Greetings,

The West Volusia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of

Colored People is honored to memorialize Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore. The

Moore’s were very instrumental as educator and civil rights activist. In 1934,

Harry T. Moore establish the first NAACP branch in Brevard County. The

Moore’s paved the way for the Civil Rights Movement, in fact they were the only

husband and wife team to lose their lives for the cause.

Just last year, in 2018, State of Florida legislation recognized the third Saturday of

December as the “Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Day” in Florida. Today, our

guest lecturer Former State Representative Patrick Henry was that person to help

make this happen.

The Moore’s were very instrumental in helping to register over 100,000 black

voters in the state of Florida. Harry T. Moore led the fight against injustices on

behalf of the African American population.

As we gather here today, we all value many of the causes of the Moore’s. We can

recite several of Harry T. Moore’s quotes. We are all looking forward to seeing

many movies or documentaries about the Moore’s. However, today we are here to

memorialize their great causes. Their voices are silence…but their causes’ lives

on!

Let’s remember that while Mr. Moore’s mother was visiting him during the

holiday she was concern for his safety and he told her…“Every advancement

comes by way of sacrifice. What I am doing is for the benefit of my race.”

In a few days we will be entering a new year 2020; it will be a very important year

for our community, our state and our nation. Let’s not forget the Moore’s cause.

The WV-NAACP Branch and The Harry T. Moore planning committee hope you

enjoy the lecturer and luncheon regarding Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore. For

they were true heroes and an inspiration to us all!

Best Regards,

Michael Williams

WV-NAACP President and the Harry T. Moore Planning Committee

West Volusia Branch #5146

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

P.O. Box 385 – DeLand, Florida 32721

Phone: 386-736-0180

www.westvolusianaacp.org

MRS. SONYA MALLARD is the Cultural Center Coordinator of the Harry T. & Harriette V.

Moore Memorial Park & Museum in beautiful Mims, Florida. She is instrumental in developing

a diversity program and partnered with Walmart, where

she has trained and spoken to over 125 Senior

Managers, as well as giving powerful

speaking engagements to

various organizations and

churches such as Storm Grove Middle

School in Vero Beach, Cocoa Beach

Rotary Club, South Brevard Historical

Society, First Congregational Church

in Winter Park, and FAMU Law School panel

discussion just to name a few. Sonya also implemented the “Moore

Experience” which provides guest with a total experience of following the footsteps of Harry T.

Moore on the night he was murdered. Not only do they provide bus tours, time line museum

tours, replica home tours, but they set up dining appointments and hotel reservations with some

of the local restaurants/hotels in town to ensure a delightful experience, as well as bringing

revenue to the county. Sonya has been selected as a Professional Volunteer Mentor for the

National Museum of African American History and Culture Robert F. Smith Fund's inaugural

intern mentoring program, with which the Association of African American Museums (AAAM)

Membership Committee is partnering. This program helps to increase intern experiences as they

consider careers within the cultural and museum sector. The aim of the Robert F. Smith Fund

Program is to attract, cultivate, and retain talented individuals of color in the museum field as

they pursue career opportunities that contribute to the preservation of African American history

and culture. Sonya was sought after to be a contributing writer for an upcoming book entitled; A

Bakers Dozen: Thirteen Lesser Known Human/Civil Rights Leaders in Florida. Sonya

contributed an overview of Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore.

Sonya is a Blogger for the Well Project – Voices from our Allies and has written over 25 major

blogs, as well as a writer for Ebony News Today and a contributor to Florida Today. Sonya is

Vice President of National Congress of Black Women, Executive Board Member of North

Brevard NAACP, Member of North Brevard Democratic Club, and also a member of the Florida

African American Heritage Network.

Sonya ensures that it’s a must that we know she would never be able to do any of this without the

love and assistance of her husband, Paul Mallard. She has been married for 38 years, and a

Mother of two Theron & Shante Mallard and a proud Grandmother to a handsome grandson

name Taeshaun age 14 and Makayla age 4 month.

Former State Representative Patrick Henry

A lifelong native of Daytona Beach and graduate of Bethune

Cookman University, Patrick Henry is a former member of the

Florida House of Representatives, where he proudly represented

District 26 which encompasses the cities of Daytona Beach, DeLand,

Holly Hill, South Daytona, Orange City, Lake Helen and parts of

Ormond Beach and Port Orange.

Prior to being elected to the Florida Legislature in 2016, Henry served on the Daytona Beach

City Commission for 6 years (2010-2016). During his tenure on the city commission he was

instrumental in working in a bi-partisan effort to revitalize Daytona Beach’s economy, making

much needed repairs to the ageing infrastructure and supporting measures such as “ban the box”-

a campaign aimed at eradicating discriminatory based hiring practices and providing individuals

with a criminal history a second chance at successfully reintegrating back into society.

