Third Annual Recognition Dinner

The Annual Recognition is the flagship event for One Columbus. It is one of the events that are part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative activities that come in the month of January each year.

If is one of the Educational Events of One Columbus and brings to the people of the Chattahoochee Valley, a nationally known speaker that offers a message of challenge and hope to those who attend and to the community at large.

It has a reputation for having the most diverse audience of major activities of this sort in the Valley.

It will be held in the Columbus Convention and Trade Center in Columbus starting at 7:00 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2007. Tickets are $40.00 and are available to purchase at WTVM -Channel 9 on Wynnton Road, Ruth Ann's Restaurant, and The Family Center on 15th Street and Fourth Street Baptist Church.

Two awards will be given at the Third Annual Recognition Dinner.

The first is the Unity Chalice Award which goes to a person or organization that has demonstrated outstanding service or activity in the field of race relations. (see description of Community Service Award)

The second is for youth. The Richard K. Miles Award goes to a high school student who has demonstrated outstanding service or activity in the field of race relations. (see description of the Richard K. Miles Award)

The theme for 2007 is “Building Bridges. . . Connecting People”

Colors are Black, Gold and White

One Columbus is a not for profit community service organization whose mission is to create unity and respect within the diverse populations of the Chattahoochee Valley.

Its goals are twofold: Building bridges through democratic dialogue and pushing back the walls of ignorance and misunderstanding through education.