Showing posts with label Diversity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diversity. Show all posts

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Carroll Citizens for Racial Equality

Carroll Citizens for Racial Equality is a small, all volunteer organization. We pro-mote equality within our community and provide public programming that will in-crease understanding among diverse groups of people. We depend on donations from you who support our work in order to continue these efforts.

The CCRE Vision Statement: Helping to raise the level of understanding and sharing of the diverse culture that we enjoy in Carroll County

The mission of Carroll Citizens for Racial Equality (CCRE) is to promote racial equality and improve understanding in Carroll County through community networking, public education at the grassroots level, and positive opportunities for discourse.

Steering committee members represent various organizations and agencies in our county.

Please make a donation now at our page on the Community Foundation of Carroll County’s web-site at http://www.carrollcommunityfoundation.org/funds.asp?fund_id=107

Together we can make a difference for everyone in Carroll County.

  
Information provided by Erin Snell was very helpful in putting this email together. Thanks.

Sent by CC NAACP Branch 7014 Secretary Kevin Dayhoff. I can be reached at kevindayhoff@gmail.com
  
Find us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ccnaacp/

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NAACP Carroll Co. Branch #7014
255 Clifton Blvd., Suite 203
Westminster, MD 21157

NAACP STATEMENT ON ENDORSEMENTS OF POLITICAL CANDIDATES OR PARTIES BALTIMORE, MD – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and does not endorse candidates or political parties, or engage in direct campaigning.


October 19, 2017
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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Westminster Carroll County PFLAG celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month

Westminster Carroll County PFLAG celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month

Sunday October 15, 2017 5pm-7pm

Hosted by PFLAG Westminster - Carroll County

Come join PFLAG as we celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month October 15 2018 5pm at our PFLAG community meeting.

Test your knowledge with our FACTs quiz. How many queer figures in history can you name?

Come dressed as your favorite LGBTQ+ person or just come to learn about queer history.

We hope to see you on Sunday October 15, 2017 5pm-7pm

St. Paul’s UCC
17 Bond Street (at Bond and Green Streets)
Westminster, MD 21157

Kid Friendly




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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Saturday, May 20, 2017

On the Edge of Freedom: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the Borderlands


On the Edge of Freedom: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad in the Borderlands - Concurrent Session 14: In it Together: UGRR Networks at work. A portion of the National Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference. Saturday May 20, 2017

Presentation 1: Tracking Harriet Tubman's network from Maryland to Canada West by Don Papaon.

Presentation 2: by Michael Boston: Platt H. Skinner -  Abolishionist and teacher of Deaf, Blind and Mute Black Children.

Saturday May 20, 2017

Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center


Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center
424 Race St, Cambridge, MD 21613

20 May 2017 Saturday for potions of the National Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference.

Labels: DiversityHistoryHistory 1861 1865 American Civil WarHistory African-AmericanMD co Dorchester CoMD muni Cambridge Dorchester CoPeoplePeople Tubman Harriet


Sunday, May 14, 2017

Sunday, May14, 2017 Carroll County Times Section D, page 1: “Email identity experiment.”


Absolutely fascinating article. I read it twice. Sunday, May14, 2017 Carroll County Times Section D, page 1: "Email identity experiment." This reminds of my classes and lengthy conversations with Dr. Zepp at Westminster United Methodist Church and Western Maryland College; that were so enlightening. I will forever be indebted. Pam Zappardino has done a great job picking up that ball and running with it. 

Sunday, April 2, 2017

This day in history April 2, 2008: Westminster Eagle articles by Kevin Dayhoff and Heidi Schroeder on Carroll County Board of Education Jeff Morse’s resignation

20080402 Westminster Eagle articles by Kevin Dayhoff and Heidi Schroeder on Carroll County Board of Education Jeff Morse’s resignation

Westminster Eagle articles by Kevin Dayhoff and Heidi Schroeder on Carroll County Board of Education Jeff Morse’s resignation:
April 2, 2008
Over the past few weeks it was revealed that Carroll County Board of Education member Jeff Morse used a racial slur while describing a rock formation during a review of construction at the new Manchester Valley High School.
The incident ultimately led to Mr. Morse resigning from his position with ...

