Technology Training Session at Memorial Missionary Baptist Church

Memorial Missionary
Baptist Church
CAPE Program

Dr. Roosevelt Askew, II

The Black Family Network

ECSU/NASA
Network and Resourcees Training Site

ECSU

Memorial Missionary
Baptist Church
704 Caldwell Street
POBox 2191
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 335-0105
email: raskew@mail.ecsu.edu

Dr. Roosevelt Askew, II
Dr. Roosevelt Askew, II was born in Hertford County on October 30, 1954 to Roosevelt and Janie Askew. He grew up in Bertie County where he graduated from Bertie Senior High School in 1973. He continued his education by attending the Roanoke- Chowan Community College in Ahoskie, North Carolina, Shaw University, Raleigh North Carolina and Virginia Union University where he received his Master of Divinity- Theology. He has also received the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in Community Development from Virginia University in Lynchburg, Virginia and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy in Christian Education from Andersonville Baptist Seminary in Camilla, Georgia.
Dr. Askew serves as an independent consultant to develop programs for community building, family growth, self-esteem building, drug awareness/prevention, and is currently employed at Elizabeth City State University as a University Counselor and Counselor for Spiritual Activities. He also serves as Executive Director of the Center with Alternative Programs through Education, Incorporated (CAPE), a non-profit organization assisting families living with HIV/AIDS. His past experiences include serving as Clinical Chaplain at the Pasquotank Correctional Institution where he coordinated religious service programs and provided pastoral care and counseling for inmates, staff and their families.
Membership and affiliations (past/present) include Real Fathers Real Men of the Roanoke Chowan; School Health Advisory Council, Gates County, North Carolina; Head Start Policy Council, Hopewell, Virginia; Police Chaplain, Hopewell, Virginia; Volunteer to the Courts, Ahoskie, NC; Past Member of the Board of Trustees of Roanoke Chowan Community College, Ahoskie, NC; North Carolina Correction Association (NCCA), American Correction Association (ACA), and Theta Kappa Sigma, Psi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. Askew has received numerous awards: Nominee for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment (1999 Governor's Award for Excellence - North Carolina Office of State Personnel); 1999 Nominee for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment - Certificate of Recognition - Department of Corrections; 1999 Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service; Appointed to the Governor's Commission on Responsible Fatherhood; and nominated to Lexington Who's Who in 2000.