November 3, 2023 • 10 mins
Guest host Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati speaks to author Glenda Armand author of Ice Cream Man: How Augustus Jackson Made a Sweet Treat Better. She will be featured at the 32nd Annual African American Children's Book Fair. For her feature “What is Philadelphia Reading?” Vanesse speaks to Mable Welborn, Chair of the Sullivan Trust. Welborn also talks about their grant program providing capital for small businesses and scholarships. www.thesullivantrust.org
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(00:00):
Good morning and welcome to Insight.I show about empowering our community. I'm
Lorraine Ballard Morrow and as we doonce a month every month, we have
the fabulous world traveler Vaness Lloyd's combodyfor a segment we call VLS Journeys.
Vaness, you have been doing alot of traveling lately. Tell us how
many countries have you visited? Londonand then I went to Cornwall, came
(00:24):
back from Cornwall and you know Ihave Welsh in my DNA. I went
to Wells and then I went backto London, which I'm in love with,
and participated in the Black British BookFair. You know Black History Month
is in October in England and Iwent to Paris and I went to Prague
and that's the end of my journey. Oh well, that's pretty fantastic.
(00:44):
You are. I have total travelenvy. So as you do once a
month every month, you bring ussome fascinating interviews. Tell us what you
got on board today. Well,before I jump into that, I love
love hot weather and it's the holidayseason coming up. Wanted to give out
a shout out. This is thetime to get close to the people that
you love and I want to givea shout out to my sister Michelle Lloyd,
(01:06):
who helps to make the book fairhappen. Behind the scene, he's
got a lot of stuff going on. But you know, the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the United Statesis coming up, and there's a lot
of planning going on in Philadelphia,and of course we're celebrating our thirty second
anniversary February the third at the ConventionCenter. I just wanted to kind of
(01:29):
give everybody a preview of some ofthe people who are going to be there
in the next coming months. ButI also wanted to let people know about
this wonderful man. He is calledthe ice Cream Man, and the book
is entitled The ice Cream Man,How Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat.
Now many of you are sitting athome and saying and well, Augustus Jordan,
(01:51):
we'd like to say, he madethe ice cream happen. And someone
has been at force and writing aboutthese African Americans. There's so much fullback
on not having these types of booksin schools, and it's important during this
holiday season in the next couple ofmonths that you add a book, you
add a book to any of thosegifts you're buying, because these stories are
(02:13):
important. And we have Glinda Armandas our guests this morning. Glinda,
you're calling them from California. That'sright. I just came from a first
grade classroom where I was helping ateacher. I'm a retired teacher, but
I've come back to help out anew teacher. So I just came from
a first grade classroom and it's lunchtime. Well, I think it's important that
you share these stories because I loveice cream and I found out in my
(02:38):
research that he created the chocolate chipmint. That's one of my favorites.
So you know him. So tellus a little bit about this book and
why it's important to have these typesof books in our children's households. I
would love to. I love learningabout Augustus Jackson. I was so happy
to write about him because he personifiesa variety of experience is that we have
(03:00):
had as African Americans in this country. He was born during slavery time,
but he was born free in Philadelphia, and a lot of our children don't
know that even during slavery time,that there were three blacks. He was
a chef at the White House underthree presidents, and he became an entrepreneur,
He became wealthy. He gave backto the community. So he just
(03:23):
takes a lot of boxes for kidswho are interested in Black history, in
entrepreneurship, in cooking, and youknow, culinary skills, in inventing.
He was an inventor. He wasa pleasure to write about, even though
there's very little information about him,But we gleaned what we could and tried
to come up with a story thatkids would enjoy. It would even put
(03:45):
an ice cream recipe in the batfor the kids to do with their parents
or with their teachers. What Ifound interesting was the fact that he was
working with Dolly Madison. She wasthe president's wife, and people attribute ice
cream as we know it today toher. But he created all the mechanisms
to sell it on a commercial levelat that time. And I think that's
(04:08):
why it's important to tell these storiesto empower our Yeah, after he left
the White House, he went backto Philadelphia and opened up an ice cream
shop and was not only selling tocustomers, he was selling to other people
who opened up. He became theirdistributor, you know, so he supplied
them with ice cream and he hadto come up with a way to make
(04:29):
the ice cream faster and to makeit last longer. And that's when he
came up with using rock salt.He came up with that concept. And
then after that he was able toship his ice cream even you know,
this is pre Civil war and hewas able to ship ice cream all the
way to New York. He wasan inventor, an entrepreneur. I remember
using rock salt. We used tomake ice cream back in the day.
