Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating civil rights and women's rights activist Dorothy Height. Height focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African American women. In the 1990s she drew young people into her cause in the war against drugs, illiteracy, and unemployment. She received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994) and the Congressional Gold Medal (2004). On April 20, 2010, Height died at the age of ninety-eight. Her funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on April 29, 2010 was attended by President and Mrs. Obama. She was later interred at Fort Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland. Speakers Bureau/Expert Instructors Your assistance is needed to strengthen the network through creation of a speakers bureau. Additionally, expert instructors are needed to design and teach face-to-face and web-based classes to the community. Paste this link http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V3MBN3H into your address bar and input the requested information. The survey link will close on Friday, December 14. Respectfully, Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-520-0593 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.