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February 18, 2000 African-American women to outline paths to leadershipWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Successful women will speak about the roads that led them to leadership positions during a symposium, "Path to Leadership: A Discussion with African-American Women," sponsored by Purdue University's Black Cultural Center Library. The symposium is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 8, in the Black Cultural Center Multipurpose Room. It is free and open to the public. The presenters are Carolyn Johnson, senior research associate for Purdue's African-American Studies and Research Center, and Marion Samuel, house director for the Purdue chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. Samuel also serves on the national board of directors for American Express. A video entitled "Path to Leadership" featuring Jane Smith, chief executive officer of the National Council for Negro Women, and Rebecca Pittman Evans, former chief of staff of the District of Columbia mayor's office, also will be shown during the symposium. Johnson received her bachelor of science and master of science degrees in elementary education from Indiana University and her doctoral degree in educational administration, with a specialty in educational law, from Purdue. She has taught at all levels of the public school system and has served as a school administrator. She was the first executive director of the Hanna Community Center in Lafayette. Johnson is founding partner of J&W Associates, a consulting firm with offices in Indiana and Tennessee. Currently, she serves as a trustee of Bennett College, a historically black institution, in Greensboro, N.C. Johnson also is vice chairwoman of a national project entitled "Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century." She has held major leadership positions in the United Methodist Church and Black Methodists for Church Renewal. She has written articles for scholarly, commercial and religious journals and has served on the board of directors of the United Way, American Red Cross, Pilot International, Urban League, the NAACP, Girl Scouts of America and the YWCA. Samuel also serves on the board of directors of the YWCA, specifically on the diversity committee and the nominating committee. She is a native of Chicago, where she completed school, raised a family, taught public school and operated a clothing business. Samuel traveled for five years as assistant road manager with Ebony Magazine's Fashion Fair as it visited major cities raising funds for the United Negro College Fund. Samuel has been a volunteer with a caregivers organization for Alzheimer's patients, an escort with a major charter bus company, and a member of Study Circles, a nonpartisan community organization. She won an award in 1999 as an outstanding resident supervisor in Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She is one of the original organizers of a scholarship program within her church and, as an artist, exhibits her work several times a year and signs it, "Ms. Samm." The symposium's moderator will be Rochelle Brock, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Purdue. Brock earned her bachelor of science in social science from the University of California at Berkeley and her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Penn State. She has taught courses with titles such as "Multiculturalism in Education," "The African-American Woman," "Sexism and Racism," and "Power, Hegemony and Ideology: Contestations in 'Minority.'" CONTACT: Dorothy Ann Washington, BCC librarian, (765) 494-3093; dawashington@hfs.purdue.edu
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