Saturday, January 25 at 10:00 a.m.
(9:30 for coffee & registration) 
Blacksburg Community Center



Last year a hundred folk turned out.
This Saturday, join with more to keep the work moving ahead with people 
like Chief Mark Sisson. 
We are making a difference.
 

RSVP by Monday.  If you forget, come anyway. You are always welcome!

 

Dialogue on Race Convenes 

for Second Annual Summit

 

Progress Reports & Action Planning

 

All photos:  Dialogue on Race Participants at the January 2013 Summit held at the Blacksburg Community Center.  Dialogue and exchange of ideas leading to action planning are done like this, in small groups.  Sponsors are The Community Group, the Montgomery County Human Relations Council, and Virginia Tech:  Race and Social Policy Research Center,  Institute for Policy and Governance,  Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and Department of English
"Dialogue on Race Second Annual Summit"

Saturday, January 25, 2014
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
9:30 a.m. registration and coffee
Lunch is Provided
Blacksburg Community Center, Blacksburg VA
725 Patrick Henry Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060
 
Admission is free!

RSVP

Wornie Reed (wornie@vt.edu or 540-231-6107) by Monday, January 20th

If you forget to RSVP, come anyway.  You are always welcome! 

 


 

      Dialogue on Race Reconvenes for Second Annual Summit

 

On Saturday, January 25, 2014, the Dialogue on Race will reconvene for its second annual Summit.  The event will be held at the Blacksburg Community Center from 10:00 AM to 2:00PM with registration and coffee beginning at 9:30 AM.  The Community Center is located at 725 Patrick Henry Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060.

 

In January 2013, recognizing that racial problems persist in Montgomery County, more than a hundred community members gathered for a Dialogue on Race: A Community Summit at the Blacksburg Community Center.  The focus of the January dialogue was to understand what it means to be an African American in Montgomery County today.  From this summit, teams formed around five key issues-Education, Law Enforcement, Jim Crow/White Privilege, Limited Presence, and Employment & Income Gap-and began planning action steps toward resolving some of the racial problems that had been presented. In June, these teams presented their progress, invited public feedback, and continued to work on these important issues.

 

On Saturday, January 25, 2014, the Dialogue on Race will gather again to learn and hear about the progress being made, to provoke discussion, and to invite participation in the ongoing work to solve racial inequalities.  Speakers will share perspectives and lessons learned since the last summit, including Mark Sisson, Christiansburg Chief of Police, who will report on progress on issues of law enforcement. The public is cordially invited to attend.

 

Lunch will be served.  To help us prepare, please RSVP to Wornie Reed (wornie@vt.edu or 540-231-6107) by Monday, January 20th.

 

Dialogue on Race Committee: Penny Franklin, David Britt, Jim Dubinsky, Andy Morikawa, Wornie Reed, Latanya Walker

 

Sponsors and Partners: The Community Group, Montgomery County Human Relations Council, Virginia Tech: Race and Social Policy Research Center, Institute for Policy and Governance, Office for Diversity and Inclusion, and Department of English

   

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For additional information concerning this event or the Dialogue on Race, please  

contact Andy Morikawa at
or call the Virginia Tech Institute for Policy & Governance at 
540.231.6775
 
Institute for Policy & Governance
205 West Roanoke St.
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061