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

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." The council works on issues of racial diversity, socio-economic disparity, and religion and Spiritual diversity. Monthly meeting for all interested persons to help promote diversity in Wayne County and work through Diversity Related issues. Please come, all are welcome.

Held at the Townsend Community Center, 855 N 12th Street and sponsored by Wayne County Vision. For more information, call (765) 962-3616.

A lecture by Jonathan Kozol, Award-Winning Author on Education and Urban Issues In 1967, at the height of the civil rights movement, Kozol lost his teaching position for reading a Langston Hughes poem to his class of fourth graders. The event resulted in the publishing of the first of his several acclaimed and highly influential books, Death at an Early Age, which catapulted the state of America’s schools into the national and political consciousness. His solid, qualitative research and expertise on education in America has made him a definitive voice on the subject.  continue reading »

In today's Pal-Item, Harmony Marsh has an editorial titled "Even in our current time, does race still matter all that much?"

I'm tired of talking about what needs to be done for black people or for Hispanic people or for Asian people. Why can't we just talk about what needs to be done for people? Everyone has the same basic needs and there isn't one group of us that are so special that we should be getting all the attention. Then again, if race shouldn't be so important, and I don't think it should matter, why do I continue to shout that particular opinion at the top of my lungs?