A panel discussion featuring Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP administration and students, as well as prominent community members, will be held at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith at 6 p.m. Feb. 16 in honor of Black History Month.
Titled “Creating CommUNITY: Campuses, Cops and Citizens of Color,� the panel will include discussions of current issues of race relations in Fort Smith and across the nation. The event, which will be held in the theatre of Windgate Art & Design, is free and open to the community.
Panelists include:
- Dr. Georgia Hale, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP.
- Nathaniel Clark, chief of the Fort Smith Police Department.
- Ray Ottman, chief of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Police Department.
- Talicia Richardson, community activist.
- Lauren Robinson, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP student and president of the Black Student Association.
- Leslie Lee, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP student and member of the Student Government Association.
Dr. Mike Crane, assistant professor of history at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP, will serve as the moderator.
The panel is sponsored by the Black Student Association, the Student Affairs Office, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Police Department and the Student Government Association.
For more information about the event, contact the Student Affairs Office at 479-788-7310.
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