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Viewpoint: What is a Strong Mayor?
By George Hawthorne, CEO, Diversity Program Advisors, Inc. Writing “strong memos†does not make a “strong mayor†in the absence of concise actions, transactional transparency…
Viewpoint: Each one, Reach One, Teach One — Building Our Future Leaders
By George Hawthorne, CEO, Diversity Program Advisors, Inc. Each one, Reach One, Teach One — Building Our Future Leaders CEO, Diversity Program Advisors, Inc. On…
NAACP offers ‘compromise’ on Confederate flag issue
The Pensacola branch of the NAACP has sent a letter to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners titled: “Economic Development Committee Flag Response and Proposed…
Viewpoint: Jeff Bergosh’s proposed ‘School Discipline Initiative’ is Just Wrong
By George Hawthorne School Board Member, Jeff Bergosh’s, proposed “discipline†initiative clearly is rhetoric that includes the “coded-language†of racial discrimination and can best be…
Viewpoint: Let’s Tell the Truth About the CSA Battle Flag Origins
By George Hawthorne President, Diversity Program Advisors, Inc. I have seen and heard the comments from “CSA Battle Flag†supporters that have invoked the “teachings…
Final EBO Report
The Community Maritime Park Associates’ Equal Business Opportunity Committee will hear a final report tonight concerning the Equal Business Opportunity Program. The program was an…
Figuring Out the GCAACC
Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds started off his organizational meeting for the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce by asking the group’s current head to…
GCAACC Organizational Meeting
The drama surrounding the Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce will continue to unfold tonight during an organizational meeting at Pensacola City Hall. The meeting…
Hawthorne’s ‘Game Plan’: Work Together
George Hawthorne, executive director of the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce, said Tuesday that his organization would not be releasing what he had…
Hawthorne’s ‘Game Plan’
Gulf Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce Executive Director George Hawthorne said he is not concerned with—and does not feel threatened by—the recent moves made by…
The GCAACC and the ‘New Direction’
A faction of Pensacola’s African-American business community appears intent on creating a new minority chamber of commerce. Jackie Miles, a board member of the existing…
Jerralds and the GCAACC
There’s another forum on the calendar to discuss the Gulf Coast African American Chamber of Commerce. Pensacola City Councilman John Jerralds has scheduled a May…
