East Metro Atlanta Christian Writers – Founder and Director, www.emacw.org
Monroe Art Guild
Former Memberships:
American Business Women’s Association-New-Roc Chapter
1987 Membership Chairman
National Association for Female Executives (NAFE)
1987-1991, Founder and director of Professional Enhancement Network
World Clown Association
As “Joyismine” I clowned for school, church and community groups, fairs, Georgia Firefighters Burn Foundation and marched at Disney World.
Awards and Recognitions:
National Association for Female Executives -Certificate of Recognition for effective leadership and for playing a key role in assisting other career-minded women in the pursuit and achievement of their goals.
Taught Sunday school for 35 years-Certificate of Recognition for outstanding ministry in Sunday school on the Georgia District of the Church of the Nazarene.
1991 first place winner in Photo and Essay Contest sponsored by Wolf Camera.
2001 award in the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad Annual Photo Contest.
2001 recipient of the Heart and Soul Award in honor and appreciation for service to the Newton County Adoption and Foster Care Program and the children it serves.
2003 recipient of the Community Shining Light Award for outstanding service from the Inspirational Moments Community Ministries, Inc.
2006 Nominee for the Community Service Award in the Georgia Public Employee Awards Recognition Program.
2008 recipient of Writer of the Year – ACW Atlanta Conference.
2009 recipient, First Place in Religion, Georgia Press Association
Guest Speaker:
1987, NAFE Networking “Connections” Conference at the Stouffer Waverly Hotel.
1989, “Networking for Success” at Oprah Winfrey’s Working Women’s Survival Show at the Georgia World Congress Center.
Mother-daughter banquets & church retreats
Personal:
Family: Married to Dwayne Jackson; children Heath and Whitney; grandchildren, Wyatt and Gunner Jackson.
Education: DeKalb College, 1978
Career: Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Economic Development, DeKalb Technical College
