Amen! AND the clinic burned down after that, and she rebuilt it again! And she treated everybody.
_____ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:27 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In When I heard that Dr Benjamin had rebuilt a clinic post-Katrina, in spite of FEMA's best efforts, she won my vote. ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:14:05 -0700 >From : "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sounds like a good choice to me. :) On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM, ravenadal wrote: > President Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin as his choice for the next > surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin, a black woman, is the founder and CEO of > Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. In 1995 , > Dr. Benjamin became the first black woman and the youngest doctor elected to > serve on the board of the American Medical Association. In 1998, she > received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. In 2008, she > received a MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" supporting her efforts to > treat patients in the Gulf Coast region regardless of their ability to pay. > > http://twitter.com/ravenadal > http://blackplush.blogspot.com > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Post your SciFiNoir Profile at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa hoo! > Groups Links > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