(04:51):
So, Glenn, that's going tobe at the book fair, and I'm
excited to have her. She's donean amazing array of books. Again,
if you are interested in learning moreabout Augustus Jordan, it's a wonderful,
wonderful book. Ice cream man,how Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat and
you should have this in your collection. Adults so need to just have children
(05:13):
in order to read up on thewonderful people. And Glynda's going to be
at the book fair Saturday, Februarythe third, and again and again and
again. You empower your children throughliteracy, give them and enhance their lives
by knowing these things. So thankyou so much. What is your website?
Glinda dash armand dot Com. I'mhoping you're going to win an award.
(05:34):
I got my fingers crossed, okay, from your lips gotten here to
the judge's ears. Well, thankyou so much. Blinda is one of
many of the twenty five feature AfricanAmerican authors who will be at the book
fair. And Nikky Grimes just signedon. We've got we've got some heavy
hitters. Derek Barnes, a lotof you know him. They got a
(05:57):
wonderful book called Love in My Hands. And I hope that you will check
out our website during the Christmas holidaysif you're looking for books and titles that
you can purchase and check us out. We've come to one of my favorite
parts of this segment, and it'scalled what is Philadelphia Reading? And I
have a very special guest. Shewas my first real employer, Mabel Wellborn,
(06:20):
and I learned so much from her, her grace, her style,
along with a lot of other womenin my life, but she was on
the business side, and she isthe chair of the Sullivan Trust. And
she already told me, she said, my voice is a little scratchy,
but that's what you're gonna do.This she's the chair of the Sullivan Trust,
and she's going to share with uswhat the Sullivan Trust is and a
(06:43):
grant program. So get your pencilsand paper and pens so you can write
down this information because they're giving awayfive thousand dollar grants to individual businesses as
well as to nonprofits. So Mabel, thank you for taking time out of
your busy schedule. Thank you somuch for having me. Leon H.
Sullivan Charitable Trust is a five ohone c three organization that was founded in
(07:09):
nineteen sixty six. People know doctorSullivan won as the former pastor as I
in Baptist Church. They know himas the founder of Opportunities Industrialization Center that
is about to celebrate his sixtieth anniversary, and so out of the OIC and
jobs that came as a result ofthis elective patronage campaign, then we started
(07:32):
saving money and that saving was throughthe ten thirty six Plan. I think
a lot of people don't know thelegacy and the work that Reverend Sullivan did
in the community. He created factories. People know wah wahs and seven eleven's.
He had those type of businesses longbefore it was popular. He also
(07:55):
had apartment housing for seniors. We'retalking back in the sixties, in the
seventies, this man was iconic,and on top of that, his legacy
goes all the way around the world. He did a lot of work in
Africa helping to empower people in Africain the business community. So the Sullivan
Trust is an extension of that.And you have a grant program that you're
(08:18):
introducing in the next coming weeks.Correct, correct, But the Trust has
come up with a grant of fivethousand dollars for small businesses and nonprofit organizations
and it's called the Moving Mountains Grant. There is also a scholarship program,
and the scholarship program is not justicechildren going to college, it is also
(08:41):
for vocational training as well. Allof this information is available on the website
at the Sullivan Trust dot org.You can call us at two one five
six' eight four thirty four hundred. You know, I've got to get
to something that I'm happy to sharewith our audience. What are you reading?
(09:03):
So let's get down the business.What is Philadelphia reading becoming? First
book you read that was eighty plusyears ago, so I don't remember best
book you've read, The Underground Railroadand Genealogy by doctor Charles Bloxon worst book
you've read. I don't have aworse book that I've read. You'll go
to author. It depends upon themood that I'm in when I want to
(09:24):
read. I might like Nicholas Sparks. I might want Michelle Obama. So
it depends buyer or borrower. Buyer. What book should everyone have in their
library? History and culture, fictionor nonfiction? That depends. You have
a literary dinner named three people fromthe literary community. You must have Wilkerson,
(09:45):
Tony Morrison, and Michelle Obama.If you wrote a book about your
life, it would be the titleBecoming m E W Well, thank you
so much, Mabel, and again, folks, check out that opportunity to
get money for your businesses or yournonprofits. It's a wonderful opportunity and the
scholarship. Thank you so much.And folks, until next month, this
(10:09):
is bls Journeys. Continue to readby book and have a blessed day.