A mental health expert by profession, before his successful election to the Florida House of

Representatives, Rep. Henry worked with “The House Next Door” in DeLand, FL for almost 30

years where he was a mental health counselor. As a State Representative, his focus is criminal

justice reform, economic development and

mental health access. During the 2018

Legislative session, he introduced 15 Bills.

These Bill ideas ranged from a proposal to

implement text-to-911 technologies

throughout the state to the successful

passage of a bill that would make

Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune the first

African American to have a statue

representing a state in the United States

Capitol.

In 2018, he also successfully passed

legislation recognizing the third Saturday in December as “Harriette V. & Harry T. Moore Day”

in the state of Florida. In the Florida Legislature, Henry served on the following committees and

subcommittees: Government Accountability Committee, Agriculture & Natural Resources

Appropriations Subcommittee, Agriculture & Property Rights Subcommittee, Health Innovation

Subcommittee, Oversight, Transparency and Administration Subcommittee.

Congratulations

on this great honor

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING “National Negro Anthem”

Lift Every Voice And Sing, till earth and Heaven ring,

Ring with the harmonies of liberty; Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,

Let it resound loud as the rolling sea. Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;

Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,

Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet, Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?

We have come over a way that with tears has been watered, We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;

Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou Who hast brought us thus far on the way;

Thou Who hast by Thy might, led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee. Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.

Shadowed beneath Thy hand, may we forever stand, True to our God, true to our native land.

- James Weldon Johnson

Saturday, December 21st, 2019 11am-2pm

Mistress of Ceremony – Ms. Sonya Mallard Cultural Center Coordinator, Harry T. Moore Museum, Mims, FL

Order of Service Pledge of Allegiance ……..……………………………….……………………………. Frank Doglione Retired United States Air Force Prayer of Unity ………..…..…………………..………………..………… Pastor Reginald Williams Emmanuel Christian Ministries Introduction of Mistress of Ceremony …………………………………………….….. Olivia King Mistress of Ceremony ………..…..…………………………………………………….. Sonya Mallard Cultural Center Coordinator, Harry T. Moore Museum – Mims, FL Welcome …………………………………………………………………………………. Barbara Gritman WV-NAACP Executive Team / Volusia County Representative National Anthem ……………… (please stand) ……………………. Lift Every Voice and Sing Membership Appeal ………………………………………………………….….……………… Sean King Voter Registration Appeal ….………..……………………………..………………. Barbara Grimm Prayer of Blessing …………..……….………….…………..……………….. Pastor William Bradley New Hope Baptist Church

LUNCH IS SERVED Music melodies by Mr. & Mrs. Bill and Eli Perras

Greetings ………………………………………….……………………….. Dr. Fred Lowry, Vice Chair District 5 Representative Volusia County Greetings …………………………………………………………………… Ms. Heidi Herzberg, Mayor Deltona, FL Rendition ………..………. “Harriette V. Moore”…………………………………….. Erin Hudson Recital …. “Ballad of Harry T. Moore” …… by Langston Hughes …. Elijah Whittaker Volusia Remembers Cause-Update ……….…….. Nazrine N. Navetia and Evan Keller Favorite Song of Harry T. Moore… "My Living Will Not Be In Vain" Your Experience …..…..….…Harry T. Moore Museum ……………………. Youths / Adults Introduction of Lecturer …………..…………………………………………….…….. Rodney Hill Jr. Guest Lecturer ………………………………………………………………………………… Patrick Henry Former State Representative - District 26th Closing Remarks ……………………………………………………………………….. Michael Williams WV-NAACP Branch President Prayer of Peace …………..…………………………………..……………. Minister Willie Stephens WV-NAACP Religions Affairs Chair

Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore

Our Team is

Rooted in the

Community

Robert D. Burkhart Jr., D.D.S. PA

Royal Oaks Professional Center

258 Treemont Drive

Orange City, FL 32763 386 774 2030 ٠ 386 774 0851 (Fax)

RESTORATIVE AND COSMETIC DENTISTRY

Larry Bartlett Volusia County Property Appraiser

Harriette V. Moore

“And now, fellow workers, let us finish the fight.”

“Let us continue to move forward, with our faces

fixed upon that light which shineth brighter and

brighter unto the perfect day.”

a quote from Harry T. Moore favorite poem

"I See and Am Satisfied"

by black anthropologist Kelly Miller

“What a man does for himself dies with him,

but what he does for his community lives forever.”

~Harry Tyson Moore