than 130,000 members.
Dr. Thema completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Duke University and her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence Program. Upon graduating, she became coordinator of the Princeton University SHARE Program, which provides intervention and prevention programming to combat sexual assault, sexual harassment, and harassment based on sexual orientation.
She is a tenured professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, where she directs the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory. Her clinical and research interests center on interpersonal trauma and the societal trauma of oppression.
She is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women and a past APA representative to the United Nations. Dr. Thema is author of the best seller Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole Authentic Self and host of the critically acclaimed mental health podcast Homecoming. She shares psychological and spiritual insights on television, radio, and social media.
Clinical psychologist Thema Bryant appears on CBS Mornings to discuss how to reclaim and reconnect with your authentic self.
Dr. Thema is also an ordained minister, sacred artist, and mother, and she is the daughter of Bishop John R. Bryant (Retired) and Retired Episcopal Supervisor, Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant.
Congratulatory expressions can be emailed to:
queenakosua@icloud.com (Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant)
*Presiding Elder Reverend Dr. Kenneth D. Love and Reverend Dr. Donna S. Love Consultant Celebrates their 40th Wedding Anniversary
Congratulations to Reverend Dr. Kenneth D. Love and Reverend Dr. Donna S. Love as they celebrate their 40th, Ruby, wedding anniversary on January 20, 2024. They were married in Los Angeles, CA, and are currently serving in the Tennessee Mountain District of the East Tennessee Conference of the Thirteenth Episcopal District. Dr. Kenneth serves as Presiding Elder and Dr. Donna serves as consultant. It has been 480 months of hugs, 2,087 weeks of happiness, 14,610 days of togetherness, and 350,640 hours of love.
Congratulatory messages can be emailed to:
Tennessee.Mountain.District@gmail.com
Leon County Judge Monique Richardson given Parks & Crump Thurgood Marshall Award
Leon County Judge Monique Richardson was presented the 2023 Parks & Crump Thurgood Marshall Award, the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court Administrator's Office announced Monday, February 12, 2024. The award was presented last February 8th at the Tallahassee Bar Association's Past Presidents’ Dinner.
The award “is given to a judge who has shown great leadership and judicial excellence, and provides justice and access to justice," said Leslie Powell-Boudreaux, Executive Director of Legal Services of North Florida, in a news release.
"Judge Richardson’s leadership of the 2nd Circuit Pro Bono Committee in particular made her stand out by increasing access to justice.” Richardson was first elected to the Leon County bench Jan. 8, 2019.
Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993), the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, first gained recognition as a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he played a crucial role in the legal strategy against racial segregation.
He was the lead attorney in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case (1954), in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court, where he served until 1991.
Judge Monique Richardson is the daughter of Bishop Adam Jefferson Richardson Jr, Presiding Prelate of the Tenth Episcopal District and Senior Bishop, African Methodist Episcopal Church, and Dr. Connie Speights Richardson, Episcopal Supervisor, Tenth Episcopal District.
Congratulatory Expressions can be emailed to:
bishoprichardson_2000@yahoo.com
Bishop Adam J. Richardson and Supervisor Connie Richardson
The Rev. Kenneth H. Hill Ph.D., Retired General Officer and Pastor of Shorter Chapel A.M.E. Church Franklin TN strategize with the Franklin Board of Mayor, Aldermen, others favorable toward plan to erect markers in memory of lynching victims, The “Williamson Remembers Project”
FEATURED
Aldermen, others favorable toward plan to erect markers in memory of lynching victims, The “Williamson Remembers Project” is a form of community remembrance work aimed at racial healing, reconciliation and to eliminate the historical amnesia imposed by slavery and segregation.
Thus, to this end, the” Williamson Remembers” coalition seeks to erect three narrative markers in public locations describing the killings that took place in Franklin Tennessee.
Reconciliation with our difficult past cannot be achieved without truthfully confronting our history and finding a way forward that is thoughtful and responsible.
At a work session Tuesday, 2/13/24, the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen discussed erecting three markers memorializing African American lynching victims from Reconstruction and Jim Crow era in Williamson County.
