FUNERAL HOME, WHICH IS IN VALDOSTA. IT BEGINS AT 2 O’CLOCK AND IS OPEN TO THE VALDOSTA. IT BEGINS AT 2 O’CLOCK AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MORE THAN 1000 WOMEN O’CLOCK AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. MORE THAN 1000 WOMEN FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK
PUBLIC. MORE THAN 1000 WOMEN FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK SORORITIES IN THE WORLD WILL FROM ONE OF THE OLDEST BLACK SORORITIES IN THE WORLD WILL COME TO JACKSONVILLE THIS SORORITIES IN THE WORLD WILL COME TO JACKSONVILLE THIS WEEKEND FOR AN EVENT THAT
COME TO JACKSONVILLE THIS WEEKEND FOR AN EVENT THAT ORGANIZERS AND CITY LEADERS WEEKEND FOR AN EVENT THAT ORGANIZERS AND CITY LEADERS SAY WILL BENEFIT THE ORGANIZERS AND CITY LEADERS SAY WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. DELTA SIGMA THETA SAY WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED. 2020
COMMUNITY. DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED. 2020 FOR FLORIDA AND BAHAMAS SORORITY INCORPORATED. 2020 FOR FLORIDA AND BAHAMAS CLUSTER. FOR FLORIDA AND BAHAMAS CLUSTER. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: IS A CLUSTER. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: IS A REGIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE >>JENNIFER WAUGH: IS A REGIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE MEMBERS GET TOGETHER FOR
REGIONAL CONFERENCE WHERE MEMBERS GET TOGETHER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN MEMBERS GET TOGETHER FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOME FUN AS WELL. IS JOINING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOME FUN AS WELL. IS JOINING AND OF THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED
SOME FUN AS WELL. IS JOINING AND OF THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LARGE LOCAL ECONOMIC AND OF THIS EVENT IS EXPECTED TO HAVE A LARGE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO HAVE A LARGE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THE ABSOLUTE LEE IN THE
IMPACT. A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN FOR THE ABSOLUTE LEE IN THE ORGANIZATION SELECTS DIFFERENT IN FOR THE ABSOLUTE LEE IN THE ORGANIZATION SELECTS DIFFERENT CITIES FOR THIS CLUSTER EVERY ORGANIZATION SELECTS DIFFERENT CITIES FOR THIS CLUSTER EVERY YEAR. CITIES FOR THIS CLUSTER EVERY YEAR. >>MELANIE LAWSON: AND MEMBERS
YEAR. >>MELANIE LAWSON: AND MEMBERS SAY THE GATHERING WILL BENEFIT >>MELANIE LAWSON: AND MEMBERS SAY THE GATHERING WILL BENEFIT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, LOCAL SAY THE GATHERING WILL BENEFIT BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. >> IT’S A GATHERING THAT WILL AS A WHOLE. >> IT’S A GATHERING THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER MORE THAN 1000 >> IT’S A GATHERING THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER MORE THAN 1000 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TO DOWNTOWN
BRING TOGETHER MORE THAN 1000 PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TO DOWNTOWN THE 2024 DELTA SIGMA THETA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TO DOWNTOWN THE 2024 DELTA SIGMA THETA FLORIDA IN BAHAMAS. CLUSTER THE 2024 DELTA SIGMA THETA FLORIDA IN BAHAMAS. CLUSTER HELPS MEMBERS LEARN AND GROW FLORIDA IN BAHAMAS. CLUSTER HELPS MEMBERS LEARN AND GROW PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH
HELPS MEMBERS LEARN AND GROW PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY PROFESSIONALLY THROUGH NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR’S NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR’S GATHERING. THE ORGANIZATION SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR’S GATHERING. THE ORGANIZATION CHOSE THE RIVER CITY. GATHERING. THE ORGANIZATION CHOSE THE RIVER CITY. >> WHY JACKSONVILLE THIS YEAR?
