PathFinder - October 2016

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Newsletter, October 2016

“A Legacy of Service: Embodying Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Technology in our Community!”

League Sisters,

Inside this issue: I hope you all enjoyed the fun filled summer days. It is with great
enthusiasm that I invite you to get ready for another exciting and
President’s Message 1 & 2 successful year.

Newsletter Committee 3 I would like to welcome the new and reclaimed members to the
Message
League and welcome back to all of the returning members. I am so
Planning Retreat
4-5 proud and honored to work with an amazing group of ladies this
year. I was so happy to meet the new members and to see all

Women’s History & members at our Induction ceremony and meeting. Kudos to
Founders’ Day 6 Membership Chair Kennice Gossip and her committee members
Charmaine Traylor,
SCD Youth for increasing our membership. Also, to all of the members that President
Conference
7 invited friends and family to join us. Be sure to visit our NTBPWL, Inc.
African-American Facebook page and website to see the beautiful group picture 2015-2017
Musuem
that was taken.
Race for the Cure
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Café’ Momentum
We began the year with our Planning Retreat and we are excited about the great working

10 relationships we are developing. We are grateful for all of your support. To our wonderful
Retreat Adviser and teacher Marilyn Calhoun, we want to say thank you for a very educational

10 and successful week-end full of fun as well as being very informative. 1st Vice-President Jeanine
Thomas made us aware of the programs, committee chair assignments and committees members

Breaking News that are starting to work on the programs that we will present to the members and to the
11 community. Her goal is to ask and place members on committees and programs in areas that they

have expertise and a passion in working. It was amazing to see members face light up when a

Calendar 12 topic was discussed that they felt was a match for what they were interested in doing. As well as
members sharing knowledge with one another.
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Our plate was full in October and we appreciate members volunteering and participating when and

where they could.
October 15th – Komen’s Race for the Cure
October 16th - Pitmaster’s Bar-b-que Picnic – Café Momentum’s annual fundraiser
October 22nd – SCD Planning Meeting
October 29th – Bid Whist Tournament Scholarship Fundraiser

This great fundraiser is to help raise money for our youth club scholarship fund. It is an

enjoyable fun filled card/game tournament night with raffle prizes, food and it is a costume

Contact Information themed event. We hope that all of you will participate in this fundraising events at some
Mailing:
NTBPWL Inc., level. Either by attending, giving a $25.00 or more donation and contributing items for our
raffles prizes. We truly appreciate your support and dedication!

P. O. Box 1720
Cedar Hill, Texas
75106-1720 The Youth club under the direction of Evelyn Rosborough started their year.
Phone: 214-356-3319 September 24th Membership drive
October 8th attended the SCD Mini Youth Conference
Fax: 972-291-7680

Charmaine Traylor November 19th Youth Fundraiser – Christmas card making workshop
November 23rd volunteer at the North Food Bank
cytraylor@

traylormotorhomes.com

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President’s Message Cont’d

I would like to encourage adult club members to participate and attended as many of the youth activities as
possible to show them our support and assist Mrs. Rosborough.

The League is committed to making a difference in the areas of Leadership Development,
Entrepreneurship, Technology, Health issues, Education, and Employment in our community. We want
to partner with others and the community on many levels to bring fun and educational programs,
events, services, and opportunities to enrich their lives. With your support, we can continue to make
this happen. Your contribution, whether it is your time, knowledge, or resources, makes a difference.
We personally invite all of you to become an involved member of the League. We continue to focus on
improving communication through social media. We are updating our website that has a link to make
payments via PayPal. Our web address is www.ntbpwl.org . Check out our Facebook page, please
request to join. Look for and suggest other methods of communication that we can use to stay
connected and informed.

League Sisters, we are looking forward to a great year and will work hard to continue to support you
and you us. We appreciate all that you do! Please continue to lift each other up in prayer!

President Charmaine Traylor

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A MESSAGE FROM YOUR NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

League Ladies,

I am very happy to inform you that we have some New Team Members, which is vital to the
success of our newsletter. Please help me to welcome them to the team. The schedule is also
provided below for your information.

