Year Honored: 2008
Biography
Renee Palmore Beaman grew up in Niagara Falls. She met her now-husband in kindergarten, and the two began dating in high school, eventually marrying and moving to Delaware. Her husband has served as Pastor at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington since 1993, and the couple has two daughters. Beaman is an active member of the church community, helping to form the Bethel AIDS Task Force in 1996, alongside six other women.
Beaman is a registered nurse, but now serves as director of Delaware State Health Services. State Service Centers provide a wide array of health services to communities throughout the state, “serving as a one-stop-shop housing a diverse array of public/private health and social service partners. The goal of DSSC is to promote access to Delaware’s health and human service system.” Each of the 15 centers “provides a mix of services based on the needs of its community.”
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Sources and Additional Readings
Delaware, T. S. of. (n.d.). Division of State Service Centers. Division of State Service Centers - Delaware Health and Social Services - State of Delaware. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dssc/index.html
Delaware, T. S. of. (n.d.). Office of Minority Health - Resources & Partnerships. OMH Resources and Partnerships - Delaware Health and Social Services - State of Delaware. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/mh/minorityrespar.html
[email protected], J. G. (2021, August 28). Ministering with Hope. Niagara Gazette. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.niagara-gazette.com/news/local_news/ministering-with-hope/article_be3b9bc4-4d7c-5e64-a11a-3231d2b1b54d.html
- Collections: 2008, Black History Month