CYBER COMMUNITY NEWS
LOUISVILLE GA.
Friday January 14th, 2011
By Minister James Ivery
The Jefferson Co. Ga. Chapter of the SCLC sponsored a pre-Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade History of the County and City where it's to be held in, Jefferson Co., Louisville Georgia. On hand for the WJBF news conference is the President of the Jefferson Co. Ga. Historical Society , Mr. Leroy Lewis, Minister James Ivery president of the Jefferson Co. Ga. SCLC, and local SCLC members.
January 16th, 2011
The first Jefferson Co. Ga. SCLC Chapter Martin Luther King Jr. Parade
By Minister James Ivery
By Minister James Ivery
JEFFERSON CO. GA. CHAPTER SCLC
AND THE BURKE CO. SCLC CIRCUIT
Has launched a fact finding mission in the case of the
Firing of Mrs. Annie L Cooper, from the Burke Co.
School System as unfair and grave injustice.
The Jefferson Co. Ga. Chapter of the SCLC and the Burke Co. Circuit addresses a Community Issue with the Burke
Elementary School and the Burke County Board of Education in the firing of Mrs. Annie L. Cooper who was employed at the Blakely Elementary School for more than three years. Mrs. Cooper came to the Jefferson Ga. Chapter of the SCLC with a complaint, that during an employee meeting on Oct. 19th 2010,
her immediate Supervisor reprimanded her and other custodian employees for improper or slack work details, she stated that at the end of the meeting, the Assistant Principal said to them that, “if you all have anything to say!, say it now!, don’t wait till you get behind my back.!” Miss Cooper stated that she then said to the Assistant Principal that if she had anything to say that she would say it to him face to face. Miss Cooper Stated that she returned to her work station to continue her work at around 12:15 p.m., she said that she was feeling shaken and upset about how the meeting was conducted and ended, that she was crying uncontrollably. She stated that she contacted her supervisor, Miss Brim via Portable radio and stated/asked if she could leave for the rest of the day and to her knowledge, and as heard by other employees who also had portable radios that she was granted the permission to leave work taking the remainder of the day off and she went home, when she arrived at her home she received a phone call from her employer, the Assistant Principal Bobby Moore who said to her, to turn in her uniform, that she had been terminated for walking off of her job. After hearing her complaint, the Jefferson Co. SCLC and the Burke Co. Circuit weighed the complaint and decided to address this issue.
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January 16th, 2011 5:00 p.m.
By Minister James Ivery
Jefferson Co. SCLC and NAACP Branch vows to join forces!
The Jefferson Co. SCLC and the Jefferson Co. Branch of the NAACP plans to join forces in addressing community issues and community concerns in Jefferson Co. Ga.
The new branch president of the NAACP, Mr. Charlie Brown spoke on January 16th during the NAACP annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration, that he welcomes the local chapter of the SCLC to work with his branch, and gave the floor to the president of the Jefferson Co. SCLC president, minister James Ivery. Mr. Ivery confirmed the invite, "The only way there will be unity in Jefferson Co. is that, there must be total unity in our community! unity in our churches! unity in our organizations! and I will be joining your branch," said Ivery.
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