Posted on Nov 12, 2021
Winsome Sears' Veterans Day message: The Marine Corps gave me a reason to live
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(Video) Virginia’s first female Lieutenant Governor and the first Black woman to win statewide office in Virginia spoke favorably of her time in the Marines.
WINSOME SEARS: “Well, the Marine Corps saved me literally, because when my paternal grandmother died, I was floundering, she was my world. I was supposed to go to college that August but she died that July. I needed a reason to live. Being a Marine did that for me, gave me discipline to continue on and taught me about leadership. You have to earn leadership. If you are thinking you are the leader, but nobody is following you, then you are just taking a walk. I saw leaders in action… You just learn so much (in the military). Not just the Marine Corps, it is all of our services.”
More about LT.Gov. Sears : Mrs. Winsome Earle Sears was born in Jamaica and came to the United States when she was six years of age. Raised in New York City, she graduated meritoriously from high school. She enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 and became a US citizen one year later. Besides her current political achievement, Sears has had many community involvements and shown her desire to lead and help people, including:
>Being a member of and involved in various ministries at Calvary Revival Church, Norfolk, VA.
>Prior member of Chesapeake Public School’s Superintendent Planning Council.
>Being the Adult literacy manager through VISTA Volunteers.
>Produced and conducted educational workshops for businesses, schools, the military, non-profit, and other entities.
>Formed a group comprised of government, educators, business, military, non-profit, and other organizational representatives to produce change in the curriculum of the region’s public schools.
>Managed the Hampton Roads Education Leadership Academy which was designed to develop informed, responsible, effective leaders and to provide educators with the business skills, and exposure to the political and economic realities of the region.
>Directed The Salvation Army women’s shelter in Hampton Roads.
>Fought for homeless women and children in representing The Salvation Army.
(Bio info taken from https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10815 )
WINSOME SEARS: “Well, the Marine Corps saved me literally, because when my paternal grandmother died, I was floundering, she was my world. I was supposed to go to college that August but she died that July. I needed a reason to live. Being a Marine did that for me, gave me discipline to continue on and taught me about leadership. You have to earn leadership. If you are thinking you are the leader, but nobody is following you, then you are just taking a walk. I saw leaders in action… You just learn so much (in the military). Not just the Marine Corps, it is all of our services.”
More about LT.Gov. Sears : Mrs. Winsome Earle Sears was born in Jamaica and came to the United States when she was six years of age. Raised in New York City, she graduated meritoriously from high school. She enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the age of 19 and became a US citizen one year later. Besides her current political achievement, Sears has had many community involvements and shown her desire to lead and help people, including:
>Being a member of and involved in various ministries at Calvary Revival Church, Norfolk, VA.
>Prior member of Chesapeake Public School’s Superintendent Planning Council.
>Being the Adult literacy manager through VISTA Volunteers.
>Produced and conducted educational workshops for businesses, schools, the military, non-profit, and other entities.
>Formed a group comprised of government, educators, business, military, non-profit, and other organizational representatives to produce change in the curriculum of the region’s public schools.
>Managed the Hampton Roads Education Leadership Academy which was designed to develop informed, responsible, effective leaders and to provide educators with the business skills, and exposure to the political and economic realities of the region.
>Directed The Salvation Army women’s shelter in Hampton Roads.
>Fought for homeless women and children in representing The Salvation Army.
(Bio info taken from https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=10815 )
Winsome Sears' Veterans Day message: The Marine Corps gave me a reason to live
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