School board eyes options after Morse resignation By Heidi Schroeder Friday, April 04
The chair of the Carroll County Human Relations Commission said this week that while Board of Education member Jeffrey Morse's recent use of a racial slur was "stupid" and "insensitive," she was sorry that the incident ended with his resignation on March 26.
"It was a stupid thing to do, it was an... [Read full story]


April 2, 2008
Over the past few weeks it was revealed that Carroll County Board of Education member Jeff Morse used a racial slur while describing a rock formation during a review of construction at the new Manchester Valley High School.
The incident ultimately led to Mr. Morse resigning from his position with the school board last week.
The events have brought up a fair amount of talk about the history of race relations in Carroll County.
One of the topics in subsequent community discussion has been the persistent rumor of Ku Klux Klan activity in Carroll County -- an urban legend which is not supported by history.
Some confusion regarding the KKK in our county may stem from a instance in August 1998 in which a KKK rally was held in Carroll County, Virginia -- not here in Maryland. A Klan member was subsequently prosecuted for burning a cross.
The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, Virginia v. Black, where the decision was overturned. The white defendant's attorney, by the way, was David P. Baugh, an African-American.
This brings to mind Supreme Court Justice Hugo Lafayette Black, whose enduring legacy is his steadfast advocacy for equal rights.
Justice Black figured prominently in three landmark cases involving civil rights issues: Chambers v. Florida, 1940; Gideon v. Wainwright, 1963; and Betts v. Brady, a 1942 case which involved the right to legal counsel (that case did originate in Carroll County).
Justice Black had been nominated to the Supreme Court in 1937. His confirmation was difficult after allegations surfaced that he was a former Ku Klux Klan member (a fact which Justice Black admitted in a famous speech in October 1937 after he was confirmed).
The work of civil rights in our nation would have suffered a serious setback if Justice Black had been denied a seat on the Supreme Court.
One advantage we have in living in Carroll is that it is still small enough to hold our leadership to high standards.
So it was that after Mr. Morse offended and hurt our friends and neighbors with his remark that the community demanded that he be held accountable.
Mr. Morse made a terrible mistake, for which he apologized and then put action to words. He resigned last Wednesday, but the following evening he attended a Carroll County NAACP meeting with Superintendent Dr. Charles Ecker and school board President Cynthia Foley.
Mr. Morse's remark comes at a time when folks are beginning to realize that while we may not have "KKK running around," we just may have very polite prejudice -- and we need to talk about it.
Yet, many folks are reluctant to talk about race for fear of making a mistake and being branded a racist. After all, "No good deed goes unpunished" is the motto of many community activists in Carroll County.
Nevertheless, the Carroll County NAACP is working hard to facilitate meaningful conversation about racial relations in Carroll County.
Please do not confuse the local NAACP chapter with the national NAACP's Baltimore chapter, which seemingly finds racists hiding in every difficult moment.
When the national and Baltimore chapters wanted to brand Carroll County racist as a result of the Bowling Brook incident, it was the Carroll chapter who stood up for our county.
And so it was true that the Carroll County NAACP chapter did NOT call for Mr. Morse's resignation -- and for good reasons.
Nelson Mandela said it best. To not forgive is the same as us taking poison ... and then waiting for our enemies to die.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that," observed Martin Luther King Jr. "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. ... (T)oughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction."
By many accounts Mr. Morse is not a racist. He has just received a crash course in sensitivity and, if he had remained on the board, all indications were that Mr. Morse would have taken the lessons learned and put them to work for all of us.
Now, we will never know.
In light of Mr. Morse's resignation it is hard to find a win-win in this difficult series of events. One thing that we have learned is that the Carroll County NAACP is part of the solution.
Hopefully, we can also learn that good folks make mistakes. And if we bestow such dire consequences to good folks, what are we going to do when we are faced with a real racist in our community?
I'm just asking.
Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster. E-mail him at kdayhoff@carr.org.
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04/02/08 By Heidi Schroeder
The chair of the Carroll County Human Relations Commission said this week that while Board of Education member Jeffrey Morse's recent use of a racial slur was "stupid" and "insensitive," she was sorry that the incident ended with his resignation on March 26.
"It was a stupid thing to do, it was an insensitive thing to do, he should never have said it," said Virginia Harrison, chair of the Human Relations Commission, of the comment, but added, "but I just felt like ... as a community we should have been able to resolve the issue."
Morse submitted his resignation following the school board's March 26 meeting.
The resignation followed an apology to the board last week for making an "inappropriate comment" during a tour of the under-construction Manchester Valley High School. The school board did not reveal what the statement was, but acknowledged that someone on that tour had lodged a complaint, which led to a board review.
In a statement from the school board, officials noted Morse's apology to those on the tour and to citizen groups, including the NAACP and Human Relations Commission, but said that after hearing citizen comments on the issue at the board meeting, Morse determined it was in the best interest of the board to resign.
Carroll County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Charles Ecker said that at the March 26 meeting, six or seven residents requested to speak. After those comments -- of which Ecker said some were in favor of Morse's resignation and some were opposed -- the board met in closed session and accepted Morse's resignation.
Harrison said she was sad that the situation reached that conclusion.
"I was very sorry that he resigned, because I felt that it was something that could have been resolved," Harrison said.
She was among those to whom Morse apologized following the comment, and Harrison said that his willingness to meet with community leaders and discuss his comment was "courageous."
Morse had been selected by Gov. Martin O'Malley from a field of 22 applications to join the board in May 2007 following Thomas Hiltz's resignation.
In the event of a vacancy -- such as Hiltz's -- the governor is responsible for appointing a new representative to the vacant post.
However, given the proximity of the November election -- when voters will elect candidates for Morse's former seat and the seat currently held by board president Cynthia Foley -- Ecker said he plans to propose to Gov. Martin O'Malley that the board operate with four members until the election occurs.
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See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

