Hmm. SSB "one of the ten most powerful African American women in
America."
How can this be when there are so many pressing issues that we're told she
can do nothing about? Perhaps her power is just somthing to be admired,
like a painting, not used, like a saw.
We could put it on display at Walker.
--David Shove
On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Freeman, Ann E wrote:
> Below is the text of a news release issued today by the Office of Mayor
> Sharon Sayles Belton regarding her selection by Ebony Magazine as one of the
> ten most powerful African American women in America. The article appears in
> the March issue of the magazine.
>
> Ann Freeman
> Communications Director
> Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton
> (612) 673-2156
>
>
> Mayor Sayles Belton named one of most 10 most powerful influential Black
> women
>
> February 20, 2001 (Minneapolis, MN)-Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton
> was named as one of "The 10 Most Powerful Black Women" in the March 2001
> issue of Ebony magazine.
> The article introduces the list as women who "have leapfrogged over
> limited minds, limited resources and other people's low aim for their lives
> to not only lift themselves but to lift others as well."
> The article cited Mayor Sayles Belton's lifelong commitment to
> public service and her accomplishments as the first African American and
> first woman Mayor of Minneapolis.
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