The Williamson Remembers Committee — consisting of community members including Franklin Tomorrow Executive Director Mindy Tate, African American Heritage Society President Alma McLemore, Franklin Mayor Ken Moore and Chris Williamson of the Fuller Story — advocates for one marker to be placed in Franklin’s square and two near Bicentennial Park on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. Attorney Julian Bibb and the Rev. Kenneth Hill, pastor at Shorter Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, co-chair the committee.
Hill, alongside Center for Historic Preservation Director Carroll Van West and Lamont Turner, a community advocate, spoke to the aldermen to gain input and support.
“Freedom for enslaved people spurred by federal edict, military might and the courageous exertions of an oppressed population itself led to a fresh establishment of democracy that racist autocrats tried to thwart,” Hill said. “The lynching of innocent African Americans was the tragic and bitter fruit of this subversion that denied full participation in the democratic process. Remembrance and reconciliation are the best routes to atonement…and to the fulfillment of our democratic process.”
The comments from aldermen were overwhelmingly positive. Patrick Baggett (Ward 4) and Matt Brown (Ward 2) questioned the location of some of the markers but still supported the mission and wording of the markers. Brown specifically questioned the markers near Bicentennial, saying it might be better to place them closer within walking distance of the square and move them to fit more in a historical context with surrounding historical sites.
Moore reminded him that there were historical sites near the markers’ planned location, such as historic cemeteries and the proximity to the historic Hard Bargain neighborhood.
Wording on the markers tells the history and stories of specific lynching victims and also the prevalence of lynching in America in the years after the Civil War. “Denied free and impartial trials, too many Black citizens became victims of White lynch mobs,” part of the first marker reads. “Lynchings of African Americans were one of the most public and brutal forms of racial terrorism. Across the United States, at least 4,000 such lynchings occurred. Williamson County did not escape this brutal period in history. Racially motivated lynchings, murder and violence targeted Black residents. The Remembrance Project believes that by confronting with honesty this history, our community will be stronger and more united in its quest for Liberty and Justice for All.”
Link to the local media coverage from the 2/15/24 Williamson Herald:
https://www.williamsonherald.com/news/local_news/aldermen-others-favorable-toward-plan-to-erect-markers-in-memory-of-lynching-victims/article_db21b5f4-cc23-11ee-9fc0-638567062a79.html
Contact
Rev. Kenneth H. Hill Ph.D.
Pastor
Shorter Chapel A.M.E. Church
615-339-6555 (C)
255 Natchez Street
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
Email: hilldrkenneth@comcast.net
CONGRATULATIONS! Retirement Announcement of The Reverend Doctor Conrad K. Pridgen
Presiding Elder - Western District Western NC Conference Job Well Done "49 YEARS" of Ministry
- THE REVEREND DOCTOR AND MRS. CONRAD K. PRIDGEN -
William Jennings Bryan wrote, “Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true. The divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow [and] its contribution to the welfare of all.”
Presiding Elder Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen’s life and ministry have been an outgoing, overflowing gift to the welfare of others.
He was born in Wilmington, North Carolina, to Joseph and Clara Brown Pridgen, into a Christian home with an emphasis and expectation on serving other.
After graduating from the Williston Senior High School, he enrolled at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. There, he met the love of his life, Helen Ray Sutton, earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religion, lettered in football, and served as Student Body President.
He entered the Yale Divinity School on Scholarship in the fall of 1971. On May 27, 1972 he and Helen were married in the Chapel on Shaw University’s Campus.
They then traveled to Atlanta, Georgia as newlyweds. There Helen took advantage of a Scholarship from Atlanta University to work on a Master of Arts in History Program. He took a year transfer from Yale to study at The Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
In the fall of 1973, they returned to New Haven, where he completed his Master of Divinity Degree from the Yale Divinity School in 1974. In the fall of 1974, He entered the Union Theological Seminary in New York. In 1975 he was ordained an itinerant deacon in the First District by request of the Second District because he was a graduate student in New York City. He graduated from Union Theological Seminary in 1977 with a Master of Sacred Theology Degree. In May of 1977, Dr Pridgen was ordained an Itinerant Elder and assigned to the pastorate of St. James AME Church in Kenansville, NC, where he served three years. 1980-1987, he served the St. James AME Church in Kinston, NC. During his years in Kinston, he served the community as president of the Lenoir County Branch of (NAACP) and led a successful (Approved) boycott of the Food Lion Supermarket in the area, (ultimately) creating an ongoing relationship of support and advocacy by the Food Lion Corporation for the North Carolina State Conference of Branches of the NAACP. He also joined the legal action to have County Commissioners elected by “Districts” and not by “at-large” races (only). 1987-1989, he served the Rich Square Circuit and was elected President of the Northhampton County Branch of the NAACP.
