9 Council Members Attend Tolerance and Diversity Institute

On July 19, Nine members of the Council attended an Institute on Tolerance and Diversity sponsored by the Central Arkansas Library System and the Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission of the City of Little Rock. The program "Testimony to Tolerance" included discussion on prejudice and persecution led by Erica Ivy the Language Arts teacher at McClellan High School, creating ones own anti-bias creed by Sheree Crites of the Arkansas Department of Education, and Understanding the Muslim faith by Rizan Mohsin.

Each attendee received a certificate of attendance and two DVD's - Giving Voice - Today's Kids Get Real About Bias and The Last Days, Steven Spielberg's 1998 Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Feature on the Holocaust.

Attendees were Patrick Serven, Mattie Thacker, Eric Bentley, Grant DePoyster, Amber Alley, Hunter Foster, Justin Joyce, Brisa Bartczak, and KaLia Prewitt.

Picture 1 - KaLia Prewitt writing her personal anti-bias creed.

Picture 2 - Amber Alley and Rizan Mohsin demonstrating how Muslims discipline their children. Picture 3 - Mattie Thacker and Patrick Serven listening to Sheree Crites of the Arkansas Department of Education.