Michael W. Anderson This is Me

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1. 1. Philadelphia's First Toastmasters - Club Officers

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   Published on: 11/8/2007   Last Visited: 11/8/2007

   VP/Membership: Michael Anderson

2. 2. Michael W. Anderson Tribute

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   Published on: 2/13/2002   Last Visited: 5/22/2004

   Tribute to Michael W. Anderson, A Better Chance Officer
   
   LOS ANGELES, (February 13, 2002) - A Better Chance, the national resource for identifying, recruiting and developing leaders among academically gifted students of color has scheduled a tribute to Michael W. Anderson, A Better Chance senior program officer for Southern California, on February 24, at the J. Paul Getty Center. An award for outstanding lifetime achievement will be presented to Anderson by A Better Chance Executive Director Darnita Killion.
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   "In his nearly 30 years with A Better Chance, Michael Anderson has single-handedly helped to recruit, interview and place in to America's most academically rigorous private and public schools more than 1,000 Southern California minority students ages 11 to 16," said Judith Berry Griffin, A Better Chance president.
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   "More than three generations of A Better Chance Scholars know and love Michael for his friendship, guidance and for making a difference in their lives."
   
   Since 1973, Anderson has helped coordinate A Better Chance's recruitment efforts with more than 300 Southern California public schools. He oversees A Better Chance student and parent support activities and regularly visits A Better Chance Scholars who attend 39 Southern California member schools that include The Cate School, The Thacher School, Midland School, Dunn School, Webb School and Harvard-Westlake School. He is also responsible for visiting member schools and recruiting students throughout the Southwestern United States. For the last decade, Anderson has worked on the campus of the University of Southern California, which has donated facilities and support services.
   
   A native New Yorker, Anderson served in the U.S. Army and graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a degree in business administration. In addition to his A Better Chance experience, Anderson served as public affairs manager for the California Fair Plan Association, executive director of Crenshaw YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles and director of the YMCA Youthmobile Project at the 28TH Street YMCA in Los Angeles. An award-winning public speaker, Anderson served as president of the Los Angeles chapter of Toastmasters International and is an active member of several community-based organizations including NACCP, Urban League and the Girl Scouts Council.
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   Note to editors: For interviews with Michael Anderson, please contact Wendy Hirschhorn; 212/826-8790 or whirschhorn@abetterchance.org.

3. 3. www.philadelphiasfirsttoastmasters.com

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   Published on: 5/2/2007   Last Visited: 2/14/2008

   Installation of new members Lynne Mack and Michael Anderson (center) by Club President Rita Smith (left) and VP Membership Maureen Broderick (right) - March 2007.