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“CREATING A LEGACY OF HOPE”

Feel free to contact us for more information:Emmett Till Legacy Foundation

1161 Wayzata Blvd. East, Suite 43Minneapolis, MN 55391

Phone: 1 -888 472 2422 /Local 763 476 8677 c/o Watts-FiveEmail: emmett_till_legacy@yahoo.comwebsite: www.EmmettTillLegacyFoundation.com orwww.emmett-till-legacy-of-hope.blogspot.com

Deborah Watts — President, Director, MN

Ollie B Gordon — Director, IL

Charles Reese — Director, Treasurer, GA

Betty Reese Brown — Director, TN, Toni Watts — Director, GA

Tia Watts — Director, NY, Roxie Hardeman — Director, CA

Juanita Delgado — Director, MI, Teri Watts — Director, MN

Please help us to “CREATE A LEGACY OF HOPE”

Make a generous contribution now to the:

Emmett Till Legacy Foundation

1161 Wayzata Blvd. East, Suite 43

Minneapolis, MN 55391

a 501c3 non-profit organization

Hear My Voice! R U Listening ? Voter registration & civic engage-ment youth Rally, featuring, MN Timberwolves, Troy Hudson,Miss Black USA, spoken word, holy & reg hop hop artists & pass-ing the baton ceremony.

“CREATING A LEGACY OF HOPE”

“We cannot afford the luxury of self pity. Ourtop priority now is to get on with the buildingprocess. My personal peace has come throughhelping boys and girls reach beyond theordinary and strive for the extraordinary. Wemust teach our children to weather thehurricanes of life, pick up the pieces, andrebuild. We must impress upon our children thateven when troubles rise to seven-point-one onthe life’s Richter scale, they must be anchoredso deeply that, though they sway, they will nottopple”Mamie Till-MobleyNovember 5, 1989Dedication of the Civil Rights Memorial.Southern Poverty Law Center HQ, Montgomery, Alabama

Board Of Directors

...Wake up America! Not just Black America. Enough isEnough! It’s time for a change in all arenas. It is time forus to work towards achieving the true greatness that we

so proudly claim….-Mamie Till Mobley (mother of Emmett Till)

(quote from the foreword of the book“101 ways to know you’re“ black” in corporate america”

Author, Deborah Watts, cousin of Emmett and Legacy Foundation founder)

Dedicate our going efforts to turn this painful part of

our history into a positive future by helping our youth

and others reach their fullest potential, which is some-

thing Emmett did not have a chance to do.

Many of our young people today don't know this

part of our history. Without the knowledge...we are

subject to have history repeat itself. It may not be in

the form of lynching that Emmett experienced, but

lynching in the form of hopelessness, lack of adequate

education, poverty, poor health, obesity, joblessness,

early incarceration, the lack of civic and political en-

gagement and so many other forms of disenfranchise-

ment.

These issues impact

young people from

many diverse communi-

ties including Latino,

Hispanic, Native, Indian

and African American.

We hope to partner with supporters like you to pro-

vide adequate solutions for today's problems and turn

despair into hope.

“CREATE A LEGACY OF HOPE”

Emmett Louis TillAge 14His brutal murder and the acquittal ofthe murderers sparked the Civil Rightsmovement.

With your support The Emmett Till Legacy Foundationwill be able to:

1. Educate and teach others how to use forms of non-violent justice to eliminate the effects of violence, hatredand racism.

2 .Introduce positive life style platforms, themed: HOPEbegets H. O. P. E. ( Historical Opportunities for PositiveEndings resulting in H.O.P.E. “ Hatred overpowered ?(means) Peace Everywhere. Using lessons from our pasthistory to create a better hope and peace filled future.

3. Provide educational endowment/scholarships, to beawarded to high school seniors with encouragement to 14year olds (Emmett’s age at the time of his murder) to pur-sue higher education. The intent is to remove the eco-nomic barriers for their existing needs and future college orpost high school education. We will open other doors forthe awardees to achieve the “American Dream".

4. Encourage and create a spirit of legacy building. Providean ongoing platform to pass the baton (intergenerationalknowledge, experience, history and sense of purpose) tofuture leaders.

Ask about these on going programs:"Music for Emmett" a Fundraiser & Birthday celebration with a VIPreception, Legacy of Hope award presentation and silent auction featuringnationally known recording artists, celebrities, and public leaders.

“The Face Of Emmett Till”. A play co-authored by Mamie Till Mobley,mother of the slain teen Emmett Till and Chicago playwright David Barrthat recounts the August 28, 1955 infamous crime in which Till a 14-yearold was kidnapped and murdered for allegedly flirting with a white storeclerk and the subsequent trial of the two White murder suspects.

Speakers Bureau: Family members and witnesses are available for publicappearances, speaking engagements and to facilitate nonviolent justiceworkshops.

Loving From The Inside Out: a women’s empowerment symposiumtour in Honor of Mamie Till Mobley “a women of courage”. Providing aunique opportunity for women, girls and men to learn from leading ex-perts, & each other, address issues that concern them & gain important stepsto having the life, love, relationships, mind, body & spirit that is wantedand deserved.

College Fair and Tour: Expose youth to colleges & college life at homeand at historical colleges w/in the U.S. Demonstrate the payoff to having agood education.

Exploring Culture and Expanding Minds: Travel within U.S. andAbroad. Discover heritage and that of others. Reduce fear of differences,encourage mutual understanding of common & diverse needs & desires.

Alternatives: a program to prevent the reentry of youth in the judicialsystem. Creating a positive and healthy home environment, seek alternativehousing as needed, offer anger & conflict management, self sufficiency &literacy sessions.

The Emmett Till Legacy

Foundation aims to:

“CREATING A LEGACY OF HOPE”

Feel free to contact us for more information:

Emmett Till Legacy Foundation1161 Wayzata Blvd. East, Suite 43

Minneapolis, MN 55391

Phone: 1-888 472 2422 /Local 763 476 8677 c/o Watts-FiveEmail: emmett_till_legacy@yahoo.comwebsite: www.EmmettTillLegacyFoundation.com orwww.emmett-till-legacy-of-hope.blogspot.com

Special Honors, to name only a few: The McCosh Elementary School in Chicago

renamed Emmett Louis Till Math & ScienceAcademy. (2006)

The bridge over I-94 in Chicago, Il, named theEmmett Till Memorial bridge. (2005)

Black Family Channel produced: Portraits inBlack “ The Story of Mamie Till Mobley“ and“Who Killed Emmett Till?” (2005)

“The Untold Story of Emmett Till” producedby Keith Beauchamp. Other documentariesalong with a book: “Death Of Innocence” cowritten by Mamie Till Mobley and Chris Ben-son.

The Emmett Till Bill (unsolved civil rights mur-der cases) originally S1369 by Sen. Talent andHR3506 by Rep. Dodd introduced in 2005. HR923by Reps. John Lewis & Artur Davis and S 535by Dodd and Leahy passes in June 2007.

Past Projects Sponsored: Hurricane Katrina School Supply Drive to support

Houston and Memphis Public schools

Hear My Voice! Are You Listening? a Youth empow-erment, civic engagement/Voter registration/ partici-pation & leadership rally w/entertainment & batonpassing ceremony-now takes place annually.

Progressive Shop, Dine and Service network to sup-port the survival of new minority owned Businesses.Encourage wealth building and entrepreneurship.Teach tools to achieve the “American Dream”.

The Journey, a high school graduation celebrationwhere the Emmett Till Legacy scholarship and essaycontest winner is awarded.