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Dialogues
ON
RACE
SPONSORED BY UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY
Unity in the Community,
an Olympia-based coalition dedicated to organizing positive and pro-diversity
educational events, is planning a series of community dialogues on race. This
is inspired by the volume of public and private discourse on race sparked by the
recent presidential election.
To that end, we offer
the following:
Host these discussions with community
partners
Choose locations for outreach value as
possible
Schedule of Topics:
1) " Promoting
Fair Housing 40 Years Later; What Works, What Doesn't, New Ideas"
7:00 pm - Thursday, December 11, 2008
Location:
Olympia City Council Chambers 900 Plum St. SE (Plum St. & 8th Avenue SE)
Panel Presentation:
Tim Seth, President, Washington Landlord Association
Marc Brenman, Executive Director, Washington State Human
Rights Commission
Pat Tassoni, Thurston County Tenants Union Advocacy group
Moderator, Anna Schlecht, Olympia Housing Program Manager
Sponsors: City of Olympia Housing Program, Washington
Landlord Association, Washington State Human Rights Commission,
Thurston County Tenants Union and Unity in the Community.
For more information: please contact Anna Schlecht at (360)
753-8183 or aschlech@ci.olympia.wa.us
Download our pdf flyer about this event
here.
2) " Tolerance
& Free Speech; How does "hate speech" fit into the First Amendment?"
Panel Presentation:
Marc Brenman, State Human Rights
Commission Executive Director
Media representative
1st Amendment Lawyer
Gabi & Alec Clayton, talking about
the affect of hate speech
L ocation: To be
announced.
3) Generational perspectives on the racial divide. How do
different age groups define the issues and solutions?
Panel
Presentation:
An intergenerational mix of presenters, to be
announced.
4) Youth
Perspectives. How do young people view issues of race?
Panel
Presentation:
Local youth, to be
announced.
Location: To be
announced.
5) "Can't
we all just get along?" How to resolve our conflicts stemming from racial
differences.
Panel
Presentation:
To be announced.
Location: To be
announced.
Unity is working with a broad range of groups and individuals to promote events that address diversity, hate crime and building community.
Check this page again, and check the
Olympia Movement for Justice and
Peace website for current events &
activities.
Olympia Unity in the Community
http://www.OlympiaUnityInTheCommunity.org |
