2018 MKL-THRC-DoD

Tallahassee Human Relation Council

Day of Dialog

Creating Unity in the Face of Division

Monday, January 15, 2018, 2-4 PM

Cascades Park, Annex Building

THRC Panel on Day of Dialog

I participated in the Thirtieth MLK Day Celebrations and was involved with the celebration as part of the Tallahassee Human Relations Council member.

We as a group organized the Day of Dialog with the theme of "Creating Unity in the Face of Division". The dialog was held at the Annex Building at the Cascades Park in Tallahassee, FL.

During the first hour each member of the panel of seven was asked make an opening statement about their role in Creating Unity in the Face of Division in their own personal, professional, and local group level. The local ABC News channel WTXL-TV 27 HD covered the event.

Then the moderator posed several questions and asked the panelist to respond. The questions ranged from their personal experience, what makes each one of us worried, what steps we had taken to mitigate the problems, and how does the growth in Tallahassee is playing a role in the problems we face.

Then the panelist split into several groups and met with groups of citizens who had gathered and listened to their concerns, their point of views, and came up some solid suggestions about to solve, if not at least begin the address the problems.

The suggestions from each group was then shared among all others. The THRC will collect the suggestions and provide them to at large public within few weeks.