Jog Road Employees Celebrate Black History

MPOO Phyllis Reed and Maintenance employee Eileen Green-Hatcher led employees in singing "Lift Every Voice."

L to R: West Palm Beach O-I-C Robert Weiser, MPOO Phyllis Reed, Clerk Jackie Higgins, Quanta'e Green-Hatcher (son of employee Eileen Green-Hatcher), Maintenance employee Eileen Green-Hatcher, and Clerk Fanny Green.

Story & Photos by JoAnn Goodrich

Employees at Jog Road Station in Boynton Beach celebrated Black History Month on Friday, February 25. Maintenance employee Eileen Green-Hatcher was the Mistress of Ceremonies.

· Jackie Higgins spoke about the History of the Civil Rights Movement.
· Eileen’s son, Quanta’e Green-Hatcher presented excerpts of Martin Luther King’s 1963 speech “I have a Dream.”
· Eileen Green-Hatcher provided very interesting facts of Black Invention History.
· Phyllis Reed gave the blessing prior to the attendees enjoying African-American cuisine provided by a diversity of employees.
· Employees sang “Lift Every Voice.”

Special thanks to Edith Thompson, Tom Noone, Clarence Smith, Jackie Higgins, Eileen Green-Hatcher and all the employees at the Jog Road Station who participated in making Boynton Beach’s Black History Month Event a success.