Items of Importance

One Columbus Items of Importance 080905

 Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - Race Relations Breakfast

The Race Relations Breakfasts are held at Ruth Ann's on Veterans Parkway. Breakfast begins at 7:30am and you are encouraged to bring a friend with you. $6.00 is asked of regular members.  First timers and visitors are our guests.

Contact: Lee Brantley  706-324-6471

Monday, September 15, 2008 - Film/Dialogue

 

One Columbus and St. Thomas Episcopal Church are hosting the screening of  Divided We Fall - Americans in the Aftermath on Monday evening September 15, 2008. Beginning at 6:30 the film will follow the journey of 20-year old Valerie Keur as she documents hate and violence in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

If you have a friend or know of someone who was directly or indirectly affected by this terribly tragedy, they will certainly want to be a part of the dialogue that follows the film.

 

Contact:  H. Berrien Zettler 706-324-6471 or Amy Nerone 706-324-4264,                                                                                                                                                                                

 

Nominations sought for One Columbus Community Excellence Award

The Fifth Annual One Columbus Recognition Dinner will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009, where a person or organization will receive the prestigious One Columbus Community Excellence Award for their work in the field of diversity and race relations. The Richard R Miles award will be given to a high school Junior or senior for similar work in their school and community. The Dinner will be held at the Trade Center at 7:00 pm and will conclude a week of events that start with  Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.

The nomination form and criteria can be accessed from the homepage of the One Columbus website www.onecolumbus.org.

Contact: Teresa Tomlinson   706-494-1633