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the foundation
who we are
Voices For Our Fathers Legacy Foundation was organized in 2014 by descendants of the 623 men unethically and immorally treated in the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study from 1932 - 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama. The organization is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that connects descendants across generations, provides annual scholarships to descendants, participates in the Research Project: “The Untold Story”, offers support and guidance to the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care, while pursuing all other strategic plans.
2017 Voices for Our Father Legacy Foundation Meeting Attendees
the importance of our foundation
Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation is a necessary change to the narrative of the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study about 623 African American men who were subjected to inhuman and unethical healthcare and treatment in rural Macon County, Alabama for forty years. They cannot remain being remembered only as poor, uneducated, uninformed guinea pigs. The USPHSS Study had tremendous ramifications on the small Macon County community and African Americans communities around the Nation. In today’s culture we are witnessing growing disparities in health care amongst those in most need and enduring social injustices. It is incumbent upon the Foundation to become an agent that will promote and advocate for ethical treatment in health care. It is also important that the Foundation move forward with purposeful actions while remembering their suffering and sacrifices.
2018 Voices for Our Father Legacy Foundation Meeting Attendees
2020 - 2021
Board Members
OFFICERS
Lillie Head, president
Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Baums, vice president
Barbara Council, secretary
Joyce Christian, assistant secretary
Clemmon Julkes,
acting treasurer
Committees
membership
Evella Gaston
Peggy Tatum
Theilene Williams
memorial and inspiration garden
Amy Pack
public relations
Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Baums
strategic planning
Joyce Christian
Dr. Kimberly Carr
scholarship
Dr. Betty Crutcher
annual scholarship banquet
Janie Holmes
consultant
Carmen Thornton
annual membership dues: $25
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