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Jan 23 Social Action Committee honors students

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The Martin Luther King Social Action Committee (MLK-SAC) celebrated their 22nd MLK Oratorical Contest, Saturday, January 14, 2023, hosted by Mills Homes Baptist Church, campus of the Baptist Children's Homes of North Carolina, 701 Watson Circle., Thomasville, NC. The MLK Dean of Students, Dr. Pamela S. Jackson contacted principals/guidance counselors starting in October 2022. Thirteen students (5 juniors and 8 seniors) represented 10 high schools for the 2023 MLK Oratorical Contest. Thirteen scholarships were given to students and four superlatives awards.

**Claudia Davis receiving 14th Scholarship - WSSU Student assisted in 2023 MLK Oratorical Contest**

There was a 14th Scholarship, $500-Tillie Richbourg Memorial Scholarship Award given to Claudia Davis, a student at Winston-Salem State University, who assisted with the 2023 MLK Oratorical Contest.

{Contributed Photo} L-R, Camryn Ross, Senior, Triad Math and Science (5th Place, $2300 - Dr. W. E. Banks Memorial Scholarship Award); Michelle Cartwright, Senior, Salisbury High School (1st Place, $5000 - Dr. James and Octavian Jenkins Memorial Scholarship, Superlative Awards, $300-Omega Psi Phi Sigma Mu Technology Award, $350-George Burton Memorial Manuscript Award, and $400-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Creativity Award); Tiyana Johnson, Junior, Thomasville High School (11th Place, $1000-James H. Carter MUC Scholarship Award); Lydia Merrills, Senior, GTCC Middle College Jamestown (6th Place, $2200-Dr. William T. Jackson Memorial Scholarship Award); Adriana Dubon, Junior, East Davidson High School (3rd Place,$2500-Stanfield-Dalton Memorial Scholarship Award and Superlative $500-Joyce Torrence Zeta Phi Beta Poise Award); Neriah Carson, Senior, Northwest Guilford High School (4th Place,$2400-Dr. J. Ray Butler Memorial Scholarship Award); Kendrick Lynch, Senior, Sourthern Guilford High School (8th Place, $1500-Ebony Alpha Ebony Service Organization Scholarship Award);

L-R, Angel Hannibal, Junior, Thomasville High School (13th Place, $600-Chris & Jesteen Richbourg Scholarship Award); Justin Merrills, Junior, Kearns Academy (10th Place, $1200-James H. Bloomfield Scholarship Award); Salina Jackson, Junior, Weddington High School (2nd Place, $3000-Deboy and Marlene Beamon Scholarship Award); Ariyan Byrd, Senior, Thomasville High School (12th Place, $750-Skeen Family Scholarship Award); Damian Brandon, Senior, Salisbury High School (9th Place, $1250-Robert M. Patterson Memorial Scholarship Award); Nailah Carter, Senior, Atkins Academic & Technology High School (7th Place, $2000-Rebecca Patterson Memorial Scholarship Award).

MLK Top 3 Students:

L-R, Salina Jackson, Junior, Weddington High School (2nd Place, $3000-Deboy and Marlene Beamon Scholarship Award); Michelle Cartwright, Senior, Salisbury High School (1st Place, $5000 - Dr. James and Octavian Jenkins Memorial Scholarship, Superlative Awards, $300-Omega Psi Phi Sigma Mu Technology Award, $350-George Burton Memorial Manuscript Award, and $400-Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Creativity Award); Adriana Dubon, Junior, East Davidson High School (3rd Place,$2500-Stanfield-Dalton Memorial Scholarship Award and Superlative $500-Joyce Torrence Zeta Phi Beta Poise Award);