Monday, April 3, 2017

Celebrating Dorothy Height in Miami


From left, Miami Postmaster Enrique M. Suarez; National Council Negro Women, Member-At-Large/ National Executive Board Metropolitan Dade County Section President Sandra K. Gipson; Miami-Dade County Public Schools-District 2 Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; and African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Director Marshall Davis.


On March 14, the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center hosted an event in honor of late Civil Rights Activist Dorothy Height, the 40th inductee in the Postal Service's Black Heritage stamp series. 
 
Miami Postmaster Enrique M. Suarez presented a stamp enlargement to African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Director Marshall Davis. Suarez also presented a stamp enlargement to Miami-Dade County School Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall and National Council Negro Women, Member-At-Large/National Executive Board Metropolitan Dade County Section President Sandra K. Gipson.

The Dade County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Miami Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. members attended the event.
 
In planning the event, Miami Customer Relations Coordinator Mirtha Uriarte worked with the Metropolitan Dade-County Section of National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Miami-Dade County School Board, Office of Mayor Miami-Dade, Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc., and Cox Media Group, WHQT-Hot 105.
 

Dade County Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. President Karen Wiggins (standing to the left of stamp) and Miami Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. President, Kay W. Dawson (standing to the right of stamp) and their members join Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall (first-sitting to the left of stamp) in celebrating the Dorothy Height Forever Stamp issue. 


From left, African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Director Marshall Davis; Urban League of Greater Miami, Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Launita Gaiter; Miami-Dade Police Department Assistant Director Stephanie Daniels; National Council Negro Women Member-At-Large/National Executive Board Metropolitan Dade County Section President Sandra K. Gipson; Miami-Dade County School Board Member Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall; President Miami-Dade Chapter National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Dr. Shirley  B. Johnson; Performing and Visual Arts Center-Miami Northwestern Senior High School Leia Ambrister; and Miami Postmaster Enrique M. Suarez.  


Photos: Miami Customer Relations Coordinator Mirtha Uriarte

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