NORMA JOY BARNES
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Norma Joy Barnes, graduated from Boggs Academy (Keysville, Georgia) and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Psychology from Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia. Her graduate studies include Georgia State University (Sociology) and Atlanta School of Law.
Barnes has worked as a caseworker with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, a casework supervisor with the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, and as an Equal Opportunity Specialist, Investigator and Mediator for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She retired from the EEOC on August 2, 2008, with thirty-four years of service.
During the past thirty years, Barnes has also worked as a volunteer with mentally challenged children, at-risk youth, teenagers, and disadvantaged women. She served as a Volunteer Coordinator with Joint Action in Community Service (JACS), a nonprofit organization that was funded by the U. S. Department of Labor to provide support services to young males returning from the U. S. Job Corps. As a result of her volunteer service to ex-corps members, she was awarded the Regional and National Volunteer of the Year Awards by Joint Action in Community Service in 1975 and served on the JACS Board of Directors from 1975 until 1995.
In 1985, Barnes founded the Youth Ventures Program for teenagers in the metropolitan Atlanta area. She subsequently served as a mentor for the Friend to Friend Mentoring Program that was co-sponsored by the NAACP and the Youth Development Center, and as co-founder and project coordinator for Villages International, Inc. Barnes is currently a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for neglected and abused children and youth in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia. She founded the Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta and the Priority Male Program in 2008.
A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Norma Joy Barnes, graduated from Boggs Academy (Keysville, Georgia) and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and Psychology from Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia. Her graduate studies include Georgia State University (Sociology) and Atlanta School of Law.
Barnes has worked as a caseworker with Economic Opportunity Atlanta, a casework supervisor with the Christian Council of Metropolitan Atlanta, and as an Equal Opportunity Specialist, Investigator and Mediator for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She retired from the EEOC on August 2, 2008, with thirty-four years of service.
During the past thirty years, Barnes has also worked as a volunteer with mentally challenged children, at-risk youth, teenagers, and disadvantaged women. She served as a Volunteer Coordinator with Joint Action in Community Service (JACS), a nonprofit organization that was funded by the U. S. Department of Labor to provide support services to young males returning from the U. S. Job Corps. As a result of her volunteer service to ex-corps members, she was awarded the Regional and National Volunteer of the Year Awards by Joint Action in Community Service in 1975 and served on the JACS Board of Directors from 1975 until 1995.
In 1985, Barnes founded the Youth Ventures Program for teenagers in the metropolitan Atlanta area. She subsequently served as a mentor for the Friend to Friend Mentoring Program that was co-sponsored by the NAACP and the Youth Development Center, and as co-founder and project coordinator for Villages International, Inc. Barnes is currently a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for neglected and abused children and youth in Fulton County, Atlanta, Georgia. She founded the Community Council of Metropolitan Atlanta and the Priority Male Program in 2008.
