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On Saturday, The Selma Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority hosts its annual leadership luncheon at The Selma Convention Center, starting at 11 a.m. to bring homage to two members of the past within the organization known as Margaret Moore and Ms. Amelia Boynton Robinson.

Both women throughout the organization were looked upon as chartering and honorary members who were trailblazers, icons, heroines of the past that has paved the way for contemporary women of the present who embrace and implement the same principles, according to the Selma Alumnae Chapter of DST.

Two extraordinary women of the Selma community  known as Kimberly Smitherman and Dr. CeCe Grayson will be honored within the Boynton-Robinson and Margaret Moore Leadership Awards Saturday for their exemplary service and efforts to lead.

The luncheon speaker of the event is Dr. Schnavia Smith-Hatcher, who was the first Black woman dean at the University of Alabama School of Social Work and she is a graduate of Payne Elementary, Eastside Middle, and Selma High Schools. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Spelman College, a Masters Social Work degree from the University of Georgia, and a PhD from the University of Kansas. She has an intensive and extensive employment history, including being the inaugural director of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Social Work, where she established the Race and Social Equality Academy. At the University of Texas at Arlington, she founded the Center for African American Studies which is the first of its kind in North Texas and was the Bachelor of Social Work Program Director at the University of Georgia.

She has received several accolades for outstanding scholarship and research and presently serves on several national boards, including being a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in Social Work.

President Krystal Dozier invites the Selma Dallas County community to attend this informative and celebratory luncheon during Women’s History Month. For tickets, contact A.M. Johnson at 334 375- 0039 or Sadie Moss at 334 412 -7729.