New Team Members Roles

Photos Coordinator Janice Burney

Ensure that there is someone assigned to capture

photos at 'every' League event and that the names and the

activity details are documented

Committee Outreach Coordinator Murray Gray

Reach out 'monthly' to every Committee Leader for

a briefing on their committee’s activities for the month

Event Coordinator Debra DeWitty-Harris

Ensure that there is someone assigned to capture the

essence of 'every' event

Undecided Patricia Maples

2016-17 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE/DUE DATES

Articles, Photos, etc.: 1st Monday
Publish Dates: 2nd Monday

March '2016
May '2016
*** SUMMER BREAK ***
October '2016
December '2016
February '2017
March '2017
May '2017
*** SUMMER BREAK ***

Geneva Hamilton, MBA

Newsletter Committee

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North Texas League Planning Retreat

September 9-10, 2016

Flowing Wells Resort

3217 Flowing Wells Road
Pottsboro, Texas 75076
Refreshing ….. Relaxing ….. Revitalizing …. Restorative? YES INDEED!

Pathfinder Editor and Club Sister Geneva Hamilton asked me to write about the North Texas League Plan-
ning Meeting Retreat … so here goes. This was actually my first "planning retreat" as a member of the NTL and in
my opinion; this was the "best dang" planning meeting retreat I have ever attended.

Let's start with FRIDAY night. Friday night was the time to fellowship, get to know one another, eat and
just have a fun night. Everyone let their hair down. We had a catfish dinner with all the trimmings followed by
karaoke and dancing, wine glass painting and bid whist. President Traylor took a moment to welcome everyone
and go over an informal agenda.

SATURDAY morning we hit the floor running, starting with a very large breakfast, more fellowship and
preparation for a full day. We discussed the 2016-17 calendar year and upcoming programs as well as committee
goals. President Traylor and 1st VP Dr. Jeanine Thomas focused on The North Texas League commitments and
aspirations for a successful new year. Past President Marilyn Calhoun workshop on leadership and self-awareness
was both informative and educational. The interactive sessions led by 1st VP Dr. Jeanine Thomas involved partici-
pation from all club sisters.

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North Texas League Planning Retreat Cont’d

Refreshing ….. Relaxing ….. Revitalizing …. Restorative? YES INDEED!

SATURDAY night after the planning PHOTOS FROM THE TREAT
meeting was over; we headed to Choctaw Ca-
sino in Durant, OK. where the fun and laughs
continued into the late evening.

SUNDAY morning we woke up, had
another bountiful breakfast and decided to enjoy
it out on the patio overlooking a very scenic
lake-front view. After breakfast we cleaned up
the lodge, packed up our luggage and headed
back to reality.

This Planning Meeting Retreat was
great because it was extremely well planned.
The feedback from all attending was pretty
much the same when describing the event ... "It
was Awesome!".

At the end of the day, President Traylor
and 1st VP Dr. Jeanine Thomas' vision for the
North Texas League Retreat came to fruition.
It left us feeling all of the adjectives above, and
a few more for good measure ... It also left us
feeling rejuvenated and refocused on the
League’s Mission for a continued presence in
the community and a more focused Vision on
community service.

Debra DeWitty-Harris
Pathfinder Writer

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Program Newsroom

North Texas League Planning Retreat Cont’d

Flowing Wells Resort

Refreshing ….. Relaxing ….. Revitalizing …. Restorative? YES INDEED!

2017 Women’s History & Founders’ Day

The North Texas Business & Professional Women’s League, Inc. will present The
Sojourner Truth Award to an African American Woman in the North Texas Area
during association’s 2017 observance of Founders’ Day. This award, established in
1948, is the highest award given by the National Association of Negro Business &
Professional Women’s Club, Inc. through local clubs. League members can nominate a
woman for the award by submitting the name in writing to the committee by Dec. 19,
2016.
The League will also observe women’s history month and Founder’s Day with a public
forum event the last weekend in March. The event will present a panel of African
American women who depict the 2017 National Women History Theme “Our History
is Our Strength”, honoring women of the community in labor and business. The panel
participants sharing shall be women in the business of professional sports and human
resources/employment areas. The event’s location and other details will be announced soon.

Marilyn Calhoun & Sylvia Littleton,

Women’s History & Founders’ Day Co Chairs

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Program Newsroom

SCD Youth Conference at Eastfield College, October 8, 2016

Introductions of the North Texas
League Youth to the SCD Youth
Conference at Eastfield College on
October 8, 2016 .

