Sunday, January 24, 1999
Hamilton town meeting focus is race
City, Miami U. team up on event
BY JENNY CALLISON
Enquirer Contributor
HAMILTON — Conversations about racial understanding on national and local levels will take place Wednesday thanks to cooperative efforts of two Hamilton institutions.
A national town meeting broadcast live via satellite will be aired at the Miami University Hamilton campus, co-sponsored by the university and by the city's Department of Human Relations.
Racial Legacies & Learning: How to talk about race is produced by PBS and features five panelists who have been active nationally in promoting multicultural learning and policy. They will discuss effective strategies used by colleges, corporations and communities to transform race relations.
The two-hour telecast will be followed by a panel discussion in which area officials will respond to the national program and talk about related local issues.
“It is my strong belief that racism is the greatest problem that is facing this country. It is manifested in every sector of our society,” said Vaughn Lewis, director of Hamilton's Department of Human Relations.
Wednesday's program is the first of several initiatives planned by his office and Miami University Hamilton, he said.
“This collaborative effort is a start to address this issue and to develop racial reconciliation and a desire to embrace diversity,” he said.
Jack Rhodes, executive director of Miami University Hamilton, echoed Mr. Vaughn's statement.
“Universities have a special role in keeping the matter of racial understanding at the forefront,” he said.
Messrs. Lewis and Rhodes will act as moderators for the local discussion. Panelists are Larissa Andrews, president of Minority Action Committee of Miami Hamilton; Jeanne Johnson, corporate employee relations representative from Ohio Casualty Group; Robert Moore, executive director of Franciscan at St. Raphael; the Rev. Joseph Sellers, president of True Vine Ministerial Alliance; and Nathaniel Sherman, former director of Hamilton's Department of Human Relations.
The seminar is open to the public free of charge, but reservations are required.
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