Wings of Change, Incorporated (woc) is a charitable organization established for the sole agenda of dedication to helping others to the best of our abilities and resources wherever and whenever the need is reognized in an effort that whenever known and possible to provide some relief for he poor, the distressed, and the under privileged.
We are a 501(c)(3) charity organized exclusively for charitable, religious, educatioal, and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organization that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Our founding date is January 1997. Our Federal EIN is 62-1623402.
No part of our net earnings shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributable to our members, trustees, offers, or other private persons, except that the organization shall be authorized and empowered to pay reasonable compensation for services rendered and to make payments an distributions in futherance of the purposes set forth in our purpose clause. We do not engage in political or any propaganda, or any attempts to influence legislation, or participate in the election of political candidates.
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Founding Board & Members
Diane Bradley Higgs
President & Founder
Reba Johnson
Executive President
Chief Financial Officer
Jean Saulsberry
Executive President
Chaplain
Ira Marie Rogers
Vice President
Iester Byrson
Treasurer
Ellen Hendry
Coporate Secretary
Registered Agent: Diane Bradley Higgs, 4572 Shady Grove Road, Memphis TN 38117
Members:
W. O. Higgs, Jr.
Kirunda Edwards
Dorothy Spikner
Theren Womack
Donna Richmond
Patricia Carpenter
Lisa Hill
Charlotte Sanders
Evelyn Brooks
Claude Johnson
Ira Marie Rogers
Kay Murrell
Niambi Pearson
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PROFILE
Diane Bradley Higgs, Founder & Director
Birthplace:
Memphis TN
Family:
Judge W. Otis Higgs, Jr. (husband); Dr. Jesse H. Bradley, Jr. (son); James D. Bradley (son) Mrs. Irene Foster Mosley (mother); Ms. Ira Marie "Rita" Rogers (sister)
Education:
A. S. in Business data Processing Technology, State Technical Institute of Memphis
B.S. in Telecommunication, Christian Brothers University of Memphis
B. S. in Business Administration, Christian Brothers University of Memphis
Career (descending order):
Scheduling Specialist, Union Planters Bank, Memphis
Programmer, Commercial Appeal of Memphis
Information Systems Consultant, SCB Technology of Germantown
Adjunct Instructor, ITT Technical Institute of Cordova
Substitute Teacher, Memphis City School System
Founder, Wings of Change of Memphis
Founder, Embellir, Inc. of Memphis
Favorite Memphis Restaurant:
Texas de Brazil
Favorite Book:
The Bible
Best Movie:
A Warm December starring Sidney Poitier
Favorite Animated Movie:
Cars, Shrek, and Madagascar 2
Favorite Inspirational Message:
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles...the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.---Winston Churchill
Inspiration for Wings of Change, Inc.
I find great peace and joy in helping others. For Abraham Lincoln once said that we are all children of conditions, of circumstances, of environment, of education, of acquired habits, and of heredity; therefore, no man should be held in esteemed for what he did, or criticized for what he has not done, but we all have the responsibility to support each other.
Honors:
Best Dressed, 1989, National Council of Negro Women
Recognition, Memphis Volunteer Placement Program for Job Readiness Program 1985
Recognition, The National Association for Female Executives
Recognition, Academic Excellence, Christian Brothers University
Recognition, Volunteerism, Winners Advisory Council, 1990
Recognition, Volunteerism, The Red Cross
Recognition, Executives on the Move, ODIN Systems, Inc., 1995
Outstanding Leadership, Members of Wings of Change, 1997
The Mertie Buckman Mentor Award, The Women's Foundation of Memphis, 1997
Outstanding Technology Consultant, International Paper Company
Greatest Mother of All Time, James and Jesse Bradley (sons)
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Who We Are /Our Team / Our Staff
Diane Bradley Higgs, Founder & Executive Director, is a business woman with over 12 years of extensive business experience dealing with people.
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At Wings of Change, we realize that it is blessed to give; but we also realize that it is more blessed to take those givings and use them wisely. You can rely on our organization to keep expenses to a minimum, to avoid overly-paid personnel, and to make sure that your money is used prudently.
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