CHOSE THE RIVER CITY. >> WHY JACKSONVILLE THIS YEAR? WELL, WHY NOT? JACKSONVILLE? >> WHY JACKSONVILLE THIS YEAR? WELL, WHY NOT? JACKSONVILLE? JACKSONVILLE IS THE HOME OF WELL, WHY NOT? JACKSONVILLE? JACKSONVILLE IS THE HOME OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WITH JACKSONVILLE IS THE HOME OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WITH THE HOME OF MAJOR
THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS WITH THE HOME OF MAJOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. COLLEGES, THE HOME OF MAJOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS. COLLEGES, SUCH UNIVERSITY EXCUSE ME, AFRICAN-AMERICANS. COLLEGES, SUCH UNIVERSITY EXCUSE ME, SUCH REWARD COLLEGE. WE HAVE A SUCH UNIVERSITY EXCUSE ME, SUCH REWARD COLLEGE. WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER AND WHERE THE
SUCH REWARD COLLEGE. WE HAVE A LOT TO OFFER AND WHERE THE HOME OF AWARD-WINNING LOT TO OFFER AND WHERE THE HOME OF AWARD-WINNING JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE CHAPTER HOME OF AWARD-WINNING JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF 430 MEMBERS WHO QUEBEC’S JACKSONVILLE, ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF 430 MEMBERS WHO QUEBEC’S SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY EACH
OF 430 MEMBERS WHO QUEBEC’S SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY EACH AND EVERY DAY. SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY EACH AND EVERY DAY. >> COORDINATORS SAY THE AND EVERY DAY. >> COORDINATORS SAY THE CLUSTER WILL FOCUS ON THE >> COORDINATORS SAY THE CLUSTER WILL FOCUS ON THE PILLARS THE SORORITY STANDS
CLUSTER WILL FOCUS ON THE PILLARS THE SORORITY STANDS FOR, WHICH INCLUDES HELPING PILLARS THE SORORITY STANDS FOR, WHICH INCLUDES HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO PLAN FOR, WHICH INCLUDES HELPING THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO PLAN TO HELP YOUNGER MEMBERS TRYING THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO PLAN TO HELP YOUNGER MEMBERS TRYING TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE BY
TO HELP YOUNGER MEMBERS TRYING TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING DONATED PROFESSIONAL TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE BY PROVIDING DONATED PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING TO WHAT’S CALLED THE PROVIDING DONATED PROFESSIONAL CLOTHING TO WHAT’S CALLED THE COLLEGIATE CLOSET. CLOTHING TO WHAT’S CALLED THE COLLEGIATE CLOSET. >> AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME
COLLEGIATE CLOSET. >> AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE THE >> AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY TO
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY TO SERVICE BUT FINANCIALLY THEM OUR COMMUNITIES, NOT ONLY TO SERVICE BUT FINANCIALLY THEM SCHOLARSHIPS. THE THREE-DAY SERVICE BUT FINANCIALLY THEM SCHOLARSHIPS. THE THREE-DAY EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE SCHOLARSHIPS. THE THREE-DAY EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE HYATT REGENCY AND COORDINATORS
EVENT WILL BE HELD AT THE HYATT REGENCY AND COORDINATORS SAY MEMBERS ARE READY TO HYATT REGENCY AND COORDINATORS SAY MEMBERS ARE READY TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT. SAY MEMBERS ARE READY TO EXPERIENCE ALL THAT. JACKSONVILLE HAS TO OFFER. EXPERIENCE ALL THAT. JACKSONVILLE HAS TO OFFER. >> WE PREPARE OUR MEMBERS
JACKSONVILLE HAS TO OFFER. >> WE PREPARE OUR MEMBERS BEFORE THEY EVEN GET 2 DECKS >> WE PREPARE OUR MEMBERS BEFORE THEY EVEN GET 2 DECKS OR ANY CITY THAT WE VISIT. WE BEFORE THEY EVEN GET 2 DECKS OR ANY CITY THAT WE VISIT. WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES
OR ANY CITY THAT WE VISIT. WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES ARE IN THE AREA. OF COURSE, WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES ARE IN THE AREA. OF COURSE, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE TOURISM IN ARE IN THE AREA. OF COURSE, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE TOURISM IN THE AREA.
ARE SUPPORTING THE TOURISM IN THE AREA. >> COUNCILMAN ROCKMAN JOHNSON THE AREA. >> COUNCILMAN ROCKMAN JOHNSON SAYS THE CLUSTERS ECONOMIC >> COUNCILMAN ROCKMAN JOHNSON SAYS THE CLUSTERS ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT SAYS THE CLUSTERS ECONOMIC IMPACT WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE.
