MLK Event, "Let's Talk About Race," Is a Success

The Cultural Diversity Committee presented the workshop "Let's Talk About Race," on January with approximately 70 people attending. The event, a part of the celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was sponsored by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. For a listing of community-wide events, visit www.wmich.edu/mlk/events.html.

Cultural Diversity Committee

The Cultural Diversity Committee provides feedback on District activities that relate to cultural diversity. This advisory committee, which meets on a regular basis throughout the school year, focuses on increasing knowledge in the area of multiculturalism throughout the school community.

Committee members include both community volunteers and faculty and staff representatives:

Community Volunteers:

Maggie Bullard-Marshall (chair), Larry Gillam, Gulnar Husain, Richard Junger, Elfreidia Lanier, Suzanne LeBlanc, Zahida Luqmani, Dr. William Mayer, Valetta Sellers-Evans, Ricardo Sowell, and Geri Williams.

Faculty and Staff Members:

Eric Alburtus, Central High Principal; Dr. Celeste Harris, North Middle Principal; Ron Jones, Waylee Elementary Principal; Kimberly Kirshman, North Middle Assistant Principal; Robin Lentz, Moorsbridge Elementary faculty; Superintendent Marsha Wells; Vickie Herzberg, Human Resources Manager; Ric Perry, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction; Craig Ross, Community Education Center Administrator; Eric VerHey, Central Middle School faculty and Portage Education Association President, Superintendent Marsha Wells, and Becky Zoppi, Northern faculty.

For more information about the committee, contact Edna Kent at the Superintendent's Office at 323-5148, or call a committee contact below.

Contacts