The Circuit consisted of Willow Oak AME Church in Rich Square, NC, and Allen Chapel AME Church in Jackson, NC. 1989-1996, he served the Greater Bethel AME Church in Charlotte, NC, where he was elected President of the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Branch of the NAACP. He led the Congregation in purchasing three-fourths of a city block near the Church to create affordable housing. He oversaw creating programs like feeding the homeless, an addiction ministry, and advocacy for the weak and voiceless. In addition to his community service, Dr. Pridgen completed his Doctor of Ministry Degree from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, in 1993.
1997-2003, he served the Bethel AME Church in Greensboro, NC, where he was elected to the Pulpit Forum of Greensboro and Vicinity and led the Congregation in the completion of a one-and-a-half million-dollar Renovation and addition to the Church that began under Rev Benjamin S. Foust. 2003-2010, he served the Ward Memorial AME Church in North-East Washington, DC. He became active in the Washington Council of Churches and was elected president. In 2010, Dr. Pridgen was appointed Presiding Elder of the Western District of the Western North Carolina Conference. He continues serving the community and the body of Christ as First Vice President of the Connectional Presiding Elders’ Council, President of the North Carolina Council of Churches, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Flint Hill Kittrell Vance Community Development Corporation, and as Founder, and Past President and Chair of the Western District Community Development Corporation. Presiding Elder and Mrs. Pridgen have been married for 51 years and are the proud Parents of Nefertiti Brown (RN) (George) and Rev. Joseph Pridgen (Kenya). They are the Grandparents of Nia, Zoë, Christopher, Joseph, and William. Presiding Elder Dr. Conrad K. Pridgen has lived life believing "that nothing will be impossible with God" Luke 1:37
Therefore, our lives have been enriched by the outpouring, overflowing gift felt by those in his path of greatness.
RETIREMENT CELEBRATION EVENT -- APRIL 20th 2024
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Email: conradkpridgen@gmail.com
Congratulations to Rev. LeSean Tarkington for hosting the Gospel Music Workshop of America's Annual Collegiate Night
Congratulations to Rev. LeSean Tarkington for hosting the Gospel Music Workshop of America's Annual Collegiate Night at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia at the seat of the GMWA Annual Board Meeting. It's great to see Bowie State Gospel Choir, Norfolk State Concert Choir, Norfolk State Gospel Choir, and Ebony Impact from Old Dominion University being featured at the event. The GMWA, founded by the legendary Rev. James Cleveland, is truly a remarkable organization and the largest Gospel Music Convention in the Country. Rev Tarkington's role as a pastor at Allen St John AME Church in Kansas City (5th District) along with his TV appearances and industry consultancy, shows his dedication and influence in the entertainment community. It's also wonderful to hear about Rev Johnetta Tarkington's achievements as an ordained minister and Army Chaplain. What an inspiring power couple!
Email Congratulatory Comments to: tarkington@me.com
The Ninety-Third Elected and Consecrated Bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church Celebrates 102nd Birthday
*Bishop Frederick Calhoun James, 102nd birthday was observed on April 7, 2024. He was honored as the man who first read his favorite poem “The Average Man” when he was fourteen years old. Bishop James memorized the poem and it became one of the guiding principles of his call to serve his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
The last stanza of “The Average Man.”
"So here’s to the average man, to the one
Who has labored on the tasks he has done,
Who has met as they came all the problems of life,
Who has helped us to win in the stress and the strife,
In the forefront of progress since progress began,
Today we pay our tribute – and salute the average man."
Bishop Frederick C. James, the One Who Modeled Making the Average Man a Great Man!!!
*Bishop Frank C. Cummings the Ninety-Fifth Elected and Consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church Celebrates 95th Birthday April 4, 2024
Please send celebratory videos and birthday wishes via email to 95thAMEBishop@gmail.com.
