HomeMy WebLinkAbout7-3-19 Press Release- Educational and Informative Public Forum Regarding the Current State of our Local Minority Community; Systemic Inequality and Opportunities to Improve Minority Outcomes
PRESS RELEASE
DATE Wednesday, July 3, 2019
FROM: Kareemah Fowler, City Clerk
CONTACT sbcityclerk@southbendin.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Educational and Informative Public Forum Regarding the Current State of our Local Minority
Community; Systemic Inequality and Opportunities to Improve Minority Outcomes
City Clerk Kareemah Fowler will be hosting a public forum to address citizen concerns regarding some of the recent
events that have taken place in the City including the interconnected issues of policy and procedures, race, disparities,
structural barriers and a gateway for opportunities to improve minority outcomes moving forward.
Submit your questions for the panel here: https://bit.ly/2Xhm0YQ
Major Challenges Facing our Local Community
1. Government/Policy
2. Education
3. Economics
4. Public Safety/Judicial System
Event Details:
When: Sunday, July 14, 2019, 4:00-6:00 P.M.
Where: Bendix Theater in the Century Center
120 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
South Bend, IN 46601
Panelists:
Hon. Roland Chamblee (Judicial, Processes & Procedures)
Karen White (Government, Policy)
Nathan Boyd (Disparities in Education)
Lynn Coleman (History, Public Safety)
Sam Centellas (Cause and Effects on Latino Community)
James Summers (Disparities/Disproportions in the Business Community,
Economics)
Bishop Eddie Miller (Clergy and Public Safety)
Issac Hunt (GVI Initiatives, Public Safety)
Joseph Adams (Effects on Youth, Voting, Economics)
Honorable Andre Gammage (Moderator)
Sponsors:
Gladys Muhammad Debra Stanley Joe Taylor III
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CC: Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Common Council
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