Sustaining Catholic Education in and for the Black Community
By Lois J. Carson, Sr. Roberta Fulton, S.S.M.N., Dorothy Gupton, Veronica Morgan-Lee, Freida D. McCray, Mary Crowley McDonald, Kathleen A. Merritt, Sr. Jamie T. Phelps, O.P., Ph.D., Brother Gary Sawyer, ECSA, Deacon Marvin Threatt, PhD.
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Lois J. Carson is a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in San Bernardino, CA. She a co-founder of the Assembly for Catholics of African Descent, which serves as the office for Black Catholics in her diocese. Ms. Carson graduated from St. Augustine Catholic School in Memphis, Tennessee, and helped to build an elementary school at her parish. Under her leadership, tuition assistance is provided to 10 Black families by the Assembly in support of its policy to sustain urban schools against closure. The Assembly also supports six scholarships for Black students at the three Catholic high schools. Ms. Carson, who has attended each Congress since 1987, serves as the Western Regional coordinator for the National Black Catholic Congress. This former high school English teacher received her Bachelor's degree in English from California State University in San Bernardino, CA; Master degrees in English and Education from the University of California in Riverside. She was a trustee for the San Bernardino Community College district for 24 years.

Sr. Roberta Fulton, S.S.M.N., is a sister of St. Mary of Namur, Eastern Province, Buffalo, New York. She is a native of Kingstree, South Carolina. She graduated with honors from the University of the District of Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, and she received her Master of Science degree from Buffalo State University with honors. Fulton holds certification in Administration/ Supervision. She is also the recipient of the National Black Sisters' Conference 2000 Harriet Tubman Award, and a most honored appointee to the Commission for Higher Education, USC, Sumter, South Carolina.

Fulton served as the adjunct professor at Alabama State and Niagara Universities. She also was the principal of Resurrection Catholic School in Montgomery, Alabama; Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School in Fort Worth, Texas; Catholic Central School in Buffalo, New York; and St. Jude Catholic School in Sumter, South Carolina.

Fulton is currently a principal at St. Martin de Porres Catholic School in Columbia, South Carolina. She is an active member of the National Black Sisters' Conference, the NAACP, and Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary. Sr. Roberta wholeheartedly believes that the education of our children is a ministry of love.

Dorothy Gupton, a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish, has spent her career as an educator in both the public and Catholic school systems. She served as Associate Superintendent of Schools in the Diocese of Nashville prior to her retirement in June 2006. Ms. Gupton has been a teacher, coach, principal, and Assistant Program Director of Teacher Training. She was Vice Chair of the first elected School Board for the Metropolitan Public School System. She holds a Master of Education degree from Tennessee State University and a Specialist in Education degree from Peabody-Vanderbilt University.

Ms. Gupton participates in many professional associations, including the National Association of Elementary School Principals and the National Catholic Education Association. She is involved in local organizations, the Ladies of Charity, the Catholic Business Women League, and the Dismas House, and she volunteers as Development Director for her parish school, St. Vincent de Paul. She currently serves as an Education Consultant in the Diocese of Nashville and Memphis.

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