In this episode we focus on two women who have made a difference in the community and in the lives of others.
Joyce Stanley Johnson:
Congressional candidate Joyce Johnson comes from a long line of proud activists who lived their belief in public service. Her father, Columus L. Stanley, was the first African American elected to the city council in Poughkeepsie, New York. Her mother Dorothy B. Stanley was Poughkeepsie's first African American school teacher and, later, school principal. Together they helped found the Poughkeepsie Voters League, the first grassroots organization to empower the city's black population.
A graduate of Howard University with a degree in Microbiology, Joyce began her professional career in 1970 with Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Inc. managing a union crew in a distillery plant. She quickly rose through the ranks and broke the glass ceiling at corporate headquarters to become the National Director for Equal Employment Opportunity for the entire corporation.
She served as NYS Field Director fo Obama for American in 2008, and a District Leader for the 69th Assembly District. In addition, Joyce has been a tireless advocate for her community. She was elected Chair of Manhattan's Community Board 7, where she served as a member for 15 years. Joyce is past and present member of several boards and organizations; including NYS League of Conservation Voters (NYC); Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee; Riverside Park Fund; Mitchell-Lama Residents Coalition, EMILY'S List Majority Council, New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women. She is an active member of North Manhattan Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Truly L. Mason:
As an undergraduate at Wheaton College, Mason campaigned for President John F. Kennedy, formed the Wheaton College Young Democrats, and in that role escorted Eleanor Roosevelt for her last college speaking engagement in 1962. After graduating cul maude in 1963, Mason was a founding member of the New York Women's Caucus, a press secretary for Geraldine Ferraro's vice president campaign (1984), and was appointed to the NYC COmmission on the Status of Women (1978). She also served on the American Jewish COngress Commission on Women's Equality, which she represented at the United Nations Women's COnference in Beijing (1995) and at the first International Jewish Feminist Conference in Jerusalem (1987).
She worked with her "political godmother," Bella Abzug, on the Anita Hill -- Women Tell the Truth Conference. Mason was cited by the U.S. House of Representatives with special Congressional recognition for "70 Women Who Made a Difference" ... for outstanding contribution and commitment to the struggle for equality and women's rights (1999). A communications consultant, Mason is on the executive council of the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum and has been the New York Democratic State Committee woman, representing Manhattan's Upper East Side since 1990.
Interviews by Roy Paul
Edited by Cassidly Lerman
www.roy-paul.com
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