REMEMBERING DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT

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THIS MORNING I WENT PASS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NCNW AND SAW SECURITY GUARDS SURROUNDING THE BUILDING. TODAY DR. DOROTHY HEIGHT'S BODY WILL BE ON VIEW. SHE LIKED TO SAY THAT SHE WAS THE ONLY AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN TO OWN PROPERTY BETWEEN THE CAPITAL AND THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON D.C. I ATTENDED HER FUNERAL AS WELL AS A CELBRATION OF HER LIFE SERVICE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT WAS A VERY MOVIING TRIBUTE TO A POWERFUL WOMAN WHO LIVED HER LIFE AS A CELEBRATED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER. EVERY YEAR THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN HELD THIER ANNUAL CONVENTION IN WASHINGTON DC AT THE RENNASSANCE HOTEL. I AM A MEMBER OF THE NCNW AND I USED TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT. I REMEMBER SPENDING SEVERAL HOURS A WEEK AT THE NCNW HEADQUARTERS AND HELPING THEM TO PREPARE FOR THIS YEARLY EVENT IN WHICH WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD CAME TO ATTEND. MY FRIENDS AND I WERE DOING NAME TAGS, CERTIFICATES, GUEST LIST AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS ASKED OF US. ONE YEAR WE VOLUNTEERED AT THE BLACK FAMILY REUNION WHICH THE NCNW SPONSORED AND PICKED UP THE GUEST FROM THE AIRPORTS AND TOOK THEM TO THIER HOTELS. DR. HEIGHT WAS COMMITTED TO SHARING HERSELF TO EVERYONE. SHE WOULD ATTEND EVERY VOLUNTEER MEETING AND THANK US FOR GIVING OF OUR TIME AND EFFORTS. SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY IN HER BOOMING VOICE. I WISH I COULD PAY EVERYONE BUT SINCE I CAN'T I CAN FEED YOU AND SHE ALWAYS PROVIDED THE BEST CATERED FOOD FOR EVENTS AND MEETINGS. I'M GLAD THAT I GOT TO WORK WITH A OUTSTANDING WOMAN AND SHE WILL BE MISSED.