*CONGRATULATIONS! Rev. Dr. Robert A. Strode and Mrs. Shelby G. Strode
Celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on April 19, 2024.
Rev. Dr. Robert A. Strode and Mrs. Shelby G. Strode, Pastor and First Lady, Shorter Chapel AME Church, Paris, KY, are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on April 19, 2024.
Congratulatory expressions may be sent to:
Iamabibleman@aol.com or
Shelby.Strode@aol.com
Mailing address:
PO Box 5422
Frankfort, KY 40602
*Washington, D.C. E Gail Anderson Holness, J.D., D.Min., AME Pastor Elected Delegate to the DC Democratic National Convention
On Saturday, April 20, 2024 Dr. E Gail Anderson Holness, Senior Pastor, Adams Inspirational AME Church Washington Annual Conference was elected a delegate to the DC Democratic National Convention. Delegates are selected to represent DC at the Democratic National Convention help elect the party's nominee for President, adopt the party platform and adopt the rules for the party's activities, including the presidential nominating process. Thirteen delegates were elected to represent the DC Democrats. Six delegates were elected from District One, (3 women, 3 men and 1 female alternate) and seven delegates from District 2 (4 men and 3 women). Dr. Holness was elected from District 1 as noted below. She will attend the National Convention that will be held in Chicago, Illinois, August 19-22, 2024. Dr. Holness serves as the Chairperson, DC Democrats Ward One which encompasses Howard University and the infamous 14 & U Street corridor. She is a graduate of Clark College now Clark Atlanta University and Howard University School of Law and Divinity.
Congratulatory responses can be emailed to:
egailandersonholness@gmail.com,
E. Gail Anderson Holness, J.D. D.Min.
*Judge Monique R. Richardson was recently reelected to the County Bench in Tallahassee Florida
The Tallahassee Democrat has announced the reelection of Monique R. Richardson as County Judge in Leon County Florida. She was one of six sitting judges who qualified for the 2024 election without opposition. Because she was unopposed, judicial incumbents were automatically re-elected Friday, April 26. Judge Richardson was reelected to a six-year term. She was first elected on August 28, 2018. Judge Richardson is the daughter of Senior Bishop A. J. and Senior Supervisor Connie S. Richardson of the 10th Episcopal District. She is a graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Congratulations Judge Richardson!!
Congratulatory responses can be emailed to:
bishoprichardson_2000@yahoo.com, Bishop A. J. and Dr. Connie S. Richardson.
*Dr. Thema Bryant on Black Church and Mental Health - John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University
Healing trauma in the African American community is often caught between either seeking professional mental health services or relying on faith leaders in the Black church. Dr. Thema Bryant, the 2023 president of the American Psychological Association (APA), joins Dr. Mark Anthony Neal to dispel this binary of mental healthcare to demonstrate how they can work together, instead of against each other, for the benefit of African American psychological wellness. Dr. Bryant is a tenured professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University where she directs the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory. She is also the author of "Homecoming: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self," published by TarcherPerigee of the Penguin Group.
https://youtu.be/2smmlkIBayY?si=ojD1Q0NLNLKpZki-
Dr. Bryant is a tenured professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, where she directs the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory.
Dr. Thema is also an ordained minister, sacred artist, and mother, and she is the daughter of Bishop John R. Bryant (Retired) and Retired Episcopal Supervisor, Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant.
Congratulatory expressions can be emailed to:
bishopjohn4th@aol.com, (Bishop John R. Bryant) queenakosua@icloud.com (Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant)
*Maryville, Illinois hosts Mayor’s Prayer Dinner at First Baptist Church, Dr. Dorothy Owens Honored
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The Portsmouth Richmond Roanoke District Host Retirement Event to Celebrate the 87 years of combined ministry of Presiding Elder Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Hayward III and Rev. Althea J. Hayward
The Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke District of the Virginia Conference celebrated the 87 years of combined ministry of Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Hayward, III, Presiding Elder and partner in life and Ministry, the Rev. Althea J. Hayward
With over 87 years of combined ministry, God has truly blessed the anointed Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Hayward, III, Presiding Elder of the Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke District of the Virginia Conference in the Second Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and his equally anointed and beautiful wife and partner in life and ministry, the Rev. Althea J. Hayward.
