30th Anniversary

NCBEMO History Project

NCBEMO History

Founded – 1981

North Carolina Black Elected Municipal Officials

Nonprofit/ Nonpartisan Organization

NCBEMO MissionCaucus of North Carolina League of

Municipalities

Act as Statewide Forum

Influence Public Policy

Assist Emerging Leaders

Participate as Decision making

NCBEMO Goals

Maintain Ground Already Plowed

Add New Ground

Plant New seeds

Continue the Journey

NCBEMO History

25th Anniversary

Theme: Turning Silver to Gold

Objective: Celebration of Organization

Produced: DVD of Achievements of NCBEMO

NCBEMO OrganizersWilliam “Bill” Thorpe (Chapel Hill)Ronald Leeper, Harvey Gantt ( Charlotte)Larry Womble, Vivian Burke, Charlie

Dannelly, Virginia Newell ( Winston Salem)

Larry Little, Luther Jordon (Wilmington)David Maynard (Burlington)Bob Shackford, Edith Green (Bolton)

NCBEMO Past Presidents1981 – William Thorpe (Served for a short time)

1999 – 2000 Joycelyn Johnson

1982 – 1985 Ronald Leeper 2000 – 2002 David Lawrence1985 – 1990 Larry Womble 2001 – 2004 Darryl Moss1990 – 1994 Helen Gay 2004 – 2006 James Mitchell1994 – 1996 Mildred Council 2006 – 2008 Rodney Locks1996 – 1998 Z. Ann Hoyle 2008 – 2010 T. Diane Bellamy-

Small1998 - 1999 Malachi Greene (Resigned)

2010 – 2012 Antonio Blue (Current)

NCBEMO Leadership

NCBEMO Founders & Past Presidents (partial)

Front Row - Vivian Burke, Helen Gay, and Bill Thorpe

Back Row - Larry Womble, Ron Leeper, and Ralph Campbell

NCBEMO Future30th Anniversary

Theme: Remembering Our History, Celebrating Our Future

Objective: Preserve History of Black Elected Officials In North Carolina

Publish: History Book and CD

Celebrating Our Future

2011 Scholarship Recipients

North Carolina Black Elected Municipal OfficialsHelping the Citizens of North Carolina

Encyclopedia of North CarolinaBlack Elected Municipal Officials

1868-2011