Posts Tagged ‘Memorial’
In Memory of Sarah Scammell
If any of you reading this knew Sarah and would like to add your remembrances to this – please email us at bettina-network@comcast.net +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sarah was a friend and someone who worked with Bettina Network, inc. for several years. One day, just a few months ago, someone came to our door to say Sarah had…
Read MoreIn Memory of Francis Albert Dynan
by: Frances Maloney It is written of Mary of Magdala, that, after the disciples had returned to their homes, Mary lingered like a humming bird before the silent face of the tomb, weeping. “And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head…
Read MoreThe Last Word: Stay Woke – A Memorial to Dick Gregory
By: Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. August 23, 2017 “It is through our struggles that we gain victories” Stay Woke are words to remember from my best friend–the one and only Dick Gregory. Who in Black America (or America for that matter) hasn’t heard of Dick Gregory? I certainly had known him for years before…
Read MoreAileen Clark Hernandez – (1926-2017)
by: Marceline DonaldsonI won’t say rest in peace. I will say I hope you are living your life after life in a heaven in which everyone is equal – where love abounds – where justice has no meaning because the evils of this life have all fallen away. At the end of life, one begins…
Read MoreJACK GREENBERG – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
by: Marceline Donaldson I read this morning of the death of Jack Greenberg and it hit me much harder than I would have expected. Jack Greenberg, Percy Julian, Dolores Orey and so many others are among the people who surrounded me at a very dire time of my life. I am so grateful for the fact…
Read MoreThe Rev. Dr. Lillian D. Anthony, my friend
by: Marceline Donaldson, president Bettina Network Foundation, inc. There are some people one expects to go on forever, but none of us lives forever. Lillian was a force of nature. Her strength came from the clear, truthful, fearless and love filled way she lived her life. I have always called Lillian ‘my friend’, but…
Read MoreSpencer Morgan Rice, In Memoriam
by: Marceline Donaldson, 2014 We were saddened to hear of the death of Spencer Rice on January 15, 2014. He was a larger than life figure as rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in the city of Boston from 1982 to 1992. There is always that extra amount of grief when someone you know dies, –…
Read MoreThe March on Washington
copyright 2013 Bettina Network, inc. This coming week we will remember one of the highlights of the Civil Rights Movement which changed so much in this country. It is such an emotional time that I have barely started to write this and the grief, tears and overwhelming feelings take over. I was very young during…
Read MoreA Larry Hagman breakfast!
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 Such a discussion. We need to express sympathy to Larry Hagman’s family on his death. By all accounts he was a fun, lovely person who has done much good for those around him. We hope his soul rests in peace. However, a breakfast conversation about Hagman was kind of different. Everyone…
Read MoreVeterans’ Day – 2012
copyright Bettina Network, inc. 2012 – by Marceline Donaldson We celebrated Veterans Day by piling all of our guests into our car and their car and going to Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. It was a great day for everyone. Memorial Church was dedicated in 1932 to the memory of the Harvard dead of World…
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