[Durham INC] Durham's Human Relations Award Ceremony Tomorrow

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  February 17, 2010

 

 

Durham Hosts 2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony Feb. 18

City's Human Relations Department Co-Hosting First Night of this Year's Annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival

 

What:              2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony at the 16th Annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival

 

Who:               City of Durham Department of Human Relations, St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, and the Hayti Heritage Film Festival

 

When:             Thursday, February 18, 2010

                        6 p.m. - Reception

                        6:30 p.m. - 2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony

7:15 p.m. - "The Providence Effect" film screening and panel discussion 

 

Where:            Hayti Heritage Center

                        804 Old Fayetteville Street

                        Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts:

·         New for this year, the City of Durham's Department of Human Relations is hosting its 2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony as part of the 16th Annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival.  For the past eight years, the department has partnered with St. Joseph's Historic Foundation on this annual event.  However, this year, the City's Department of Human Relations is co-hosting the first night of the festival by holding its annual awards ceremony at the film festival.

 

·         The honoree at this year's ceremony is Mark S. Trustin, a Durham attorney with more than 30 years experience in the practice of civil and criminal trial law. In 1996, Trustin co-founded the Durham P.R.O.U.D. Program, a life-skills training and development program for at-risk youth and their families.  Since 2001, Trustin has served as an adjunct professor at North Carolina Central University's School of Law. 

 

·         Immediately following the 2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony, a community screening of "The Providence Effect," which is a documentary about an all-black parochial school in Chicago that has a 100 percent graduation and college acceptance rate, will occur followed by a panel discussion.

 

·         The 16th Annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival is co-sponsored by the City's Department of Human Relations, North Carolina Arts Council, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and presented by the St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, Inc.

 

·         Attendance at the award ceremony and film screening are free and Durham residents and the news media are encouraged to attend.  For more information about the 2010 Human Relations Award Ceremony contact Yvonne Peña, director of the City's Department of Human Relations, at (919) 560-4107, ext. 24245 or via e-mail at yvonne.pena at durhamnc.gov. 

 

·         For more information on the 16th Annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival, visit www.haytifilmfest.org or call (919) 683-1709.

 

About the Department of Human Relations

The City of Durham's Department of Human Relations strives to improve race and human relations in the City by working to eliminate discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and public accommodations; and by prioritizing community outreach and educational activities to meet the needs of Durham's citizens.  To learn more about this department, visit www.durhamnc.gov/departments/relations. 

 

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