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Tuesday, April 21th - First Presbyterian Dialogue
Group meets
The First Presbyterian Dialogue Group continues discussions
about events and activities that affect the community.
The session begins at 6:30 pm in the Library of the First
Presbyterian Church downtown. Enter the church on First Avenue
across from the CB&T parking garage between 11th and 12th
Streets.
A summary of these sessions can be found on our website
www.onecolumbus.org
Contact: H. Berrien Zettler 706-324-6363
Wednesday, April 22 - Race Relations Breakfast
Gwendolyn Ruff, SPHR Vice President Deputy Director of
Customer, Employee, and Financial Services will be the eleventh
presenter for the series "My Challenges with Race" which
features presentations who share their experiences with
diversity and race.
For a history of the Race Relations Breakfasts, see our website
www.onecolumbus.org and click on Programs.
Contact; Lee Brantley
706-324-6471
Wednesdays continuing April
22 - Billy Winn will teach "Let Justice Run Down Like Water
- Race Relations in
Columbus from 1828 to
Present"
The course will continue on Wednesday nights for four more
weeks. Everyone is welcome. You may join the sessions anytime.
They will meet in the Parlor of the First Presbyterian Church.
"This course will trace the history of race relations in
Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley, and will cover relations
between white settlers and the Indians, including their
enslavement; the slavery of people of African descent and the
role the churches played in regard to that institution;
secession and the Civil War; the post Civil War era and
Reconstruction; the Jim Crow era and the modern Civil Rights
movement; and race relations in recent years"
Registration can be made by calling the church at 706 322-4523
or emailing
kmoseley@columbusfpc.org. Join others for dinner and
fellowship between 5:30-6:30 for $7 in the fellowship hall -
reservations are required for the meal, and can be made using
the contact info above.
Thursday, April 23 - SHRM, BRC
and the Springer Opera House plan Diversity Event
SHRM is partnering with the Business Resource Center and the
Springer to present "Charm School," Good-old-boy warehouse
worker Raymond Sauders finds himself in hot water when his
company is targeted for a discrimination lawsuit because of a
joke he told in the break room. The presentation is followed
with audience participation in a discussion that comes out of
issues raised in the performance. It's an all morning affair
that ends with lunch.
Register info and fees can be found on line at
www.shrmcolumbusga,org
Contact: Judy Tally 706-649-6400 x 1204.
DOWN THE ROAD
Saturday, April 25 - Free CPR offered by Red Cross
The American Red Cross West Central GA Chapter continues to
offer free CPR training and certification in the following
locations listed below.
In addition, the Red Cross will be traveling to surrounding
counties to distribute materials including fire prevention and
tornado safety.
April 25 - FREE CPR training & certification at Ft. Benning, GA
3 Sessions 9:30 am , 11:30 am, 1:30 pm Bldg 4 Ft.
Benning, GA *
To Register Call 706-323-5614
Someone in your family or in your business needs to have this
lifesaving skill.
Thursday, April 30 - Second Diversity Forum
Following the very successful Inaugural Diversity Forum on
January 17th WTVM-TV announced that the second in the series
will be live from the Studio Theater of the RiverCenter on
Thursday, April 30, at 7:00pm. This event comes at the 100 days
of Barack Obama's presidency. You need to register now
(name, telephone number and email address). at
onecolumbus4@msn.com. Seating is limited.
Sponsorship opportunities are still available by using the
Response Form attached to this email. If you are not able to
print it off, call us at 706-315-0162.
Contacts: Lee Brantley at 706-494-5400 or Jorge Vega at
706-243-6235..
More MCSD SPLOST forums
The MCSD has scheduled forums where you can make suggestions and
evaluate the proposed project priority list for the continuation
of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. You can access
the dates, times and places for the remaining forums at
www.mcsdga.net. Click on
SPLOST Public Forums in the right hand column.
The next forum will be on Tuesday, April 21 at Northside High
School beginning at 6:30 pm.
Contact: Valerie Fuller 706-748-2034
