TUSKEGEE, AL (WSFA) - Former Essence Magazine editor-in-chief Susan Taylor visited Tuskegee.

The Essence of Healing program was in conjunction with the National CARES Mentoring movement started by Taylor. The National CARES Mentoring movement is the most highly regarded and effective brand in the black mentoring arena.

With 57 mentor-recruitment circles throughout the nation, National CARES is addressing the great disparity between the significant number of Black children in need of mentoring services and the relatively few Black adults who are aware of this needed call to service.

Taylor was the driving force behind Essence Magazine for nearly 30 years.

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TUSKEGEE, Ala. — The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers will perform at Tuskegee University in the University Chapel on Saturday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

The Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, under the direction of Dr. Anthony T. Leach, perform sacred and secular music from the African and African-American tradition. The choir, founded in 2005, is composed of alumni of the Essence of Joy Choir of The Pennsylvania State University. EOJAS has performed extensively in locations such as Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington D.C., Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. EOJAS is an official Alumni Interest Group (AIG) of the Penn State Alumni Association.

EOJAS' mission is to learn, present, and promote African and African-American sacred and secular music in an effort to entertain, inspire, affirm and unify the worldwide community.