Your Hub.Com Westminster, CO Standley Lake High School will be the first school in Colorado to present a “Safe to Relate” cross-cultural Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, October 2, 2007. The Town Hall Meeting will include approximately 100 students, parents, staff and teachers in a day-long series of meetings geared toward promoting a broader understanding […]
UNMC Times University if Nebraska Medical Center Publication In a town hall meeting and a series of focus group sessions, a moderator from the Safe to Relate program recently led University of Nebraska Medical Center employees through discussions about challenges, issues and opportunities that face students and staff from all cultures, faiths, races and socioeconomic […]
Written by VICKI RICE, Hub Staff Writer Monday, 21 May 2007 KEARNEY, NE – Are there opportunities at the University of Nebraska at Kearney to interact with people from different backgrounds? Do people from different cultures understand each other? Students, faculty, staff and community members discussed those issues and others related to diversity in a […]
This Week University of Mississippi Medical Center Publication The town hall meeting began with University of Mississippi Medical Center students examining their own hearts when it comes to multicultural relations. One student talked about the difficulty of making friends with students of another race or culture. Another student spoke about feeling isolated as one of […]
La Salle University Collegian While most college students saw Martin Luther King Day as an extra day off after the winter break, other students saw it as a day to follow in the footsteps of one of the greatest leaders of all time … Read the entire article here
By Chris Parker The Morning Call Allentown, PA When a 500-pound man walks into a room — or an interracial couple who kiss as they enter, or a lesbian couple holding hands — most people would deny being uncomfortable. In their heart of hearts, everybody harbors some degree of prejudice, but it’s often masked by […]
Racial Conflict not new to area Panther Valley gathering provides open, honest dialogue Times News, Allentown PA. Calling the event a “launching point for the future of the Panther Valley Community,” Superintendent of Schools J. Christopher West on Monday welcomed a cultural diversity expert to a town hall meeting, held in the high school auditorium. […]
Courier Express, DuBois, PA. “In celebration of Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Penn State DuBois Campus students heard the insight of the late civil rights leader through a presentation by Colorado-based CulturePrep speakers Peter A. Vogel and Frances Eckhardt. Their message was that universal and unconditional love is essential for flourishment anywhere, whether the […]
Casper College Online Casper, WY “Judy Shepard, founder of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, will open with “The Legacy of Matthew Shepard.” Shepard will speak from a mother’s perspective and (will) urge audience members to make their schools and communities safer for everyone, regardless of their race, sex, religion, or sexual orientation. Since the death of […]
Program teaches students around the word to relate Clear Creek Courant Idaho Springs, CO “The streets of the United States are not paved in gold, and despite impoverished conditions in Uganda East Africa, kids there still play on a daily basis. Eradicating such misconceptions about other cultures on both sides of the world is the […]