Annually, the Audre Lorde scholars are lauded in a celebratory weekend produced specifically to honor their achievements.
ZAMI, Inc.
Atlanta’s Premiere Organization for Lesbians of African Descent
PRESENTS…

Friday, September 28, 2007 8:00 PM
A Staged Reading of Jazz/Blues/Prayer Poems & Performance Stories By Sharon Bridgforth
In Partnership with Agnes Scott College, Emory University Office of LGBT Life, Kennesaw State University & Charis Books and More.

Agnes Scott College
Alston Student Center
141 East College Ave, Decatur, GA 30030

This Event is Free and Open to the Public.
Visitor parking at Agnes Scott is on the “Main Loop” in front of the campus on East College Avenue and in the West Parking facility on South McDonough Street. There is no charge for parking.

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Saturday, September 29, 2007
Catered Brunch by Chef Dale Butler with Soulful Vocals by 2003 Audre Lorde Scholar, Dr. Clarice Thompson

11:00 AM- 2:00 PM
House of IntegriTEA
Historic Inman Park
312 C. North Highland Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
(404)577-3TEA (832)
$20.00 Requested Donation $10.00 for Students
Tixs sold in advance at Charis Books and More located at 1189 Euclid Ave, Atlanta
404 524-0304

Clarice Laverne Thompson earned a Doctor of Arts Degree in Music History and Music Theory, (University of Mississippi). A long time musical theatre collaborator with Elmo Terry-Morgan, as a team they have created “Ophelia’s Cotillion”, AUDELCO Award winning “Song Of Sheba”, “Hot Comb”, an adaptation of “Crescent Tales”, “Profiles and Shadows”, “Heart To Heart”, and a new project “Return Me To Love” (a Dorothy Dandridge story). Clarice is serving as music director for Rites and Reason Theatre and visiting lecturer for Africana Studies, Brown University.

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Saturday, September 29, 2007 8PM
Scholarship Awards Program
Celebrating the 2007 Audre Lorde Scholars
Hosted by Poet & Activist, Cara Page
North Druid Hills Presbyterian Church
1026 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30306

Entertainment provided by Vocalists Lillie Huddleston, Claire Thompson & ADODI Muse: A Gay Negro Ensemble

Lillie Huddleston has been a professional performer for over 15 years, discovering the jazz genre as a vocalist while an undergraduate music education major at Mississippi University for Women. Lillie continued her musical studies at Georgia State University earning a Master of Music degree with a concentration in music education. She has been a featured vocalist at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, the Stone Mountain Jazz Jamboree, Callenwolde Jazz on the Lawn, and the Jocada Museum of Jazz History.

ADODI Muse: A Gay Negro Ensemble, is Atlanta’s only black gay male performance poets collective. They commit their time and energy to the telling of their individual and collective experiences, performing the work they pen and the work of others who support their survival. ADODI Muse members are Duncan E. Teague, Malik M.L. Williams, and Anthony Antoine. They present an in-your-face collection of performance poetry, singing, rapping, and more that is fierce, funny, confrontational, dangerous and entertaining.

Program is free and open to the public.
ZAMI

Sponsors:
Delta Airlines, Holiday Inn Select Decatur, IntegriTEA House, Time to Dine, Keisha Cunningham, Tonia Poteat, Phillip Rush, Sheryl Burke, Cherie Caldwell, Dale Butler, TH Design

ZAMI, Inc. Board of Directors:
Miya Binta, Beryl Jackson, Aisha Dubose, Mary Anne Adams, Edith Biggers, Frances Wood, Latanya McKenzie, Cheryl Robinson, Lynn Duhart, Arlene Edwards, Simone Bell

During the Saturday night program, ZAMI will salute the Feminist Women’s Health Center, Mia Mingus, Mandy Carter and Rev. Maressa Pendermon for their dedication and steadfast activism.

ZAMI AWARDS 14 SCHOLARSHIPS
LESBIAN AND GAY SCHOLARS OF COLOR HONORED IN 12TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION

ZAMI, Inc., an organization for lesbians of African descent based in
Atlanta, Georgia is commemorating the 12th Anniversary of its Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund in a two day long celebration scheduled for September 28-29, 2007.

14 scholars from across the country have been granted $1000 scholarships along with transportation and accommodations to Atlanta, for the scholarship celebratory weekend. These students are all “out” lesbians and gay men who are making significant contributions to their communities.

ZAMI established its Audre Lorde scholarship fund in 1995 and
awarded the first two scholarships in 1997. Since that time, the fund has awarded over 100 scholarships to outstanding lesbians and gay men of color.

Audre Lorde The Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund is named in honor of Audre Lorde (1934-1992), the acclaimed author and State Poet of New York who published nine volumes of poetry and five works of prose. She identified as a Black lesbian, warrior poet and is internationally regarded as a significant contributor to the struggle for women’s liberation and lesbian and gay rights.

* Awards and Recipients:
Sheryl Burke Award:
June Berry, National Gourmet Institute for Health & Culinary Arts Chef Program, New York , NY

Brenda Banks-Kerrie Cotton-Williams Award:
Sophia Bowens, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

Sandra Jones-Ronald Moore Award:
Kalvin Leveille, St. John’s University, Queens , NY

Tony Daniels Community Ally Award funded by ADODI Muse: A Gay Negro Ensemble:
Charles Rice-Gonzalez, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT

Cherie Caldwell Award:
Crystal Jones,University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Wendy Belkin Award:
Brandee Stephens, University of North Carolina,Charlotte, NC

David Gillespie Award:
Craig Washington, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

Sarah Crymes & Rhonda Freeman Award:
Amber Anderson, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX

Linda Bryant Award:
Teanna Medina, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Margaret Ntombi Howell Power & Presence Memorial Award funded by
Rhesa M. Jenkins & Ama Saran

Naima Lowe:
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Mandy Carter Award funded by Germaine Curtin:
Ejeris Dixon, New York University, NY, NY

Fourth Tuesday Award:
Melissa Gordon, University of Tennessee, Nashville, TN

Angelina Huguely Award:
Pam Reed, University of Illinois, Springfield, IL

Jerrald Lynn Boswell Memorial Award funded by Collette Strother, Laura Brooks, Ada Long & K.M. Griffin:
Mark Norris, California State University, Los Angeles, CA

*Note: Unless, otherwise noted, the 2007 awards are named after the person who funded the scholarship.