WILLIAMSBURG
The Williamsburg Rotary Club opened its 2024 season on January 18 with a presentation by New Journal and Guide Publisher Brenda H. Andrews of Norfolk.
Ms. Andrews spoke about the history and mission of Black newspapers, in general, and about the 124 years of New Journal and Guide’s continuous business as a member of the Black Press.
The Publisher and Owner of the newspaper which is Virginia’s oldest weekly Black newspaper discussed her four decades at the paper and her life-long involvement as a civil and human rights activist. Among the night’s attendees were two Rotarians who remembered the paper from its heyday when it was widely distributed in the peninsula area, including Williamsburg.
The Club, established in 1924, meets on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at the Williamsburg Lodge in Historic Colonial Williamsburg. According to its website, Rotary is a service club. Rotarians provide community service to both local and international communities.
One of its many current community service projects has its members delivering hot meals to displaced and homeless persons living in hotels in Williamsburg.
As a goodwill and appreciation gift, Andrews was presented a certificate detailing a book that the Club will donate in her honor to the Williamsburg Regional Library that is inscribed with her name.
The evening included dinner and active conversation about media, civil rights, and history.
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