IMPACT WILL BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. WHETHER IT’S READOUT WAR GOING THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. WHETHER IT’S READOUT WAR GOING IN TO ENSURE THE SPENDING WHETHER IT’S READOUT WAR GOING IN TO ENSURE THE SPENDING THEIR DOLLARS IN RESTAURANTS IN TO ENSURE THE SPENDING THEIR DOLLARS IN RESTAURANTS WITH.
THEIR DOLLARS IN RESTAURANTS WITH. >> PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS WITH. >> PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS SOME MAY CONSIDER UNDERSERVED. >> PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS SOME MAY CONSIDER UNDERSERVED. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT FEEL SOME MAY CONSIDER UNDERSERVED. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT FEEL JACKSONVILLE. SO WE’RE REALLY
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT FEEL JACKSONVILLE. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE DELTA SEA. JACKSONVILLE. SO WE’RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THE DELTA SEA. >> HE ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED EXCITED TO HAVE THE DELTA SEA. >> HE ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE
>> HE ALSO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL GO A $10,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL GO TOWARD YOUTH PROGRAMS. ORGANIZATION WHICH WILL GO TOWARD YOUTH PROGRAMS. >> WHILE IT’S ONLY $10,000, TOWARD YOUTH PROGRAMS. >> WHILE IT’S ONLY $10,000, NOW, IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S
>> WHILE IT’S ONLY $10,000, NOW, IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO REVERBERATE AND NOW, IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO REVERBERATE AND ADULTS ARE ALREADY DOING THE GOING TO REVERBERATE AND ADULTS ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK RIGHT WITH THE PROPER ADULTS ARE ALREADY DOING THE WORK RIGHT WITH THE PROPER CREATION AND THEY HAVEN’T EVEN
WORK RIGHT WITH THE PROPER CREATION AND THEY HAVEN’T EVEN RECEIVED THE DOLLAR JET. AND CREATION AND THEY HAVEN’T EVEN RECEIVED THE DOLLAR JET. AND THEY’RE ALREADY PUTTING THOSE RECEIVED THE DOLLAR JET. AND THEY’RE ALREADY PUTTING THOSE PROGRAMS TO ORGANIZERS HOPE THEY’RE ALREADY PUTTING THOSE PROGRAMS TO ORGANIZERS HOPE THEIR PRESENCE WILL HELP THE
PROGRAMS TO ORGANIZERS HOPE THEIR PRESENCE WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY BETTER UNDERSTAND THEIR PRESENCE WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORK THEY DO ON A DAILY COMMUNITY BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORK THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. THE WORK THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS. >> SO AS ORGANIZATION, WE
BASIS. >> SO AS ORGANIZATION, WE BELIEVE AND GIVING BACK GIVEN >> SO AS ORGANIZATION, WE BELIEVE AND GIVING BACK GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH BELIEVE AND GIVING BACK GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE IT TO MAKE IT BETTER
BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE IT TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHAT IT’S BEEN BEFORE WE WE LIVE IT TO MAKE IT BETTER AND WHAT IT’S BEEN BEFORE WE ARRIVED. AND WHAT IT’S BEEN BEFORE WE ARRIVED. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THE ARRIVED. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THE CLUSTER BEGINS TONIGHT. AND
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THE CLUSTER BEGINS TONIGHT. AND MAYOR DEEGAN ALONG WITH CLUSTER BEGINS TONIGHT. AND MAYOR DEEGAN ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WILL BE MAYOR DEEGAN ALONG WITH COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WILL BE THERE TO GIVE OPENING REMARKS. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WILL BE THERE TO GIVE OPENING REMARKS. THE DELTAS ARE ALSO PARTNERING
THERE TO GIVE OPENING REMARKS. THE DELTAS ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH MY VILLAGE PROJECT FOR THE DELTAS ARE ALSO PARTNERING WITH MY VILLAGE PROJECT FOR FLORIDA’S CELEBRATE LITERACY WITH MY VILLAGE PROJECT FOR FLORIDA’S CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK. IT’S THIS WEEK IN THIS FLORIDA’S CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK. IT’S THIS WEEK IN THIS MORNING. MEMBERS ARE READING
WEEK. IT’S THIS WEEK IN THIS MORNING. MEMBERS ARE READING TO CHILDREN AT DIFFERENT
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