Board of Directors
Meet our senior leadership
She is a 30 year retiree of the Department of Psychloogy at the University of South Carolina. She is a published author with 9 published books, 3 which are in the Richland County Library.
Jerlean S. Noble
President
Rochester Baker, Sr. is the Former President of the South Carolina Association of Parliamentarians. He is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians where he has achieved the status of Professional Registered Parliamentarian.
Rochester Baker Sr.
Assistant Treasurer
Born in Charleston, SC in 1941. Called to inspirer,
called to be use as an empty vessel, called to give some understanding to God’s word. Called to be used where status does not matter but led by the spirit to be an
inspiration to others. Throughout my life God has been my everything!
Rev. Frank Houston
Chaplain
Viola H. Sanders
She has appeared on several television and radio shows around the country and was featured in Network Journal Magazine, a magazine for African American professionals and small business owners, and AS WE LIVE Magazine - 2007. Viola released her first publication in 1996, entitled "African American Inventors" and has recently developed additional educational material for people of all ages.
Organizing Director
Quantella Jamaica Perry
Quantella Jamaica Perry was born in Charleston, SC. She began her art of writing through poetry and music at the precious age of eleven years old. Writing gave her an outlet when her life became very challenging and the hurt, she was experiencing was overwhelming.
Secretary
CORE MEMBERS
New Member
Rev. Eddie Woods, Novelist
Eddie Woods is the third oldest of nine children. He was reared in a single parent home by his mother, Rosia Woods in Ridgeway, SC. He pastored Mt. Zion Baptist Church for 5 years in Camden, SC. In 2003 Rev. Eddie Woods published his first book “Turning Points” which is an autobiography of his life. This book, Turning Points, was written for teenagers about Black history in Fairfield County where he was raised. In 2011, his second book, “Turning Points Within the Church” talks about the history of the Black church and is a teaching and training manual for the church. At present, he is working on publishing Black history in Fairfield County.
Kenneth T. Brown, Author
Rev. Louisa Davis Dobbins, Playwright Poet
Dr. Vivian Hudson, Novelist
Rochester Baker, Author
Esther Ruth Sims, Poet
Myra Davis-Branic, Author
Donna Davis, Author
Ruthie Grant, Author
Miriam Gantt, Author
Rosa Bennett, Author
Mikell Snooks, Author, Poet, Inspirational
Missy Sulton-Akinlolu, Poet
Rev. Frank Houston, Author
Holli McEachern, Writer
Shannon Stone, Writer
Ida Thomas, Writer