On Saturday February 25, 2017 1:00 p.m. the Union Memorial Baptist Church will presents SLAVE NARRATIVES

On Saturday February 25, 2017 1:00 p.m. the Union Memorial Baptist Church will presents SLAVE NARRATIVES

Courtesy of CC NAACP member Diane Hurd:

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY 2017 Saturday February 25, 2017 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. When the Union Memorial Baptist Church, presents:

SLAVE NARRATIVES, A Folk History of Slavery In the United States from INTERVIEWS WITH FORMER SLAVES 1936-1938

Please stop by to hear these ‘First Hand Unbelievable and Moving’ stories from Menellis Gassaway (a Carroll County slave) and other Maryland slaves.

Union Memorial Baptist Church
160 S Center Street Westminster, MD 21158

Please see the attached flier.

Thanks

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Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities. You can read more about the NAACP’s work and our six “Game Changer” issue areas here. (Feb 11, 2016 http://www.naacp.org/latest/naacp-statement-on-endorsements-of-political-candidates-or-parties/
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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Monday, February 20, 2017

Feb. 21, 2017 12 noon Historical Society of Carroll County Box Lunch Talk: In Carrie's Footprints: The Long Walk of Warren Dorsey


Feb. 21, 2017 12 noon Historical Society of Carroll County Box Lunch Talk:  In Carrie's Footprints: The Long Walk of Warren Dorsey

Join HSCC for lunch on February 21st at Noon! Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll Street Westminster 21157. For more information go here: http://hsccmd.org/programs-calendar.asp#Febcalendar

96-year-old Warren Dorsey, the grandson of a slave, grew up poor in Sykesville during the 1920s and '30s. Jack White will conduct a casual interview with Warren to discuss his slave grandmother, his parents, and the many challenges he overcame during his struggle to educate himself and escape poverty, as chronicled in Jack's book, In Carrie's Footprints.

