Operation ReachBack is...

• An umbrella organization that challenges its members to net-work creatively with others in their professional discipline.
• A national forum for assessment, planning, and implementation of community good.
• An opportunity to demonstrate active concern for the preservation and progress of African-American Seventh-day Adventist culture.
• A broad-based forum for all professionals interested in sharing their talents with the Motherland (Africa).
• A national organization of Black Seventh-day Adventist professionals that provides refreshing association while serving the Church.
• A 501( c )(3) nonprofit organization.
• An idea whose time has come!

Garlan Dulan, PhD., Director of the education department in the General Conference, and Jesse Wilson, D.Min, Pastor of the Riverside, California, Kansas Avenue Seventh-day Adventist Church, present Karlisa Whittaker with a plaque commemorating the scholarship presented to her by the Southeastern California chapter of ORB.