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For Immediate Release
Contact: Dawn D. Dudley |
Date: 10/23/2009
Phone:
560-0002
/Fax: 560-0020
e-mail: ddudley@durhamcountync.gov |
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Gov. Perdue Appoints Page to Governor’s Crime Commission
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RALEIGH
– Gov. Bev Perdue has appointed Michael D.
Page of Durham to the Governor’s Crime
Commission.
Page is the pastor of Antioch Baptist Church and director
of campus ministries at N.C. Central University. He is
president of the Durham Martin Luther King, Jr. Steering Committee, the Kappas
of Durham Foundation, chairman of the Antioch Builds Community non-profit
organization, the Durham County Board of Commissioners, a member of the
Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club and the National Association of County
Commissions. Page was awarded the Chancellor’s Merit Award by N.C. Central
University in 2003 and the National Citizen of the Year Award by Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Incorporated in 2004. He received his bachelor’s degree in public administration from
North Carolina Central University, his master’s degree in theology from Shaw
Divinity School and he will receive his doctorate of ministry in May 2010
from the United Theological Seminary, located in Ohio.
The Crime
Commission advises the governor on matters related to the criminal justice
system and makes recommendations for improving the justice system, protecting
individual rights and promoting public safety. The commission has 42 members,
each serving a three-year term. The governor appoints 25
members
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