YWCA racism conference Friday

October 29th, 2009 at 02:51pm Wally Haas

Four members of the Editorial Board will attend tomorrow’s National Conversation on Race seminar at Rockford College. That includes both main editorial writers so if you try to call us tomorrow, please leave a message and we’ll get back to you Monday.

We think this is an important event as do about 225 other people. The Rockford School District, Rock Valley College and the city of Rockford will be well-represented.

Lee Mun Wah, one of the nation’s leading educators on diversity, will lead us in a series of conversations and exercises on racial barriers and understanding.

This is a difficult conversation that Rockford must have.  I applaud YWCA CEO Kris Kieper and her organization for their willingness to tackle the issue.

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