Champions of Change

The Champions of Change Awards are given each year to extraordinary individuals from Allen County who:

- Demonstrate an unwavering passion and commitment to our community.

- Are role models making a difference in the lives of others.

- Have made significant contributions that have inspired women to succeed.

- Have made Allen County a better place to live, work, and play.

Congrats to this year's winners:

Flora Barrón, Daniel Boylan, Lori Morgan, and Sharon Pohly who were named the 2023 Champions of Change Award winners by the Greater Fort Wayne (GFW) Inc. Women’s Network.

Lori Morgan, the winner in the public service category, is judge of the Allen Superior Court Family Relations Division. When appointed as a magistrate in 1995, she was the first Black female to be appointed as a judicial officer in Allen County history; she was appointed to her current position by Gov. Eric Holcomb in 2021. Judge Morgan created the Allen Superior Court’s first internship program through the Indiana Conference for Legal Education Opportunity, a statewide program that supports diversity in the legal field. She regularly speaks to school children and other groups around Fort Wayne, hoping to spark an interest in law. In the last year, she has helped create the first family domestic violence court in the state, working with a variety of stakeholders to break the cycle of domestic violence in local families. This family domestic violence court has received pre-certification status and is on track to be certified this year as the first of its kind in the state.

Turner Chapel Mural Event

Reverend Kenneth C. Christmon, Pastor Of Historic Turner Chapel A.M.E Church, 836 E. Washington St., Ft. Wayne IN 46803, requests the honor of your presence June 4, 2023 at the official unveiling of the Church's newly installed mural and the Artist Reveal!

Recognizing artist Teresa (Ridley) Yarbrough of Expressions Studio Gallery Isreen www.Expressionstudiogallery.com

and Mr. Bill Dotterweich, donor.

There will be a luncheon immediately following the 10:45 am worship service.

Ceremony commencing at 1:30pm

Reverend Lenore Williams, Presiding Elder Bishop John F. White, Fourth Episcopal District

Black Business Grants Awarded

This past weekend three businesses were rewarded black business grants by the Fort Wayne Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

The businesses awarded were the following: $250 to More Than Just Art and Goodies Trap Shack and $500 to Bragg A Lot Sweets. Congrats to all!