FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Shannon Perry, NCCJ, (860) 298-5313
Matt
Nozzolio, MDC, (860) 278-7850, ext. 3209
MDC Will Host NCCJ Community
Conversations on Race Action Forum
HARTFORD
(April 29, 2003) – The Metropolitan District Commission (MDC), in partnership
with The National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), will host NCCJ’s
Community Conversations on Race Action Forum on Thursday, May 9, 2003 at the
MDC Training Center, 125 Maxim Road in Hartford from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. A light supper will be served. Please R.S.V.P. by May 6th to
Betsy Pigeon, NCCJ, (860) 683-1039 or e-mail bpigeon@nccj.org.
The
purpose of this Action Forum is to reconvene conversation participants from the
Fall 2002 and Winter/Spring 2003 sessions and give them the opportunity to
share their experiences, develop action plans, and work together to improve
race relations in their communities and/or workplace. This event is also open to interested community activists and
leaders. Conversation participants meet
once a week for five weeks to talk about their personal experiences with race,
review public policies, and discuss ideas for implementing action. MDC hosted two conversation groups this
Winter 2003.
Since the first NCCJ
Conversations on Race were launched in 1998, nearly 3000 individuals throughout
the Greater Hartford region have participated in the dialogue sessions. Conversations on Race is a program of The
National Conference for Community and Justice (NCCJ), a human relations
organization founded in 1927 and dedicated to fighting bias, bigotry and racism
in America. NCCJ promotes understanding
and respect among all races, religions and cultures through advocacy, conflict
resolution and education. For more
information on NCCJ’s programs in the Connecticut/Western Massachusetts region,
visit the website www.nccjctwma.org.
A non-profit
municipal corporation chartered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1929,
the MDC supplies water and sewer services to its eight member
municipalities: Bloomfield, East
Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and
Windsor. The MDC also supplies treated
water to portions of Glastonbury, East Granby, South Windsor, Farmington and
Portland. For more information, contact
the MDC at 278-7850, ext. 3209.
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