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Friday, March 23 Dialogue Group 0701-05.

 

Dialogue Group 0701-05 (fifth session) starts at noon addressing "Hidden Rules" at Fourth Street Baptist Church. See http://homepages.wmich.edu/~ljohnson/Payne.pdf.  Telephone number at the church is 706-324-2055. 

Contact: H. Berrien Zettler 706-324-6363  

 

Monday, March 26 - E Pluribus Unum series continues

 

"FREE SPEECH IN OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC" is the topic for the second in the E Pluribus Unum series at the Macon Road library on Monday, March 26, beginning at 7:00 pm.    The moderator for the evening is Tom Dolan, Professor of Political Science at CSU.  The panelists are Stephen Hyles, Jorge Vega, and Chuck Williams. 

Scott Barbour, in his book "Free Speech" uses stealing and the burning of 500 copies of the Cornell Review  by students in 1997 (and several other similar incidents where students were protesting articles or editorial cartoons with which they did not agree) to illustrate that the ideal of free speech, so simple in theory, is often controversial in practice. [1][1] He addresses issues of book banning, flag burning and asks the question: "Should there be limits to free speech?" You will have a chance to participate in the dialogue "Free Speech in our Constitutional Republic" on Monday, March 26 at 7:00 pm at the Main Library.
Contact: Max Roth 706-315-4875

 

Tuesday, March 27 - Dialogue Group 0702-05

 

Dialogue Group 0702-05 (fifth session) begins at 5:30 pm on Tuesday evening, March 27 at the Holy Family Church. Discussion continues on the "Hidden Rules."

Contact: H. Berrien Zettler  706-324-6363

 

Tuesday, March 27 - One Columbus MIXER at 5:30 pm

 

We have been asked more than once why our MIXERS are only held during the day. In response, we committed to a MIXER once a quarter in the evenings. Plan to come to the Community Room of the Public Safety Building on Tuesday to learn about  One Columbus programs and activities in which you can participate.

Contact: Ann Caggins 706-568-1762

 

Wednesday, March 28 - Race Relations Breakfast - Uptown

The next Race Relations Breakfast will be Wednesday, March 28, at 7:30 a.m. at Ruth Ann's Restaurant on Veteran's Parkway.  You are encouraged to bring a friend with you to the upcoming meeting.  The topic is:  Diversity: What's your organization's responsibility? Bill Miller will be the facilitator.                                                                                                                                       Contact: Lee Brantley  706-324-6471

March 30-31, 2007   Experience the Musical Genius of Ray Charles at the RiverCenter (see attachment). You will really enjoy this.

 

Down the Road:

Community Prayer Breakfast - April 17, 7:30 am.

The Mayor's Prayer Breakfast idea started in America in 1952 to garner support from the diverse populations for prayer for cities.  In Columbus, the Valley Interaction Ministry began Prayer Breakfasts in the late 1980's that brought together similar groups to support the idea.

 Beginning with former Mayor Frank Martin who revived the "Mayor's Prayer Breakfast" idea in 1991, subsequent Mayors have supported the idea until, under Mayor Bob Poydasneff, it became the Community Prayer Breakfast.  The next Community Prayer Breakfast is Tuesday, April 17, 2007.

Contact: Rosa Stanback  706-689-7277

 

Second Annual One Columbus Golf Tournament - June 28

The Robert Trent Jones Grand National Course will be the 2007 venue for this One Columbus annual event. Sports Diamond Marketing will facilitate this sports opportunity.  Sponsorships, teams and individual players can sign up now for this June event.

Contact: B. J. Jones 706-464-7666