To express gratitude for their service to the Kingdom of God and the Districts they have served, the Portsmouth, Richmond, Roanoke District and to CELEBRATE and HONOR their 87 years of combined ministry, contributions and achievements, a Musical Tribute in Concert, featuring Rhema Praise, was held on Saturday, April 13 at 3 pm and a Celebratory Retirement Worship Service on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at 3 pm. All events were hosted at Bethel AME Church, 2521 N. Armistead Street, Hampton, Virginia.
*The American Psychiatric Association announced its new CEO and Medical Director - Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A.
The American Psychiatric Association announced that starting June 1, 2024, its new CEO and Medical Director will be Marketa Wills, M.D., M.B.A. This life-long AME will become the eighth Medical Director in APA’s 180-year history and will be the first Black American and first woman to fill the role. Wills has decades of experience in driving innovation and promoting quality mental health care. The American Psychiatric Association, founded in 1844, is the oldest medical association in the country. The APA is also the largest psychiatric association in the world with more than 38,000 physician members specializing in the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and research of mental illnesses. APA’s vision is to ensure access to quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Most recently, Dr. Wills served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of John Hopkins Health Plans, had a clinical practice at University of South Florida Student Health Services in Tampa, Florida, sat on for profit and not-for profit boards, and served as the Chair of the Standards Committee of the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Earlier in her career, Dr. Wills was a member of the APA Board of Trustees as an APA SAMHSA Minority Fellow, she recently sat on the APA Future of Psychiatry Presidential Task Force and was a member APA’s Council on Health Care Systems and Finance. “As a longtime mental health advocate, I am honored to take the reins of the APA at this time in our history,” said Wills. “Given where we are, with the explosion of AI, innovation, and the changing landscape of technology, I look forward to working with APA’s membership and the administration to accelerate psychiatry into the future.” At John Hopkins Health Plans, Wills led a staff of 300 employees and had been instrumental in evaluating and implementing digital clinical tools for members to better manage their own health conditions. She has served in different leadership capacities in both health care plans and in academic settings and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is an alum of McKinsey & Company (Cleveland Office) where she consulted on various healthcare engagements and has also served on her local NAMI board and as a volunteer at her local Mental Health America affiliate. Dr. Wills has been named to Maryland’s Top 100 Women List by the Daily Record (2022), as a Woman of Influence by I-95 Business (2022), and Chair of the Medical Alumni Advisory Council at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2022). In April 2024, Wills was inducted into the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine honor society (Alpha Omega Alpha). She also coauthored a book in 2019 entitled “Understanding Mental Illness.” Wills holds an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business, and an A.B. from Brown University. She completed her training at Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. She hails from Dayton, Ohio, where she spent her formative years. She has been a devoted member of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, having been brought up in the Third Episcopal District, under the guidance and care of her parents Mr. Charles Anthony Wills and the late Mrs. Jacqueline Wills, and her former Pastor and trusted family members the Reverend Dr. Earl and Dr. Jeanette Harris. While Dr. Wills has recently transitioned to Washington, D.C. in anticipation of her June 1 start date, for now, she continues to be a member of the Mt. Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church located in Tampa, Florida under the leadership of Rev. Gregory V. and Exhorter LaShunda Gay.
Continue: https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2024.03.3.37
*Dr. Tony DeMarco Hansberry II Graduation from The Morehouse School of Medicine
Presiding Elder Tony & Mrs. Kathi Hansberry are proud to announce the graduation of their son, Tony DeMarco Hansberry II, from the Morehouse School of Medicine on May 18, 2024. Upon graduation, Dr. Hansberry II was commissioned as a Captain in the United States Army and will continue his post-graduate training (residency) in Psychiatry at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Tony’s interest in the profession of medicine began at the age of 14, while a student attending a medical magnet school in his hometown of Jacksonville. His goal was simply to excel on his science fair project, which was titled “A Comparison of Vertical Closure with an Endo StitchTM Laparoscopic Instrument And Horizontal Closure With Conventional Needle Driver, and The Effect on the Novice Surgeon’s Vaginal Cuff Suture Procedure Time.” Little did he know that his efforts would garner national attention and become the catalyst to a future filled with many amazing opportunities to meet and interact with medical and other professionals near and far. Armed with the desire to ultimately become a medical doctor, he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (Tallahassee) and a Master’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Medicine from the University of South Florida (Tampa) prior to beginning his medical training at Morehouse in June 2020.
