ONE AMERICA IN THE 21st CENTURY
The President's Initiative on Race


For Immediate Release Contact: Lydia Sermons (202) 395-1035
April 6, 1988 Allison King (202) 395-1031

PRESIDENT CLINTON’S INITIATIVE ON RACE
"CAMPUS WEEK OF DIALOGUE"

(Washington, D.C.) -- During the week of April 6-9, 1998, Advisory Board members to the President’s Initiative on Race and Cabinet Secretaries, including Education Secretary Richard Riley, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, and Attorney General Janet Reno, will participate in campus events around the country in a nationwide effort to encourage dialogues on race. The month of April 1998 has been designated by the President’s Initiative on Race as a month of dialogue. More than 500 hundred schools, with every state in the nation represented, will sponsor town hall meetings and other public forums on race during the month of April.

The following events will highlight the week's activities. A list of additional events are attached.

Worcester College, Massachusetts, - April 3, 1998
Assistant to the President, and Director of Public Liaison, Maria Echaveste

Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C. - April 6, 1998
Executive Director to the President's Initiative on Race Judith Winston; and
Advisory Board Member Linda Chavez Thompson

Oberlin College, Ohio - April 7, 1998
US Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt

Drew University, New Jersey - April 8, 1998
US Secretary of Education Richard Riley;
Advisory Board member and President of Drew University Tom Kean;
Advisory Board member Angela Oh; and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury Theodore N. Carter

Temple University, Pennsylvania - April 8 1998
Attorney General Janet Reno

The President's Race Initiative requests that colleges and universities participating in this national week of dialogue provide concrete outcomes and feedback with the Initiative to be shared with the President. Following the conclusion of the work of the Initiative, President Clinton will issue a report to the American people.

CAMPUS WEEK OF DIALOGUE

April 3, 1998

Location: Worcester State College - A Community Conversation on Race Relations
Participants: Maria Echaveste, assistant to the President and Director, Office of Public Liaison; Congressman James P. McGovern; and President, Kalyan Ghosh, Worcester State College

April 6, 1998

Location: Howard University Law School - Town Hall Meeting
Participants: Judith A. Winston, Executive Director, President's Initiative on Race, and Linda Chavez Thompson, Advisory Board member to the President's Initiative on Race

Location: CUNY Queens College - Panel Discussion on Race
Participants: Mike Wenger, President's Initiative on Race; Andrew Hacker, author or Two Nations: Black and White; and Acting Provost, David Speidel

April 7, 1998

Location: Oberlin University - Dialogue on Race
Participants: US Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbitt; Nancy Dye, Oberlin University President; and Oberlin College Faculty and Students

Location: Association of American Colleges & Universities/ Time Warner - New York Televised Panel Discussion on Race
Participants: Tom Kean, Advisory Board member to the President's Initiative on Race; David Dinkins, former Mayor of New York; and
Yolanda Moses, president, City College

Location: University of Miami, Ohio - Town Hall Meeting
Participants: William Leftwich, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Location: University of Michigan - Town Hall Meeting
Participants: Judith Winston, Executive Director

Location: Princeton University - Dialogue on Race
Participants: Angela Oh, Advisory Board member to the President's Initiative on Race

April 8, 1998

Location: Drew University - Town Hall Meeting
Participants: US Secretary of Education, Richard Riley; Advisory Board member Tom Kean; Advisory Board member Angela Oh; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Ted Carter

Location: Temple University
Participants: Attorney General Janet Reno

Location: New York University Law School - Dialogue on Race
Participants: Leslie Thornton, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Education

Location: Mississippi Valley State - Dialogue on Race
Participants: William Winter, former Governor of Mississippi and Advisory Board member to the President's Initiative on Race

Location: UCLA Film School - Dialogue on Race
Participants: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez; Dennis Hayashi, counsellor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Felix Sanchez, President of the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts; Michael Velazquez, Chapter President of the National Association of Minorities in Communications; Kyle Booser, President of RES IPSA Media; Greg Amerson, Manager of Marketing and Operations at HBO; Helen Hernandez, President of IMAGEN Foundation; Diane Medina, Director of Diversity, Walt Disney Company; Michael DeLorenzo, Actor; Wanda DeJesus, Actress; and, Jackie Guerra, Actress

The President's Initiative on Race is a year-long effort to create a stronger, more just, and more united American community. For additional information, write the President's Initiative on Race at: New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 or visit the One America Website: www.whitehouse.gov/Initiatives/OneAmerica.

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