That's Vanessa Floyd's Gumbodie. I'm LorraineBalladmorrow. We'll have more insight after these messages
Good morning and welcome to Insight.I show about empowering our community. I'm
Lorraine Ballard Morrow and as we doonce a month every month, we have
the fabulous world traveler Vaness Lloyd's combodyfor a segment we call VLS Journeys.
Vaness, you have been doing alot of traveling lately. Tell us how
many countries have you visited? Londonand then I went to Cornwall, came
(00:24):
back from Cornwall and you know Ihave Welsh in my DNA. I went
to Wells and then I went backto London, which I'm in love with,
and participated in the Black British BookFair. You know Black History Month
is in October in England and Iwent to Paris and I went to Prague
and that's the end of my journey. Oh well, that's pretty fantastic.
(00:44):
You are. I have total travelenvy. So as you do once a
month every month, you bring ussome fascinating interviews. Tell us what you
got on board today. Well,before I jump into that, I love
love hot weather and it's the holidayseason coming up. Wanted to give out
a shout out. This is thetime to get close to the people that
you love and I want to givea shout out to my sister Michelle Lloyd,
(01:06):
who helps to make the book fairhappen. Behind the scene, he's
got a lot of stuff going on. But you know, the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of the United Statesis coming up, and there's a lot
of planning going on in Philadelphia,and of course we're celebrating our thirty second
anniversary February the third at the ConventionCenter. I just wanted to kind of
(01:29):
give everybody a preview of some ofthe people who are going to be there
in the next coming months. ButI also wanted to let people know about
this wonderful man. He is calledthe ice Cream Man, and the book
is entitled The ice Cream Man,How Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat.
Now many of you are sitting athome and saying and well, Augustus Jordan,
(01:51):
we'd like to say, he madethe ice cream happen. And someone
has been at force and writing aboutthese African Americans. There's so much fullback
on not having these types of booksin schools, and it's important during this
holiday season in the next couple ofmonths that you add a book, you
add a book to any of thosegifts you're buying, because these stories are
(02:13):
important. And we have Glinda Armandas our guests this morning. Glinda,
you're calling them from California. That'sright. I just came from a first
grade classroom where I was helping ateacher. I'm a retired teacher, but
I've come back to help out anew teacher. So I just came from
a first grade classroom and it's lunchtime. Well, I think it's important that
you share these stories because I loveice cream and I found out in my
(02:38):
research that he created the chocolate chipmint. That's one of my favorites.
So you know him. So tellus a little bit about this book and
why it's important to have these typesof books in our children's households. I
would love to. I love learningabout Augustus Jackson. I was so happy
to write about him because he personifiesa variety of experience is that we have
(03:00):
had as African Americans in this country. He was born during slavery time,
but he was born free in Philadelphia, and a lot of our children don't
know that even during slavery time,that there were three blacks. He was
a chef at the White House underthree presidents, and he became an entrepreneur,
He became wealthy. He gave backto the community. So he just
(03:23):
takes a lot of boxes for kidswho are interested in Black history, in
entrepreneurship, in cooking, and youknow, culinary skills, in inventing.
He was an inventor. He wasa pleasure to write about, even though
there's very little information about him,But we gleaned what we could and tried
to come up with a story thatkids would enjoy. It would even put
(03:45):
an ice cream recipe in the batfor the kids to do with their parents
or with their teachers. What Ifound interesting was the fact that he was
working with Dolly Madison. She wasthe president's wife, and people attribute ice
cream as we know it today toher. But he created all the mechanisms
to sell it on a commercial levelat that time. And I think that's
(04:08):
why it's important to tell these storiesto empower our Yeah, after he left
the White House, he went backto Philadelphia and opened up an ice cream
shop and was not only selling tocustomers, he was selling to other people
who opened up. He became theirdistributor, you know, so he supplied
them with ice cream and he hadto come up with a way to make
(04:29):
the ice cream faster and to makeit last longer. And that's when he
came up with using rock salt.He came up with that concept. And
then after that he was able toship his ice cream even you know,
this is pre Civil war and hewas able to ship ice cream all the
way to New York. He wasan inventor, an entrepreneur. I remember
using rock salt. We used tomake ice cream back in the day.
