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- Items Of Interest
Mix-It-Up
reaches hundreds in MCSD
on National Mix-It-Up Day
On
Tuesday, nearly 300 students at Columbus, Hardaway
and Northside high schools
took time at lunch to participate in National
Mix-It-Up Day.
A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center,
Mix It Up was started in response to the labeling
and grouping many children experienced in their
schools according to www.tolerance.org.
Students who were in attendance admitted that they
learned something new as they had a chance to eat
lunch with someone other than the "usual lunch
crowd. " Across America, more than 4 million
students at all levels from 10,000 school districts
were involved in the Mix-IT-Up project this year.
(See attachment).
As
part of the Southern Poverty Law Center's
educational programming, Mix-It-Up teaches kids to
appreciate and respect each other despite the
negative influences that they may face from time to
time.
Morris
Dees, founder and chief trial counsel for the Center
will be the keynote speaker for One Columbus's
Fourth Annual Recognition Dinner at the Trade Center
January 24, 2008. For ticket information see our
website www.onecolumbus.org
or call 706-315-0162.
Sponsors
are still welcome for this flagship event of One
Columbus
Contact:
Lee Brantley 706-494-5400
Thanksgiving,
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Only
46 of the original 102 Pilgrims who sailed to the
"New World" on the Mayflower survived after
arriving at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.
Through hard work and with the help of Native
Americans, they were able to survive. Their hard work
generated a great harvest and "Thanksgiving"
was the result.
Annual
thanksgiving celebrations evolved to become officially
designated as such by President Abraham Lincoln in
1863. In South America, native Indian cultures express
their
gratitude in a variety of ways.
Brazil, like the US, celebrates their
Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of November with
thanksgiving and prayer. In Japan, November 23 is a
national holiday known as "Kinro-Kansha-no-hi,"
or Labor Thanksgiving Day. On that day, Japanese honor
labor, pay respect to workers, and celebrate the
year's harvest.
Jewish
(Hebrew) families celebrate a harvest festival called
Sukkoth that takes place each autumn. For over 3,000
years, Sukkoth has been celebrated and is known as Hag
ha Succot (the Feast of the Tabernacles) and Hag ha
Asif (the Feast of Ingathering).
In
most countries of the world, people offer thanksgiving
on some special day for things for which they are
thankful.
One
Columbus is similarly thankful for both the challenges
and the opportunities. May God continue to bless us
all as we recognize this important day..
Down
the Road
Wednesday,
November 28, 2007
Race
Relations Breakfast 7:30 AM
First
timers and guests are encouraged to attend this
dialogue group where the topic may be one of your
choosing and the dialogue open, honest and relevant.
For
the 4th Wednesday in November, Vicky
Partin, Missioner for the Episcopal Church will
present findings and challenges developed by the
groups that participated in the Study Circles Action
Forum reported in our Items
of Interest earlier this month.
Breakfast
begins at 7:30 followed by a presentation and
democratic dialogue.
$6.00
is asked of regular participants.
Contact:
Lee Brantley 706-494-5400
