Arts & Cultural Diversity Commission

Current Members: 

Name Position  Contact  Term
Wanda Moody Chair wfm.moody@gmail.com Appointed: 8/9/2022
Term Expiration: 10/15/2025
Pamela Russell Vice Chair pamr_05@yahoo.com Appointed: 12/21/2021
Term Expiration: 10/15/2024
Katelyn Hatton Historian / Secretary kmh14@albion.edu Appointed 10/24/2023
Term Expiration: 10/15/2026
Joilynn Williams Treasurer  joilynnm@yahoo.com  Appointed: 12/21/2021
Term Expiration: 10/15/2024
Renita Phillips Member phillipsrk@yahoo.com Appointed: 3/7/2023
Term Expiration: 10/15/2023
Ywanda Buckles-Ndiaye Member ywandan@gmail.com Appointed: 6/20/2023
Term Expiration: 10/15/2024
Janelle Fulton Member ms_jfulton@yahoo.com Appointed: 10/24/2023
Term Expiration: 10/15/2026
VACANT Member   Appointed: 
Term Expiration: 10/15/2025
VACANT Member   Appointed: 
Term Expiration: 10/15/2025
Juanita Waltower  Staff Liaison jwaltower@eastpointecity.org  
Margaret  Podsiadlik Council Liaison mpodsiadlik@eastpointecity.org   

 
Purpose:

The objectives and purposes of the arts and cultural diversity commission shall be to enrich the city with arts and cultural diversity in the following manner: 

1. Promoting arts and cultural initiatives in the public areas of the city and other locations; 

2. Recommending, developing and implementing city-wide programs and events which provide community access to the performing and creative arts, including those which celebrate cultural diversity; 

3. Enlisting the active support of interested individuals, businesses, industry, the schools and civic organizations that would share the same objectives; 

4. Working with local, state and federal agencies to take advantage of available resources, including funding, and 

5. Actively sponsoring, planning and staffing appropriate programs. 

Review the full Ordinance

Appointment: 

Members are appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the Council. 

Membership: 

Members appointed shall serve for a term of three years. 

Meetings: 

Second Monday of the Month at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, Conference Room B. 

2024 ACDC Meeting Schedule

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