A-PLUS

African American Postal League United for Success!

Eastern Region

 

Greetings to all my A-PLUS Family as well as those visiting the page for information!

GREETINGS EASTERN REGION!

We enter 2024 with high hopes and great expectations – high hopes to connect with and help guide as many members as possible to help guide them on the path they seek to help their careers and lives; and great expectations that those members will find success this year!

The Eastern Region, the first Region established in A-PLUS back in 1987, ended 2023 with 13 active chapters and enters the new year moving toward 14, as South Carolina Chapter is on the verge of becoming official. The SC District is like most districts in the Region, where employees seek training, development, mentoring and networking opportunities, and A-PLUS is the only organization within reach that is built and designed to address those desires directly. If we’re not reaching back to invest in you, then we’re not doing our jobs.

Some events of significance to be mindful of this year:

• A-PLUS National Convention: From April 22-25, USPS executives mingle with members from all over the country to join forces to strengthen the Postal Service. USPS / African American Postal League United for Success | National Convention (aplus.cc)

• USPS Career Conferences: A-PLUS will be present at all such events within Eastern Region, including Potomac, MD (4/28/24), Dayton, OH & Richmond, VA (5/5), Malvern, PA (5/18), Greensboro, NC (6/23), Lexington, KY (7/13), Harrisburg, PA (7/28), N. Charleston, SC (8/8) and Cleveland, OH (8/10).

• ZOOM Training: watch for professional-style training workshops posted at various dates and times covering numerous coveted topics to career development and advancement.

• Eastern Region Conference: From September 26-29, top executives and managers attend to solicit qualified candidates for promotion and details, and to share wisdom. At Wilmington Doubletree Hotel, the info packet will be ready in April, though you can reserve your room for $149 per night here: African American Postal League United for Success (hilton.com).

Eastern Region Chapters: to contact any of them, send email to carlrva @ gmail.com. Baltimore Charlotte Cincinnati/Dayton Hampton Roads (VA) Kentuckiana Northern Ohio Phila/S. Jersey Pittsburgh Richmond South Carolina Triad (NC) Triangle (NC) Washington Metro (DC) Wilmington (DE)

 

EASTERN REGION BOARD MEMBERS:

  • Carl A. Walton – President
  • Howard Patterson Jr. – Vice President
  • Debra Clayton – Director
  • Alan Lewis – Treasurer
  • Patricia King – Secretary
  • Jackie Purcell McCaskill – Parliamentarian
  • Melissa Glover – Sergeant at Arms
  • Mary Etta Johnson – Vice President, Retirees

 

 

CHAPTER PRESIDENTS (also board members):

  • Tikia Felder – Baltimore
  • Julan McFadden (interim) – Charlotte
  • Billy Anderson – Cincinnati/Dayton
  • Rashida Robinson – Hampton Roads
  • Michelle Yelverton – Kentuckiana
  • Donna Berry – Northern Ohio
  • Wallace Beckett – Philadelphia/So. Jersey
  • Bill Battles (A) – Pittsburgh
  • Donald Garrett – Richmond
  • Clarence Davis Jr. – Triad (NC)
  • Tiffany Purcell – Triangle (NC)
  • Janet Lawrence – Washington Metro
  • Jesse Hatten – Wilmington (DE)

 

 

Carl A. Walton
President, A-PLUS Eastern Region
carlrva @ gmail.com