“GMWA SERVES Atlanta 2014”
Bishop Albert L. Jamison Sr., The Board of
Directors, and Team “GMWA Serves” are pleased to announce the Launch of its 6th
Annual Community Volunteer Project in Atlanta, GA.
After an overwhelming success over the past five years, “GMWA SERVES”
continues with great expectation to help hundreds in need in Atlanta. 10 local
organizations have been chosen to receive support through volunteerism of at
least 200 volunteer GMWA Ambassadors for what Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and
local officials will honor as “GMWA Serves Atlanta Community Service Day.”
The Press Conference will be held in Atlanta on Friday, July 25, 2014,
4pm at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta Hotel In “The Learning Center” to announce
the convention and the GMWA Serves project to the city. Key attendees include the Hon. Mayor Kasim
Reed –confirmed, the Hon. John Lewis, Member of Congress-invited, the Hon.
Caesar Mitchell, President, Atlanta City Council-invited, the Hon. Kwanza Hall,
Nashville City Council-confirmed,
Evelyn White, GMWA Atlanta Chapter Representative, Bishop Richard “Mr. Clean”
national gospel recording artist, and local pastor, along with several local
pastors of various faiths, and gospel music industry leaders.
Volunteers will meet on Saturday
July 26, 2014, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, in the “Kennesaw Room” at 12 noon for orientation, and leave by bus to selected
sites for three hours of service.
GMWA Serves Atlanta 2014 is
dedicated to the legacy of the late “Rev. Donald Vails, an Atlanta native and
Savoy recording artist, and Lady Donna Grady Creer, a nationally known gospel
radio announcer. This year, a musical tribute is planned for Wednesday July 30,
2014, where several recording artists will lead the 200 voice mass choir
musical tribute, including Min. Byron Cage, Dr. Margaret Douroux, Earnest Pugh,
Bishop Richard “Mr. Clean” White, and Dr. Steven Roberts, among others.
The 47th Annual Gospel
Music Workshop of America, Inc. (GMWA) convention founded by the Late Rev.
James Cleveland in 1968, in the city of Detroit, convenes at the Hyatt Regency
Atlanta Hotel Center, with a week of events that will offer seminars,
workshops, exhibits and musical showcases presented by national chapters along
with national gospel recording labels and artists.
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