Photo & Video Gallery - Part IV

Author, Speaker, Success Expert, and Woman of Power Michele R. Wright, Ph.D. was blessed and honored to speak during the "Women of P.O.W.E.R" (Purpose, Opportunity, Wisdom, Elevation, Respect) weekly meeting which was hosted by LaVonne Martin, the Organization's Founder and CEO, and held on Thursday, May 7, 2015, from 6 - 7:30 PM at the Sojourner Apartments Community Center located at 216 L Overture Circle in Tuskegee, Alabama. The topic of "Forgiveness" for this most POWERFUL meeting was healing, refreshing and renewing for all those in attendance.

The Women of P.O.W.E.R. (WOP) organization is a movement dedicated to bringing women TOGETHER to support each other in fulfilling our purpose in God, ourselves, our families, and our communities.

Tuskegee Native Dr. Michele Wright spent some one-on-one quality time with Tuskegee Lifelong Resident and Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson who helped Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. plan the Selma to Montgomery March on Bloody Sunday, which led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Boynton and King planned the Selma to Montgomery March on March 7, 1965. Some 600 protestors arrived to participate in the event, which would become known as "Bloody Sunday". On the Edmund Pettus Bridge, over the Alabama River in Selma, marchers were attacked by policemen with tear gas and billy clubs.

Seventeen protestors were sent to the hospital, including Boynton, who had been beaten unconscious. A newspaper photo of Boynton lying bloody and beaten drew national attention to the cause. Bloody Sunday prompted President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965, with Boynton attending as the landmark event's guest of honor.

During Dr. Wright's meeting with Ms. Boynton, she asked her if she had to do Selma and relive "Bloody Sunday" all over again would she, and she replied, "ABSOLUTELY"!!! Words well spoken from a living and pioneering legacy!!!

Milton P. Crenchaw Aviation Training Academy (MPCATA) Vice President Michele Wright, Ph.D. was ecstatic to reconnect with the man at the heart of the Organization himself, Tuskegee Airmen and Arkansas native Milton P. Crenchaw, on Monday, May 4, 2015, right back where it all started back in the 1940s, Tuskegee's Moton Field. And to make matters more exciting and unprecedented, this was Crenchaw's first time visiting the Moton Field Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site and seeing the multiple displays featuring and honoring his legacy!!

Milton Pitts Crenchaw, of the original Tuskegee Airmen, was one of the first African Americans in the country and the first from Arkansas to be successfully trained by the federal government as a civilian licensed pilot. He trained hundreds of cadet pilots while at Alabama's Tuskegee Institute in the 1940s and was the catalyst for the first successful flight program at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas (1947-1953). His combined service record extends over forty years of federal service from 1941 to 1983 with the U.S. Army Air Corps and later with the U.S. Air Force. Born January 13, 1919, Crenchaw is one of the oldest surviving Tuskegee Airmen members.

Founded in 2009, the Milton Pitts Crenchaw Aviation Training Academy, based in Little Rock, Arkansas, believes that no child should have to forego their dream to become a professional in the Aviation and Aerospace industry due to a lack of financial support. As a result, MPCATA works to identify and mentor students in underserved and disadvantaged communities in order to provide access to educational opportunities related to those particular industries. Dr. Wright serves under the organization's President Terence Bolden as well as Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for MPCATA.

MPCATA's greatest gift to Dr. Crenchaw is to honor his legacy by helping young people pursue Aviation careers. And one of Dr. Crenchaw's greatest gifts to Dr. Wright was helping her to fly on cloud nine and to achieve new heights following their most unforgettable time spent together at Tuskegee's Moton Field. And the rest is History and a moment to forever treasure!!!

Dr. Michele Wright joined the impressive list of adult and teen speakers from Arkansas, California, Chicago and Texas to help inspire the hundreds of attendees to be accepted as they are at the "Accept Me As I Am" 3rd Annual Summit sponsored by Sisters Living With Alopecia (Stacie Ferrell-Tucker, Founder and President) on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at the Jacksonville Community Center in Jacksonville, Arkansas.

Dr. Wright of North Little Rock, Arkansas was a Special Guest Speaker and Toni Malone of Los Angeles, California was the Keynote Speaker for this event. Other Featured Speakers included LaKeysha Lawson of Mabelvale, Arkansas, State Representative Shelia Lamplin of Monticello, Arkansas; and Guest Teen Speakers Sanah Jivani of Spring, Texas and Camille Paddock of Huntley, Illinois.

The "Accept Me As I Am" Summit was an afternoon of celebrating every woman and girl living with Alopecia and the men who support them. It sought to encourage every woman to love the skin that they are in. And the mission was accomplished as this event was filled with not only Powerful Speakers, but packed with Powerful Performances, Reflections, Awards, Door Prizes, Inspirational Stories, Singing, Spoken Words, Fashion Show, Monologue, Mime Performance, Puppet Ministry, and Special Awards!

If the Hat Fits, Wear and Win It!!! Hold on to Your Hats, because Michele Wright threw yet another hat in the ring for a third time in a row to emerge victorious as a third consecutive "Best Hat Award" winner during Sister Friends United, Inc. (SFU) 4th Annual Hat Luncheon held in the Darraugh Auditorium of the Central Arkansas Main Library in Downtown Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Each year, SFU hosts a fun hat luncheon and donates a portion of the proceeds to support and bring awareness to other organizations and their mission. During this year's 2015 event, SFU was excited to recognize Sickle Cell Support Services (SCSS) and featured Lakisha Aldridge Johnson, Executive Director of SCSS in Little Rock, Arkansas as their official Luncheon Speaker. This Sold-out event featured lots of fun, games, prizes, food and entertainment alongside the esteemed "Best Hat" competition award won by Dr. Michele Wright.

Following the climax of this event, Rhonda Aaron, President and Founder of Sister Friends United, Inc., revealed one last noteworthy secret that she was keeping under her hat. Effectively immediately following this event and on the heels (or hats) of Dr. Wright's unprecedented third consecutive win, the SFU organization will now officially name the Annual Hat Luncheon "Best Hat" Award the "Dr. Michele Wright Hat Award" from now and moving forward. Congratulations and "Hats Off" yet again to the Hat queen and champion herself, Dr. Michele R. Wright. For the Best in Hats is still yet to come!!!