Rev. Irv Moore will host the Alumni Meeting, Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. His address is 647 Waycross Rd., Forest Park. His home phone number is 513-674-9701. Directions to his home are included in this newsletter.

From The President’s Pen…... February is a short but significant month as we celebrate Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day. I’m already celebrating Presidents’ Day because of Barack Obama as our 44th President of the United States of America! Our 2009-year got off to a good start as we had our first meeting on January 24th at my home. We had around 15 members present. At this meeting, we donated $200.00 to Next Level Mentoring Program with our own, Walter Ingram, Director. This year his Black College Tour will include a trip to A&T. Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. will host the Great Lakes Regional Conference here in Cincinnati, OH, April 23-26, 2009. An invitation is extended to all at the Public Meeting on Friday evening at the Duke Energy Center, downtown Cincinnati. We purchased an ad in their souvenir booklet. Aggies who are members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority include Staici Goins, Jameika Sampson, Gerilyn Sampson, Deborah Sampson, and Gwen Womack. Melanie Womack, daughter of Gwen and Ernie Womack, as well as Yenetta Harper, wife of Aggie Gerald Harper are also members. I will host our February 28 meeting at my home but Arnold Mungin will provide funds for the food. (I wonder what I’m going to serve? It will not be spaghetti – whew). Please be reminded that your 2008/2009 dues are due. Dues invoice is included in this newsletter. Hope to see everyone at my home on February 28 meeting at 7:00 pm.

With Aggie Pride, Irv

The North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

P.O. BOX 40907 CINCINNATI, OHIO 45240 Alumni Association - Cincinnati Chapter Newsletter –February 2009

43 Years of Aggie Pride Website—www.cincinnatiaggies.com

Alumni Chapter Dues Chapter dues remain a bargain at $24 and are due for the upcoming year. Please make payable to: Cincinnati A&T Alumni, pay at a meeting or send to: Reggie Scales, Treasurer, Cincinnati A&T Alumni P O Box 40907 Cincinnati, OH 45240

2008 Aggie Meeting/Event Schedule

Jan. 24 -- Rev. Irv Moore Feb. 28 -- Rev. Irv Moore ( Arnold Mungin providing food) March 28 -- Ray and Keda Strickland April 25 -- Gary & Elnora Holloway May 30 -- Rickey & Renee Johnson June 27 -- Rita Morgan June --- Election of New Officers July 18 -- Picnic(GE Park) August 29 -- John & Deborah Sampson Sept. 25 --Fifth Annual Golf Outing Sept. 26 -- Gwen and Earnie Womack October 30-November 1 -A & T Homecoming Nov.7 -- Reggie & Renita Scales December 5- Holiday Gathering

Your dues are used to support the newsletter and some of our local expenses. Join these Aggies in supporting your Chapter. Irv Moore Gerald Harper Joe Simmons John Barkley Seneca Gore Eric White John Sampson Debra Sampson Willie McGriff Irvan McMurtry James Allen Freda Allen Arnold Mungin Joe Shives Gary Holloway Elnora Holloway Reggie Scales Walter McLarty Rita Morgan See the Dues Invoice in this Newsletter

DIRECTIONS TO REV. MOORE’S HOUSE(674-9701) FROM I-75 NORTH or SOUTH Directions: From I-75, take Sharon Rd exit (15). Go west going through Glendale. Pass Quinn Chapel AME at Southland & Sharon. The next intersection is Waycross. Turn left. Irv’s home is the first house on the right. Park on the right side of the street. FROM WINTON ROAD Take Sharon Rd. heading east to Waycross and turn right on Waycross. Irv’s home is the first house on the right. Park on the right side of the street.

The 49th Sit-In Anniversary was celebrated in Williams Cafeteria on Jan. 30, 2009 at 6 a.m., honoring the four A&T students, who as freshmen on Feb. 1, 1960, requested service at the segregated lunch counter of the F.W. Woolworth’s store in downtown Greensboro, N.C.

After being refused service, Dr. Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.); Dr. Franklin Eugene McCain; Dr. Joseph Alfred McNeil, and (the late) Dr. David Leinail Richmond sat at the counter until the store closed. This action triggered the “Sit-In” movement across America, with over 400 demonstrations taking place by the end of 1960. Let us mark this day in remembrance of who we are and how far we’ve traveled,” said Dr. Franklin McCain, Chairperson for the NC A&T Board of Trustees. Michael Jeffries, Vice President for the A&T chapter of the NAACP and Mesha White, SGA President at Bennett College for Women greeted everyone. Sammie Dow, of NC A&T SGA stated, “We stand on the shoulders of giants,” as he introduced the guest speaker for the celebration. The Honorable Julian Bond, Chairman of the Board of the NAACP and a veteran of more than 20 years of service in the Georgia General Assembly, began his presentation by giving the history of the sit-ins that began in Greensboro, sparking the sit-ins that occurred in Atlanta, G.A. Bond recalled the day he read the Feb. 4, 1960 newspaper, and saw the news about the sit-ins the A&T Four had been holding for three days. He said as they began the sit-ins in Atlanta, 77 students were arrested within at least a two week time period(From the A&T Register)

HOMECOMING NEWS THE NEW DATES FOR HOMECOMING 2009 ARE

OCTOBER 30-NOVEMBER 1,2009

CONGRATULATIONS CINCINNATI AGGIES THRU ALUMNI GIVING YOU HELPED RAISE OVER A MILLION

DOLLARS. THE CINCINNATI CHAPTER MEET ITS GOAL OF $10,000

THANK YOU AGGIES

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