b"COMMUNITYAurora Community of Faith Appoints Dr. Bannister as Executive DirectorBy Greg McDonaldT he Aurora Community of Faith is pleased to announce the appoint-ment Dr. Barbara Shannon Bannister asExecutiveDirector.Barbara Shannon-Banister,Ph.D.,retired NeighborhoodServicesCommunity RelationsDivisionChiefhasbeen namedExecutiveDirectorofthe CityofAuroraCommunityofFaith, ACOF.BSBandoftencalledMs. Auroraco-foundedACOFin2003. BSBwasthestaffliaisonforthe Veterans'Affairscommission,the AuroraCommunityofFaith,the International Cross-Cultural Network of Aurora, Kaleidoscope Aurora (Ball in the Mall). She is a former Minister ofMusic,aschoolteacher,amediaDr. Barbra Shannon Bannistersalestrainer,andpartownerina directsalescompanyandaWard elected official in Casper, Wyo.SheholdsaBAinHumanities She is a Trustee at Macedonia Baptistand Fine Arts from the University of ChurchandSecurityandSafetyWyoming,,aM.EDfromAntioch Ministry Chair and President of GrandUniversityandanHonoraryPh.D. DesignInc,Aurora'sonlyAfricanfromtheDenverInstituteofUrban Americanperformingartscompany.Studies and Seminary.She was the President of the NationalShewasborninNewOrleans, Association of Human Rights Workers,Louisiana,migratedtoCasper, the premier Civil Rights OrganizationWyomingandnowhereinAurora, inthenation.SheisfounderoftheColorado.AuroraBranchNAACP,theCityofShe is married to Gaurdie Banister, AuroraKeyCommunityResponseSr. retired Equal Employment Officer Team and the City of Aurora MLK Jrfor the State of Colorado.Commemoration. She co-founded, the Black Employees for a Better Aurora,They have two reflections: Gaurdia BEFAFAandICCNA,translatorsandE Banister, Ph.D., Executive Director interpreters for the city. fortheInstituteofPatientCareat Sheistherecipientofnumer- MassachusettsGeneralHospital ousawardsandaccolades:AuroraandGaurdieEBanister,Jr.Ph.D., ChamberofCommerceWomanofretired, former President of Shell Oil theYear,theMLKJrHumanitarianInternational.Award, the Aurora HRC/MLK Jr RoleAuroraCommunityofFaithisa Model Award, Colorado Gosper Musicfaithbasedbutnotfaithspecific, Award,CityofAuroraCommunitynon-sectarian,non-profitorganiza-ActivistAward,theAuroraBranchtion open to all faith. Our mission is NAACPPresident'sServiceAwardtobuildasenseofcommunityand and the Lifetime Achievement Award,common purpose throughout the City the National Association of Blacks inof Aurora and to enhance the educa-Criminal Justice, Distinguish Servicetional, cultural, and social well-being Award She is recognized in the Returnof the residents of Aurora.of the Latino Corn Mothers exhibit at theUniversityofColoradoMuseum ofNaturalHistory.Asoneofthe originalMIKJrColoradoHolidayFor more information about the CommissionersappointedbyGovAurora Community of Faith, please Lamm.Ms.BSBhasreceivedmanydon'ehesitatetocallDr.Greg MLK Jr awards including the Wilma J.McDonald 720 940-4676.Webb Humanitarian Award.BODY OF CHRIST NEWS OCTOBER 2019 5"