[Dialogue] Fwd: Completed life of Victoria Gray Adams

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Colleagues who served in Area NY particularly will remember the  dedicated 
work of Victoria (Vicky) Adams who began work with the ICA during the  
Petersburg, VA community development program in the 80's.  I  had the privilege of 
serving with Vicky on the national board of ICA in the  90's and since we lived 
close together in Virginia, we traveled together. I  knew she had done mighty 
things in her life but she was so down to earth I never  knew what all she had 
done until the notice of her death came and I looked up  her name:  Victoria 
Gray Adams.  Some of you will also know her son,  Cecil Gray, who was on the 
faculty of Temple University last time I was in  contact with her.   I believe 
that he also served on the board of  ICA.
 
This information came through the clergyNet_VaUMC (United  Methodist network 
of which we are a part):  " A memorial service  for Mrs. Victoria Gray Adams 
is set for Saturday, August 26 at Trinity  United Methodist Church, 215, S. 
Sycamore Street at 1:00 in Petersburg,  VA.  In a life dedicated to social 
justice and human empowerment, Mrs.  Adams was truly a renaissance woman.  Among 
many activities, she marched  with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a co-founder 
of the Mississippi Freedom  Democratic Party, which challenged that state's 
policy on minoirty  representation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, 
and is the most  recent recipient of the John Wesley Higher Education Award from 
the Virginia  Annual Conference.  In addition, she was honored by Mississippi 
for her  dedication to education and justice and was an adjunct faculty 
member at the  University of Southern Mississippi.  She also started the    United 
Methodist Campus Ministry at Virginia State University in 1989. "  Dr. James 
Daniely at Virginia State University shared with me that she had  battled 
cancer for about a year.  He indicated that there were memorial  services to be 
held in Hattiesburg, Baltimore as well as Petersburg.  He  indicated that a 
memorial service may be carried on C-Span on September  23rd.  
 
There was a guestbook under _www.legacy.com/Guestbook_ 
(http://www.legacy.com/Guestbook) .  I  would be happy to collect any that come through 
_dialogue at wedgeblade.net_ (mailto:dialogue at wedgeblade.net)  and get them  to her family 
this weekend.  
 
                                                                    Grace  
and Peace,
                                                                     Diane  
and Dick Galbreath   
  
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