Raise the Graduation Rates: Sunday, April 27, 7:00 p.m. PDT
Dr. Melba Pattillo Beals
Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology High School
380 Edison Way [] Reno, NV 89502

   From: Rev. Howard Dotson, Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church (775) 636-0902

To help celebrate the annual Presbyterian Church (USA) multicultural church Sunday and to inspire our Northern Nevada young girls to be bold and courageous, Professor Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the Little Rock Nine, will speak in this community.

Melba Pattillo was one of nine brave African-American youth who faced hatred and vitriol at Little Rock (Arkansas) High School in 1955 in order to receive equal access to a fair and equitable education. President Eisenhower had to call in the 101st Airborne to protect the students and enforce the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Melba Pattillo Beals recorded her heroic journey in her memoir Warriors Don't Cry. She is an expert in diversity concerns and recently retired as director of the School of Communications at Dominican University, San Rafael, Calif. She spent many years nurturing and mentoring racial/ethnic minority students at the institution.

Several local education leaders have accepted the invitation to help frame the education charge before Dr. Beals delivers her keynote address, "Raise the Graduation Rates."

Additional speakers will include Rev. Howard Dotson, Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church (moderator); Pedro Martinez, Superintendent of the Washoe County School District; Dr. Maria Sheehan, President of Truckee Meadows Community College and Reginald Stewart, Director of Diversity at the University of Nevada-Reno.

Dr. Beals will sign copies of Warriors Don't Cry following her address. (Sponsored by Grassroots Books)

We are still seeking co-sponsors for this event. If we can raise enough in co-sponsorship, this event will be free to the public.

Otherwise, we will have to charge adults $20. Either way, this event will be free for current Washoe County School District students.

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NAACP Reno/Sparks Branch #1112
Phone: (775) 322-2992
P.O. Box 7757
Reno, NV 89510
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Executive Committee 6:30 p.m. / General Membership 7:00 p.m.

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