Announcing Community Dialogue on Healing the Racial Divide

ST. LOUIS, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What: The Aspen Institute will convene a morning of discussions among St. Louis community activists and leaders entitled, Community Dialogue on Healing the Racial Divide. The Dialogue, created with the aid of Teach for America, St. Louis, is intended to bring together leaders from the fields of education, journalism, law enforcement, business and community organizing—groups that rarely have opportunities for collaborative dialogue—to have a candid exchange aimed at addressing the racial divide in St. Louis. Public discussions will focus on Black Youth and the Police, Media and Reporting on Ferguson, and Education.

More information and a live-stream of key sessions will be available at: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/racialdivide

Who: Keynote remarks delivered by Anthony Foxx, US Secretary of Transportation

Other speakers include:

• Kelvin Adams, Superintendent of Schools, St. Louis Public School District
• Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent of Schools, Jennings School District
• Gilbert Bailon, Editor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Valerie Bell, Chair, St. Louis Public Schools Foundation
• Walter Isaacson, CEO, The Aspen Institute
• Daniel Isom, Director, Missouri Public Safety and Former Chief of Police, St. Louis, Missouri
• Clifton Kinnie, Student Activist
• Suzanne Malveaux, National Correspondent, CNN 
• Michel Martin, Host, NPR
• Don Marsh, Host, St. Louis Public Radio
• DeRay Mckesson, Community Activist
• Jim Shelton, Former Deputy Secretary, US Department of Education

When: March 24, 2015 at 8:30AM – 1:00PM CT

Where: Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel – Marriott,
800 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63101

The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, DC. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, DC; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.

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