Events

Monthly meeting for all interested persons to help promote diversity in
Wayne County and work through diversity related issues. Please come; all
are welcome.

The Diversity Council's mission is:
The people of Wayne County will respect, value, and celebrate the richness of the differences among us and actively work to build a unified community.

* Racial diversity
* Socio-economic disparity
* Religion and Spiritual diversity

Fee/Admission?: FREE
Organized by: Wayne County Vision
Address of Event: Townsend Community Center, 855 N 12th Street
City: Richmond
Telephone: (765) 962-3616
Email: tiffanyashaw@waynecountyvision.com

Sheldon Clark will be speaking about his experience in jail ministry. Sheldon is an Earlham School of Religion grad, a former head of a Quaker boarding school and as pastor at New Castle Friends, started a jail ministry.

Join us for Peace Forum, every Thursday (when class is in session) at noon in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room. Free, tasty lunch and delicious conversation are always provided.

Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: grossan@earlham.edu or 914.2973.

On Thursday, May 15 2008 from 6 to 8 PM, the City of Richmond will host an open house for learning more about the status of the Comprehensive Plan process. From 6 to 7 PM, visitors will be able to browse booths set up by each subcommittee of the comprehensive plan implementation committee, to learn about what's been done and what's still left to do. From 7 PM onward, visitors will have a chance to talk to and ask questions of the leadership involved in the plan implementation.

The event will be held on the 3rd floor of the Richmond City Building, in the lobby outside of Council chambers. For more information, contact the City of Richmond.

Main Street RWC will host The Art of True Success, part of the Accelerating Business Breakfast series. This seminar will be led by Rick Barnett, CEO/President of Free Play, Inc., Business Improvement Outfitters. This workshop is structured, simple way to give clarity to any meeting, project, or activity. True Success helps you define what is important and focuses your efforts to achieve the right results.

You will distinguish the means from the ends and zero in on the right results and what it takes to achieve them. Topics, covered in a practical and useful way include:

•Create solutions that are sustainable over the long haul
•Think and execute strategically so that all activity leads to success
•Diagnose “busyness” and quickly get the value-added action

Cliff Kindy, from Christian Peacemaker Teams, will share about his experience in Iraq. Cliff has spent much of the past five years working in Iraq with CPT, and will talk particularly about his work with Muslim Peacemaker Teams.

Join us for the last Peace Forum of the semester at noon in the Earlham School of Religion Dining Room. Free, tasty lunch and delicious conversation will be provided.

Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: grossan@earlham.edu or 914.2973.

Are you confused about what's happening in Iraq? Are you tired of reading body counts? Do you really understand the difference between Sunni and Shia? Do you feel overwhelmed by the threat of war with Iran? Do you want to know how to respond to this incredible sorrow?

Cliff Kindy has spent much of the past five years in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams and will share stories and respond to your questions on Thursday evening, May 22 at 7pm. Please join us in the Newlin Center/Virgina Cottage, next door to Bethany Seminary. Contact Anna Lisa Gross for more information: grossan@earlham.edu or 914.2973.

Hitchcock’s famous “real time” narrative features college students who kill for kicks, then hold a dinner party for the victim’s friends. Starring Jimmy Stewart as the guest they shouldn’t have invited. 1948, Rated: PG.

Presented by the Richmond Art Museum and the f.a.d.e.-IN film series. 350 Hub Etchison Parkway, Richmond. For more information contact RAM at (765) 966-0256 or www.richmondartmuseum.org.