[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Women's Forum March 19

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

News Media Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov 

http://Facebook.com/CityofDurhamNC 

http://Twitter.com/CityofDurhamNC    

 

For Immediate Release: March 7, 2013

 

 

Durham Hosts Women's Forum March 19

Event Celebrates Six Women for their Contributions to the Durham
Community; 

Event to be Televised Live on DTV8

 

What:              11th Annual Women's Forum - "Celebrating Women's
History Month"

 

Who:               City of Durham Human Relations Division with the
Neighborhood Improvement Services Department

 

When:             Tuesday, March 19, 2013, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

 

Where:            Durham City Hall

                        Council Chambers

                        101 City Hall Plaza, 1st Floor

Durham, N.C.  27701

 

Fast Facts:

*         Six successful Durham women will share their personal
experiences and insights on how they mastered challenges and overcame
obstacles on their roads to success. Event attendees will also have an
opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.

 

*         Panelists include Amber Rupinta, morning anchor with ABC 11;
Bertha Johnson, director of the City's Budget and Management Services
Department; Sherry L. Devries, executive director of the Durham Arts
Council; Grace J. Marsh, executive director of the Elna B. Spaulding
Conflict Resolution Center; Chitra Subramaniam, assistant director for
the Center For Educational Excellence and director of Continuing Medical
Education at Duke Clinical Research Institute; and Janice Mack Guess,
administrator at North Carolina Central University's Department of
Environmental, Earth and Geospatial Sciences.

 

*         The forum is free and open to the public. The forum will also
be broadcast live on DTV8 (Time Warner Cable channel 8). 

 

*         For more information about this year's forum, contact Delilah
Donaldson, human relations manager for the City's Neighborhood
Improvement Services Department, at (919) 560-4107, ext. 34277 or by
email at Delilah.Donaldson at DurhamNC.gov. 

 

About the Human Relations Division in the City of Durham Neighborhood
Improvement Services Department

The Neighborhood Improvement Services Department works to preserve and
improve quality of life conditions for Durham residents, and to
encourage active participation in neighborhood redevelopment and public
policy and decision making dialogue. The department is responsible for
enforcement of quality of life ordinances and state statutes including
the City's Minimum Housing Code; Nonresidential Code; Weedy Lot,
Abandoned and Junk Vehicle ordinances; and the State of North Carolina's
Unsafe Building Statute. The department's Human Relations Division
strives to improve race and human relations in the City by working to
eliminate housing discrimination and by prioritizing community outreach
and educational activities to meet the needs of Durham's residents. The
Human Relations Division also provides oversight to the City of Durham
Human Relations Commission, which is comprised of 15 Durham residents
who meet monthly to work on activities designed to improve human
relations and promote harmony throughout Durham. Guided by the City's
Strategic Plan, the department helps ensure that Durham has thriving,
livable neighborhoods by providing the highest quality of services to
engage and educate the community, eradicate blight, ensure safer
neighborhoods and enhance neighborhood revitalization. For more
information, visit http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/cb/nis/Pages/Home.aspx
<http://DurhamNC.gov/ich/cb/nis/Pages/Home.aspx> . 

 

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