The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) will host the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet on Friday, Jan. 16, at 6:30 p.m. The location is Holiday Inn Valley View, 3315 Ordway Drive, N.W. The banquet speaker will be Dr. Wornie Reed, Ph.D.
Professor Reed currently serves as Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and director of the Race and Social Policy Research Center at VA Tech. Previously he was Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology and Director of the Africana Studies Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Before that he developed and directed the Urban Child Research Center in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University (1991-2001), where he was also Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies (1991-2004). He was Adjunct Professor at the CWRU School of Medicine (2003-4).
He received his BS degree in Secondary Education (Science and Mathematics) at Alabama State University and the MA and PhD degrees in Sociology from Boston University. Trained as a medical sociologist under a health services research training fellowship, Professor Reed has taught courses, conducted research and published articles and books on medical care, health and illness, urban communities and criminal and juvenile justice. His background includes positions in the federal government and private industry as well as higher education. Before his academic career, Professor Reed worked in the computer field–with the US Bureau of the Census as a computer programmer and with IBM as a systems engineer and as a marketing representative.
Professor Reed’s honors and awards include two Regional Emmys–received in 2000 and 2003–for his work with Public Health Television, Inc., on the Urban Cancer Project, which produced television shows on cancer prevention aimed at African Americans.
Honorees:
Drum Major for Justice Award: William Calloway, Gayle Graves, Jeffery Mays, Flossie Lomax, Yzavia Haney, Michael Hamlar, Del. Sam Rasoul, Gloria Manns and Atty. Keven Wilson.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award: Priscilla Casey, Cecelia McCoy, Joseph H. Moses, Capt. Rick Morrison, New Horizon Healthcare and Northwest Child Development Center.
Perneller Chubb-Wilson Justice Award: Shawn Hunter.
Please come join in this year’s celebration as the Roanoke Chapter SCLC continues the vision of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tickets at $50 each are available.
For more information, please call Perneller Chubb-Wilson at 540-344-7064.