As a “Pastor’s kid,” Tony was engaged in the ministries of the congregations where his father served: Greater Tanner Chapel AMEC and Arnett Chapel AMEC (Quincy, Fl.), Greater Payne AMEC and Greater Grant Memorial AMEC (Jacksonville). While in college at FAMU, he and his twin brother, Tyler, became affiliate members of Bethel AMEC (Tallahassee), where their grandmother Janie L. Hansberry, (retired Radiologic Technologist) holds membership.
As we celebrate Tony’s accomplishments, we thank each of you, our AME Connectional family, for your prayers and all other acts of kindness and support shown to Tony II and our family, throughout the years. “For I know the plans I have for you… plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11
Congratulatory responses can be emailed to: elderhansberry@aol.com
(Presiding Elder Tony & Mrs. Kathi Hansberry)
*Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Marlon D. Ector who received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Payne Theological Seminary
Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Marlon D. Ector who received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Payne Theological Seminary on May 10, 2024. His dissertation is entitled "A Model for Church Administration within the Black Church, Utilizing Biblical Principles. Rev. Dr. Ector holds an Associate Bachelor, a Master’s Degree in business administration, and a Master's Degree in Computer and Information Systems. He is currently enrolled in a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program. Rev. Dr. Ector is currently the pastor of Joseph Chapel AME Church in Chattanooga, TN, and the MCAM Director of the East Tennessee Annual Conference of the 13th Episcopal District. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., and the owner of the Black Collective, Inc., which focuses on helping to build black business brands, church administration and leadership training.
*Dr. Thelma Bryant honored at the Annual Convention of the Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP)
Dr. Thema Bryant is the 2023 president of the American Psychological Association, the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology with more than 120,000 members.
Dr. Thema Bryant completed her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Duke University and her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical Center’s Victims of Violence Program. Upon graduating, she became the Coordinator of the Princeton University SHARE Program, which provides intervention and prevention programming to combat sexual assault, sexual harassment, and harassment based on sexual orientation. She is currently a tenured professor of psychology in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, where she directs the Culture and Trauma Research Laboratory. Her clinical and research interests center on interpersonal trauma and the societal trauma of oppression. She is a past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women and a past APA representative to the United Nations. Dr. Thema also served on the APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology and the Committee on Women in Psychology.
The Society of Indian Psychologists
Native American and Alaska Native professionals advocating for Native mental health by bringing attention to issues influencing Native mental health and psychology today.
PURPOSE
- Create a forum where SIP members can network and support each other.
- Provide outreach and mentorship to American Indian psychology students.
- Advance the understanding of the psychology of American Indian people.
- Further the development of research methods and models of treatment and intervention that are ethically and culturally appropriate for American Indian people.
- Contribute to the scientific understanding of features of ethnicity, culture, and class among American Indian people.
- Promote adequate education and training related to American Indian people.
- Facilitate a professional exchange concerning relevant policy, practice, and research related to American Indian people at the annual SIP convention and beyond.
Dr. Thema is also an ordained minister, sacred artist, and mother, and she is the daughter of Bishop John R. Bryant (Retired) and Retired Episcopal Supervisor, Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant.
Congratulatory expressions can be emailed to:
bishopjohn4th@aol.com, (Bishop John R. Bryant)
queenakosua@icloud.com (Rev. Dr. Cecelia Williams Bryant)
*U.S. Educational Institutions to Host Mandela Washington Fellows - Dr. Herman O. Kelly, Jr., LSU, to present “The African American Church and The Civil Rights Movement: Civil Engagement in The United States"
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On behalf of Social Action Commission Chair, Bishop E. Anne Henning Byfield and Dr. Jacquelyn DuPont-Walker, Director/ Consultant Social Action Commission, we extend congratulations as you praise God for the Joy of these significant milestones reached.
God Bless,
Ora L. Easley
