Making History - Honorable Yamekia Robinson - Mayor of Historic Lake City, SC

Join Janice Gilyard and Cherekana Feliciano for a conversation with Mayor Yamekia Robinson, the first African American Woman Mayor of Historic Lake City, SC. Mayor Robinson will share how a major challenge to her community led to her community activism, election as Councilwoman and her journey to becoming Mayor.

The Honorable Yamekia Robinson is a native of Lake City, SC. She served as a Councilwoman from January 2021 to January 8, 2023 and began her tenure as Mayor on January 9, 2023. This was her second time running for Mayor. She is the mother of five amazing children and a grandmother of two beautiful granddaughters. She graduated with honors from Lake City High School in 1997. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor's degree in Science and Biology. She's currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Legal Studies at Post University.  Her professional experience includes a career of as a Certified Pharmacy Technician (20 years). She also worked as an Office Manager at BioSpine Health and Wellness LLC in Lake City, SC for three years. Mayor Robinson has written for a local magazine, Our Neighborhood News (ONN) since 2017.

Mayor Robinson is the Founder and President of Women of Wisdom Empowerment Group which she established in 2019 and she is a member of the CommUnity Group of Lake City, a member of the Lake City Boys & Girls Club board, Co-chair of the Pee Dee Youth Day Initiative and she's very active in her local community. She's a Transformational Leader and most important has a strong faith in God (A Daughter of the King).