The Power of One: Statewide Tribute to Rosa Parks
U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty
invites you to her
Community Leaders Forum
in Honor of Rosa Parks
"Footsteps: We All Have a Role to Play"
Join Congresswoman Beatty, local, national, and civil rights leaders for an important discussion on the "Power of One," and its continuing importance to our community and the legislative work of the upcoming 116th Congress.
Monday, December 3, 2018
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
at the
Fawcett Event Center
2400 Olentangy River Road
Columbus, OH 43210
***DOORS OPEN AT 5:00 PM***
For more information, please call Congresswoman Beatty's District Office at (614) 220-0003.
* Immediately at the conclusion of the Community Leaders Forum, a panel discussion will take place at 7:00 pm at the Fawcett Event Center auditorium. Guests will hear a riveting discussion on how the legacy of Rosa Parks has impacted and continues to shape our country. The panel discussion will be moderated by Jerry Revish, WBNS-10 TV News Anchor, and WOSU-TV will record the panel discussion to be included in their Columbus Collaborative Series. WBNS-10TV will live stream the panel discussion on 10TV.com.
** On Tuesday, December 4th, at 11:00 am, the Rosa Parks Children's Assembly will be held at the Vern Riffe Center's Davidson Theatre and feature Columbus Children's Theatre's production of "The Ruby Bridges Story," a play by William Goldsmith. Jerry Revish will serve as Master of Ceremonies. More than 500 students will be on-site from Alpine Elementary, Easthaven Elementary, and Hamilton Local Elementary. WBNS 10TV will live stream the assembly on 10TV.com.
Of note, Ohio was the first state to designate Dec. 1 as Rosa Parks Day to honor her life and legacy as the Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement. In 2005, then-state representative, and now Congresswoman Joyce Beatty wrote, advocated and won unanimous support to pass Ohio's legislation in the 50th-anniversary year of Mrs. Parks' courageous act. In refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white passenger, she sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the modern civil rights movement.