Public Announcement
♦ The next monthly Chamber Think Tank session will be held at 4:00pm on SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd at the Blue Bay Restaurant located on East Innes Street near I-85. The topic for this discussion session will be The Impact of Racial Oppression, Privilege, and Post Racial Liberalism. This important topic will be facilitated by Chamber members Anthony Smith and Russell Swilley.
As you can note almost daily in the national news and as equally frequent in your individual lives, racism rears its head constantly and impacts almost every area of our personal and professional lives. The existence and its impact is determined by what lens you view it through, and often a level of privilege will skew how it’s viewed. There is a misperception that because we have a Black President and people of color have made great strides, racism no longer exists. Our rights continue to be trampled upon, and recent court decisions with Affirmative Action and Voting Rights have been impacted.
Some have learned to internalize racism and cope effectively while others suffer in silence and fall victim to its effects. Please come out to the Blue Bay Restaurant on East Innes at 4:00pm on Sunday June 22nd and listen to two strong Facilitators, share your personal story and participate in the discussion of this important topic.
