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Announcing the Class of 2009

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Eduardo B. Fernandez
Retha Hill Sidmel Estes-Sumpter
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Kerner Plus 40: Change or Challenge?
My Turn
My Historic Journey through the Unity Project

By Sidmel Estes-Sumpter, MF 2000

When I volunteered to be part of the McCormick Fellows committee that would plan some kind of presentation for the Unity convention in Chicago, I had no idea that it would eventually be one of the most fulfilling and meaningful projects I have ever done. I know that sounds a little grandiose, but that's the only way I can describe my ten-month journey that led to the presentation of Kerner Plus 40: Change or Challenge that was aired as part of the opening plenary for the historic convention. I told several of my colleagues on the morning that the session was held that it felt as if I had given birth a third time. » more
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