Atlanta Area Alumni Chapter

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Chapter News, Upcoming and Recent Events

What if past U.S. business practices were scrutinized like Germans and Swiss corporations during the Nazi era?

Please join the Atlanta Area Alumni Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma for our next meeting On Tuesday, May 20 as we welcome Douglas A. Blackmon, The Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief in Atlanta when he will share with us the information in his recently published book “SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME.”
 

Based on a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude.

It also reveals the stories of those who fought unsuccessfully against the re-emergence of human labor trafficking, the modern companies that profited most from neoslavery, and the system’s final demise in the 1940s, partly due to fears of enemy propaganda about American racial abuse at the beginning of World War II.

Over the past 20 years, Douglas A. Blackmon has written extensively about the American quandary of race, exploring the integration of schools during his childhood in a Mississippi Delta farm town, lost episodes of the Civil Rights movement, and, repeatedly, the dilemma of how a contemporary society should grapple with a troubled past. Many of his stories in The Wall Street Journal have explored the interplay of wealth, corporate conduct and racial segregation.

As The Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Atlanta, he manages the paper’s coverage of airlines and other major transportation companies and publicly traded companies and institutions based in the southeastern U.S. The bureau directly covers the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, and more than 1,200 companies, including Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Bank of America, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, United Parcel Service and FedEx. The Journal staff in Atlanta also writes about key news and issues in the 11-state region.

Blackmon's stories or the work of his team have been nominated by the Journal for Pulitzer Prizes four times, including for coverage of the subprime meltdown, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Florida hurricanes in 2004 and for his 2001 examination of slave labor in the 20th century. His article on U.S. Steel was included in the 2003 edition of Best Business Stories. The Journal’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina received a special National Headliner award in 2006.

Blackmon joined the Journal in October 1995 as a reporter in Atlanta. Prior to joining the Journal, Blackmon was a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covered race and politics, and special assignments including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. Previously, he was a reporter for the Arkansas Democrat, managing editor of the Daily Record in Little Rock, Ark, and a writer for weekly newspapers.

Blackmon penned his first newspaper story at the age of 12, for the Progress, in his hometown of Leland, Mississippi. He graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Ark., and lives in Atlanta with his wife and two children.

Date:
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Time:
6 pm - Networking and Social Hour
7 pm - Program begins
8 pm - Networking Continues and Board Meeting is Held

Location:
Five Seasons Brewing
5600 Roswell Road, Suite 21, The PRADO
(Just inside I-285 at Roswell Road)
Atlanta, GA 30302
404-255-5911
www.5seasonsbrewing.com

Important Message from our host, Five Seasons Brewing, regarding parking at The Prado:
As many of you have noticed, the Prado is under extensive renovations. As a result the parking directly in front of the restaurant will not be available; however, there will be valet parking. Self parking will be possible as well in the lots on the front of the shopping center (in front of Frankie's). Sorry for the inconvenience, but please don't stop frequenting the 5. Business has slowed because of the construction. We need your support more so now than ever. Help us get through these tough times.
Thanks, The 5 Seasons Family

Cost:
There is a $10.00 fee for this event for:
-Current dues paying members of the Atlanta Area Alumni Chapter
-Spouses
-Student Chapter members
-Faculty members

$20.00 fee for all others, including recent graduates, paid at the door. BGS inductees may join the Atlanta Area Chapter at the meeting.

RSVP:
RSVP's are required for this event by sending an email to rsvp@bgs-atlanta.org - Depending upon the level of response, attendance may be limited, first come first served; so, please include your contact e-mail and telephone with your response.


Future Speakers:

June 17 - Jim Huling, CEO Matrix Resources and Professional Speaker

July 15 - Dennis Lange, Owner & Founder of FIVE SEASONS Brewery and Restaurant

August 19 - AJ Robinson of Central Atlanta Progress

September 16 - Goizueta Business School - Emory University

October 21 - Dr. John Seffrin, CEO of the American Cancer Society

The Atlanta Area Alumni Chapter meets MONTHLY on the THIRD TUESDAY at Five Seasons Brewing.

Come on out to the Five Seasons to meet with "The Best in Business,"
to have a good time, and to support Beta Gamma Sigma.


Membership Dues

Associate Membership: $30
New Graduate Membership: $10 (only in the first year following graduation)

To download an application for membership, please go to http://www.betagammasigma.org/Forms/alumapp.pdf and return it to the central office:

Beta Gamma Sigma
125 Weldon Parkway
Maryland Heights, MO 63043


For more information, contact:

Email the Central Office or call 1-800-337-HNRS -or-

Martin Schmidler, chapter president
Schmidler@uniprofoodservice.com

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