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ONE COLUMBUS RECOGNITION DINNER   

Congratulations to Carmen Cavezza and Philandria Williams.

 

Last Thursday at the One Columbus 3^rd Annual Recognition Dinner Carmen Cavezza was give the Community Service Award and Philandria Williams the Richard R. Miles Youth Award.  We are pleased that these leaders in our community are recognized for their work in bringing our community closer to the 'One Columbus' for which we all strive. See our website for more about these awards. 

 

One Columbus is indebted to the many corporations, businesses, volunteers, individuals, and those who attended the 3rd Annual Recognition Dinner for their support and assistance in making this event the success that it was.. Dr. Ruby Payne's challenging message gives us all some goals on which we can work together as we move this community forward.

 

Race: Still Our Most Divisive Force

 

NPR Series Looks at the Pros, Cons of Bipartisanship

National Public Radio's "Crossing the Divide" explores the pros and cons of bipartisanship in Washington, and features examples of compromise and cooperation from politics, business and everyday life in America.  

One of the most powerful stories in the series was an essay done by Juan Williams titled "Race: Still the Most Divisive Force."

 

You can hear it by clicking on npr.org and then "Crossing the Divide" in the search space bar. From there you can click on the essay.

 

After listening to Juan Williams and comments by Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Regan, John Kennedy, Martin Luther king, Jr. and others, you may want an opportunity to express your own opinion on this and other issues by signing up for a One Columbus Dialogue Group that starts in February. Go to our website at www.onecolumbus.org, or call 706-315-0162 and leave your name and number. We'll get back to you with time, date and place.

 

Volunteers needed for "Kindergarten Readiness"

 

The Literacy Alliance needs 90 volunteers for their next session of Kindergarten Readiness: which runs March 19 thru May 11. Their partnership with C S U's Honors Program and Phi Kappa Phi chapter will provide many of these, but they need more in order to serve the target schools for Spring 2007.

Can you offer one hour one morning a week for eight weeks to do some one-on-one literacy/reading activities with two pre-k students?  No special teaching skills required. 

You will see positive changes in these students whose lives you touch by just a little of your time. It is most often evident in an increase in classroom participation.

Kindergarten Readiness volunteers give these students confidence.  This is one of the keys to success in the class room.

E-mail columbusreads@earthlink.net   or call 706-748-2610

Barbara Moushon is Executive Director of The Literacy Alliance and would love to hear from you.ones in this country that predict future prison needs based on third grade failure rates?