Youth Leader Evelyn Rosborough,
Governor Patricia Maples, Youth
Leader V. Wilson presenting Vice
Governor Ford for an excellent job
with a poem “YOU Need to Know”
& presentation of TED TALK

NTLY L-R: Vice Governor Ford,
Kamariah, Keana Turner, Evelyn
Rosborough, Khalvin Harrison,
SCD Youth Leader V. Wilson,
Governor Maples; Kneeling: Lau-
ren, Jeda Harrison

Reporter Club Sister Kennice Gossip

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Program Newsroom - African American Museum

Taking An Extraordinary Journey to View Our The child-size (baby-size) shackles as seen in the
Past to Present picture with 2 other shackles is the most touching artifact.
Most viewers cried as they pasted this exhibit.
I attended the grand opening of The
If you sojourn to visit the National Museum of African
Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American American History and Culture, add sites to your visit that
History and Culture, September 24, 2016 in Washington were part of the five day trip Remembering Black Dallas
D. C. The grand opening was a three-day event, Freedom Tour conducted by All In One Tour Services. These are
Sounds: A Community Celebration. The festival included African American historical sites that helped to shape our
musical performances, spoken word, oral history activities nation.
and evening concerts. I attended the Honey in the Rock
concert and participated in the oral history project, telling  Alexandria Black History Museum, Alexandria’s 1939
why it was important for me to be at the opening. Seeing Library (1st known sit-in of American) Contraband
and hearing President Barack Obama speak at the and Freedman Cemetery Memorial
dedication ceremony was the highlight of my journey.
 Frederick Douglass Home
The National Museum of African American  Mary McLeon Bethume Statue & Home
History and Culture is mostly underground. However, the  Lincoln Emancipation Statue
four floor Museum’s exterior of three – tiered “corona”  Howard University
architectural design in bronze-color, metal lattice stands out  Arlington National Cemetery – Notable African
on the National Mall. Printed materials state that …” the
Museum’s mission is to tell the complete African American American grave sites of Medga W. Evers, General
story which has been ignored, forgotten, and even actively Daniel “Chappie” James Sr., Justice Thurgood
suppressed…”. It does this through galleries of unique Marshall and all of the Kennedy graves
collections of documents as well as African American  Memorials - African American Civil War, M. L. King,
historical and cultural artifacts presented in a multimedia Jr, Lincoln, Jefferson, WWII, FDR, Iwo Jima
platform – large and small TV screens, ipads, smartphones,  US Capital and the White House – built by slaves
tablets, located throughout the exhibitions including the
website, nmaahc.si.edu which enables one to virtually This was an unforgettable journey providing a unique
explore the Museum. The innovative educational and perspective and knowledge as I witnessed many dimensions
cultural programming offer opportunities for viewers to of the African American experience in America before and
understand the concept of the African American and during my life time.
African diaspora culture through stories, places and people
that are profiled. I spent most of my time viewing the Reporter Club Sister Marilyn Calhoun
history of Africa and pre-slavery exhibits on first floor.
cried as they pasted this exhibit.

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Program Newsroom - African American Museum - Photos

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Program Newsroom - Komen Race for the Cure

Saturday, October 15th – Health Chairs Kimberly Washington and Michelle Caldwell, her committee members
and 19-year breast cancer survivor Marilyn Calhoun (see Marilyn’s story on the Komen’s Race of the Cure
Facebook page and on the League’s Facebook page), the North Texas BP Women’s League team for the
Komen’s Race for the Cure invited us to join them for $40.00, sign up as a Sleep-in for the Cure for $40.00, if
we were not able to walk or give a donation to help us reach our goal. Kimberly designed the t-shirts that we
will be wearing, which are $15.00 if you are interested in purchasing one.

Sunday, October 16th – Café Momentum’s 4th Annual Pitmasters Picnic: Signature Program Chair Kennice
Gossip and her committee members asked for volunteers to participate in this event at Thanksgiving Square, which is
their biggest fundraiser. ( see information on our Facebook page)

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Breaking News

Congratulations to Club Sister Beverly Collymore as she completes Leadership Training for the City of Frisco.

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CALENDAR