Diversity Council members meet bi-monthly
at Centerville Library,
111 West Spring Valley Road, to share committee updates and to host
public forums on specific cultures, races, religions, and other timely
topics.
The Council's mission is
to bring together governments, schools, businesses, media, faith and
ethnic communities, organizations and individuals to promote
multiculturalism and address issues of diversity.
2008
Meetings:
January 21, 7:30AM -
Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast
Reservations can be made through the City of
Centerville at 433-7151.
**(Held at Yankee Trace)**
February 15, 8:00AM -
Annual Meeting
February 21, 7:00PM -
Slavery Then & Now
A showing of the
film Amazing Grace, about the life of William Wilberforce
Introduced by Marshall Mitchell of Wilberforce
University.
**(Held in the Centerville High School Theater)**
April 24, 6:00-9:00PM -
6th Annual International Family Night Out:
Learn about the Arabic culture - Facilitated by Dr.
Dina Ezzddine
**(Held at Southminster Presbyterian Church)**
May 16, 8:00AM - Forum:
"The Holocaust: Then and Now" Featuring Renate
Frydman and Felix Weil
Facilitated by Jane Hochhstein
September 19, 8:00AM -
Forum:
"AIM for the Handicapped" Featuring Dr. Jo A. Geiger
Facilitated by Kate Schlegel
November 21, 8:00AM -
Forum:
"American Muslims at a Crossroads"
Facilitated by Dr. Sakiayem
Past
Meetings:
September 26, 2006 - Read
a transcript from the panel
discussion: "Gay and Lesbian Issues at the Intersection of Faith and
Public Policy."
