MGI Publisher Receives Honorary Humanitarianism Degree

Cornelia Walker web pic

MGI Staff Report It is with great pride that the Middle Georgia Informer reports that our publisher Cornelia S. Walker is the recent recipient of an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Humanitarianism courtesy of Dr. Dianna Global Enterprises (DDGE) in partnership with Global International Alliance. Dianna Hollins is the founder and CEO of Dianna Global Enterprises and an international and…

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Wimberly Institute Revives Barrier Breakers Awards

James Wimerly2

For many years in Middle Georgia, one of the highlights of celebrating the Month of February was the James Wimberly Institute’s Racial Barrier Breakers Award ceremony. This event was usually attended by many noteworthy individuals who were there to honor those who had done for the first time what Blacks had never done before. They were brave citizens who…

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Four Macon Women in Business to Know and Learn From

Four Macon Women in Business

by Clarence W. Thomas, Jr. MGI Contributor thomasjr63@gmail.com As we enter March, which doubles as Women’s History Month, it’s fitting that we remember women past and present that did and are making a difference. In Macon there are many that do, including Middle Georgia Informer publisher Cornelia Walker. But in addition to Walker – Gwenette Westbrooks; Jessica Walden; June…

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Black Builders and Designers Contributed to Macon’s Infrastructure and Architecture

Black Builders and Designers

by MGI Staff Report During a recent Kwanzaa Cultural Access Center & Torchlight Academy sponsored program focused on Black Builders and Designers, audience members were enthralled as four men with historic ties to Macon’s infrastructural and architectural design took to the stage of the historic Douglass Theatre to stimulate and educate those present. Coordinated and hosted by KCAC president…

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Black Business and Community Expo Full of Impactful Resources

Alex Habersham and Brittany Perry

Black Business and Community Expo Full of Impactful Resources by Clarence Thomas, Jr. (thomasjr63@gmail.com), MGI Contributor “We felt like there was a great need to bring the community together as one to cross share resources,” Macon-Middle Georgia Black Pages founder Alex Habersham shared recently referencing the first Black Business and Community Expo. The free Bicentennial Partnership event will start…

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