Items of Importance

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First Presbyterian Dialogue Group resumes January 6, 2009

 Happy Holidays to all.

H. Berrien Zettler, Dialogue Group Coordinator

 Race Relations Breakfasts resume January 14, 2009

Have a very safe and enjoyable Holiday Season.                                                        

Lee Brantley, Facilitator

WTVM to produce Inaugural Diversity Forum January 17, 2009

On Saturday, January 17, 2009, WTVM will produce a live two-hour town hall meeting on Diversity from the Studio Theater of the RiverCenter for the Performing Arts beginning at 7:00 pm. (Doors will be closed at 6:45pm). Issues that will be addressed are: Jobs and Employment; Education; Crime and Law Enforcement and Health.

Rather than the One Columbus Annual Recognition Dinner usually held the third Thursday after the M. L. King, Jr. Holiday, Judge John D. Allen will receive the Community Excellence Award for his work in diversity at the Forum on the 17^th of January..

 If you plan to attend this free televised town hall meeting, you need to email your name and telephone number to onecolumbus4@MSN.COM.  

ONGOING

The multimedia exhibit 381 days: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Story tells the dramatic tale of how one Southern city struggled with institutionalized segregation in the 1950s. When Rosa Parks famously informed her bus driver that she would not give up her seat for a white man, she set off a remarkable series of acts of civil, non-violent disobedience that ultimately led to the overturning of the law.  This awesome exhibit continues in the Main Library until January 11, 2009. Contact: Henry McCoy 706-243-2669  

Season's Greetings to all from the One Columbus Family.

J. H. Flakes, Jr., Chair                  Lee Brantley, Co-Chair