(04:51):
So, Glenn, that's going tobe at the book fair, and I'm
excited to have her. She's donean amazing array of books. Again,
if you are interested in learning moreabout Augustus Jordan, it's a wonderful,
wonderful book. Ice cream man,how Augustus Jackson made a sweet treat and
you should have this in your collection. Adults so need to just have children
(05:13):
in order to read up on thewonderful people. And Glynda's going to be
at the book fair Saturday, Februarythe third, and again and again and
again. You empower your children throughliteracy, give them and enhance their lives
by knowing these things. So thankyou so much. What is your website?
Glinda dash armand dot Com. I'mhoping you're going to win an award.
(05:34):
I got my fingers crossed, okay, from your lips gotten here to
the judge's ears. Well, thankyou so much. Blinda is one of
many of the twenty five feature AfricanAmerican authors who will be at the book
fair. And Nikky Grimes just signedon. We've got we've got some heavy
hitters. Derek Barnes, a lotof you know him. They got a
(05:57):
wonderful book called Love in My Hands. And I hope that you will check
out our website during the Christmas holidaysif you're looking for books and titles that
you can purchase and check us out. We've come to one of my favorite
parts of this segment, and it'scalled what is Philadelphia Reading? And I
have a very special guest. Shewas my first real employer, Mabel Wellborn,
(06:20):
and I learned so much from her, her grace, her style,
along with a lot of other womenin my life, but she was on
the business side, and she isthe chair of the Sullivan Trust. And
she already told me, she said, my voice is a little scratchy,
but that's what you're gonna do.This she's the chair of the Sullivan Trust,
and she's going to share with uswhat the Sullivan Trust is and a
(06:43):
grant program. So get your pencilsand paper and pens so you can write
down this information because they're giving awayfive thousand dollar grants to individual businesses as
well as to nonprofits. So Mabel, thank you for taking time out of
your busy schedule. Thank you somuch for having me. Leon H.
Sullivan Charitable Trust is a five ohone c three organization that was founded in
(07:09):
nineteen sixty six. People know doctorSullivan won as the former pastor as I
in Baptist Church. They know himas the founder of Opportunities Industrialization Center that
is about to celebrate his sixtieth anniversary, and so out of the OIC and
jobs that came as a result ofthis elective patronage campaign, then we started
(07:32):
saving money and that saving was throughthe ten thirty six Plan. I think
a lot of people don't know thelegacy and the work that Reverend Sullivan did
in the community. He created factories. People know wah wahs and seven eleven's.
He had those type of businesses longbefore it was popular. He also
(07:55):
had apartment housing for seniors. We'retalking back in the sixties, in the
seventies, this man was iconic,and on top of that, his legacy
goes all the way around the world. He did a lot of work in
Africa helping to empower people in Africain the business community. So the Sullivan
Trust is an extension of that.And you have a grant program that you're
(08:18):
introducing in the next coming weeks.Correct, correct, But the Trust has
come up with a grant of fivethousand dollars for small businesses and nonprofit organizations
and it's called the Moving Mountains Grant. There is also a scholarship program,
and the scholarship program is not justicechildren going to college, it is also
(08:41):
for vocational training as well. Allof this information is available on the website
at the Sullivan Trust dot org.You can call us at two one five
six' eight four thirty four hundred. You know, I've got to get
to something that I'm happy to sharewith our audience. What are you reading?
(09:03):
So let's get down the business.What is Philadelphia reading becoming? First
book you read that was eighty plusyears ago, so I don't remember best
book you've read, The Underground Railroadand Genealogy by doctor Charles Bloxon worst book
you've read. I don't have aworse book that I've read. You'll go
to author. It depends upon themood that I'm in when I want to
(09:24):
read. I might like Nicholas Sparks. I might want Michelle Obama. So
it depends buyer or borrower. Buyer. What book should everyone have in their
library? History and culture, fictionor nonfiction? That depends. You have
a literary dinner named three people fromthe literary community. You must have Wilkerson,
(09:45):
Tony Morrison, and Michelle Obama.If you wrote a book about your
life, it would be the titleBecoming m E W Well, thank you
so much, Mabel, and again, folks, check out that opportunity to
get money for your businesses or yournonprofits. It's a wonderful opportunity and the
scholarship. Thank you so much.And folks, until next month, this
(10:09):
is bls Journeys. Continue to readby book and have a blessed day.
That's Vanessa Floyd's Gumbodie. I'm LorraineBalladmorrow. We'll have more insight after these messages
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