Please read my story about Warren Dorsey, “Time Flies: Warren Dorsey to speak at Historical Society Box Lunch Talk on Feb. 21,” by Kevin Dayhoff.

Mr. Dorsey is an amazing man. He is a celebrated Carroll County native son who rose above poverty and segregation to become an author, a patent holder, a microbiologist at Fort Detrick in Frederick and later in life a teacher and school principal. Please read about him here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/columnists/features/ph-cc-dayhoff-021917-20170216-column.html

The Box Lunch Talk (BLT) program attracts scores of local history enthusiasts every month. These hour-long events – easily the Historical Society’s most popular – begin promptly at noon on the third Tuesday of every month in Grace Hall, Grace Lutheran Church; 21 Carroll Street, Westminster. http://gracelc.org/

Free parking is available in the lot on Carroll Street. Enter the building through Entrance #2, on Carroll Street.

Lunch is not available for purchase; participants are encouraged to bring a lunch. Beverages and dessert are provided.

Member $3, Non Member $7. For more information on membership, contact us at Info@HSCCmd.org or at 410-848-6494

Sign up for an individual or family membership at the Historical Society of Carroll County!

Individual and family memberships include these benefits:

•Your subscription to our Carroll Courier newsletter featuring Society news & event information!

•Your subscription to our Carroll History Journal about Carroll County history!

•Free admission to the Sherman-Fisher-Shellman House Museum!

•Free use of the Research Library featuring genealogical sources, old news articles, books, and other historical documents!

•Discounted admission to our monthly Box Lunch Talk series—just $3 for members!

•A discount on most purchases in The Shop at Cockey's!

•Discounted bus trips to museums & historic sites throughout the region!

•Our annual meeting, special events, educational programs, lectures, workshops and more!

Individual $50

Family $75 (all dependents living under the same roof)

Senior $40 (60 yrs. or older)

Senior Household $55 (all dependents living under the same roof)

For more information on membership, contact us at Info@HSCCmd.org or at 410-848-6494 x200.


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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Thursday, February 9, 2017

Feb. 10, 2017 Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah - African American History Month Activities at Manchester Valley High School


Feb. 10, 2017 Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah - African American History Month Activities at Manchester Valley High School

According to the February 3, 2017 Carroll County Public Schools newsletter, “”What’s Happening in Carroll County Public Schools, on Feb. 10, 2017, Manchester Valley High School will host a program on African American History Month Activities with Eric Byrd, Michael Yeboah, and speaker from the Carroll County NAACP Branch 7014

Musician, rapper, and entrepreneur Michael Yeboah, a graduate of North Carroll High School, will visit Manchester Valley High School on Friday, February 10, from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. He will speak to students about growing up black in Carroll County and striving to fulfill a dream. He also will perform for students.

Jazz pianist and vocalist Eric Byrd will perform two shows for students, staff, and guests on Thursday, February 16. The shows will be held from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. and 10:15 to 10:55 a.m. Byrd will perform classic songs from jazz, blues, and gospel while teaching the students about the development of black music, and hence music, in America.

Other activities during the month will include an advisory lesson on NASA’s “computers” based on the biopic Hidden Figures. To end the month, two representatives from the local chapter of the NAACP will visit students on Monday, February 27, from 9:00 to 9:40 a.m. and speak on their experiences of being black in Carroll County.


Contact: Brian Lawyer, English Teacher, Manchester Valley High School, 410-386-1673, bllawye@carrollk12.org
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Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: 
Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
Baltimore Sun - Carroll County Times - The Carroll Eagle: www.explorecarroll.com: http://www.explorecarroll.com/search/?s=Dayhoff&action=GO

Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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