MAYOR’S CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY SUMMIT TACKLES RELEVANT ISSUES
Contact: Woodrick Diversity Learning Center of the Grand Rapids Community College
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April 26, 2011 CONTACT: Tamber Moore, Diversity Development Services Manager
Woodrick Diversity Learning Center - GRCC
616.234.4497/[email protected]
Shannon L. Harris, Program Coordinator
Our Community’s Children – City of Grand Rapids
616.456.3558/[email protected]
MAYOR’S CHAMPIONS OF DIVERSITY SUMMIT TACKLES RELEVANT ISSUES
Grand Rapids, MI -- Honored as Champions of Diversity by Mayor George K. Heartwell at last
year’s State of the City Address, five local teens will host a Diversity Summit on Wednesday,
April 27, 2011 at GRCC’s Sneden Hall at 8 a.m. The topics of discussion selected and
facilitated by the Champions will be: Anti Stereotyping, Body Image, Cyber Bullying, Keys to
Success and Relationship Safety. Students from City High, Grand Rapids Christian High,
Crossroads Alternative High and Rogers High have been selected to participate. Mayor
Heartwell and GRCC President Dr. Steven Ender will also be present.
“What better way to learn about something then to learn it from someone who understands you,
someone who is a peer. This Summit is important because it will bring awareness to certain
issues, and participants will be able to share what they’ve learned with others,” said LaShone
Williams, Diversity Champion and 12
th
grade student at Roger’s High School.
The Kent Intermediate School District received funding from the Grand Rapids Community
Foundation to provide programs for students involved in diversity initiatives in their schools. The
funding is intended to empower students to implement their school diversity action plans created
during the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center’s Word UP! Word OUT! diversity training. Other
goals are to support projects and school diversity committees. Grand Rapids Community
College’s Woodrick Diversity Learning Center, Our Community’s Children and the Mayor’s
Champions of Diversity Team partnered to take on this challenge to unite four school districts
with the goal of strengthening community through diversity.
Champions of Diversity:
Allison Arnold, City High
Elliot Keyes, Grand Rapids Christian High
Kim Anh Nguyen, City High
LaShone Williams, Rogers High
Walid Azam, Grand Rapids Community College
For more information about the Summit, please contact the Woodrick Diversity Learning Center
of the Grand Rapids Community College at 234-3390. The Champions of Diversity will be
available for interviews at the Summit.
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