Indiana Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition History

Someone once proposed that it is not until one becomes angry enough, that real change takes place.  Outraged over the murder of their Soror by her estranged husband, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Indianapolis Alumnae Chapter, led out by calling the community together to rally around healthy marriages and families.  Dr. Ruth L. Lambert, as the Chair of the Family Life Education Committee, started exploring “best practices” nationwide and serendipitously connected with the Healthy Marriage Initiative. The outgrowth of this connection was the Indiana African American Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition and the umbrella organization the Indiana Community Healthy Marriage and Family Coalition and over 200 community partners.

Officers
President - Rev. Peter Fenton
Vice President - Min. Dave Rozzell
Treasurer - Min. Dave Johnson
Recording Secretary - Ms. LaTasha Stubblefield
Corresponding Secretary - Ms. Thelzeda Moore
Immediate Past President - Presiding Elder Rev. E. Anne Henning Byfield
Project Steering Committee - Harry McFarland
Personnel Chairperson - Atty. Juanita Ingram
Rev. Frank Alexander
Rev. Dr. Preston T. Adams
Ms. Rosetta Minnefield
Ms. Lovada Merriweather
Mr. Glenn D. Peters, Sr.
Rev. John Girton, Jr.
Ms. Tina Gridiron Smith
Ms. Alfreda Singleton-Smith
Ms. Katherine Fox-Cunningham
Mr. Toby Miller

Staff
Executive Director - Dr. Ruth L. Lambert
Executive Administrative Assistant - Min. Melody G'S Boone
Assistant Program Director - Ms. Fonya Scott
Family Life Coordinator -Ms. Ernestine Bean, Gary, IN
Family Life Coordinator - Ms. Lelia Kelley, Anderson, IN
Family Life Coordinator - Ms. Tracey Williams, Evansville, IN
Family Life Coordinator -Min. Hilda Peter, Elkhart/South Bend, IN
Family Life Coordinator - Dr. J. B. Pressey, Jr. Ft. Wayne, IN
Family Life Coordinator - Ms. Celisse Morris-Miller, Indianapolis, IN
Family Life Coordinator - Ms. Sabrina Gill, Michigan City, IN