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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: CJ
Bland, Media Director
Phone:
(770) 322-9323
E-mail:
Volunteer@MEA-Atlanta.org or
CJBland@MinorityProfessionalNetwork.com
Dekalb CEO Vernon Jones, Cobb Chairman Sam Olens and Atlanta Police Chief
Richard Pennington Headline List of Distinguished Speakers at 3rd
Annual Speakers Forum for Metro Atlanta Area Students
sponsored by
Johnson
Controls
[Atlanta,
Georgia
– December 2, 2005]
– Several metro Atlanta elected officials,
media personalities, and leaders are among the confirmed speakers who will
motivate and inspire an audience of hundreds of Adopt-a-Student Program
and other metro area students at
Douglass High School
(Phone: 404-802-3100 ▪ 225 Hamilton Holmes
Drive, NW ▪ Atlanta, GA 30318)
on
Saturday, December 17, 2005
(9:00 AM to Noon).
The Metro Employers of Atlanta (MEA)
sponsored Adopt-a-Student Program is a mentoring program for high
school juniors currently enrolled in the Atlanta Public School (APS)
System. Since 1965,
MEA, a 501c(3) non-profit association of employers, has partnered with
students in preparing them for workplace opportunities and assisting in
their development of competitive work and social standards. The MEA
Advisory Council is currently chaired by Mr. Robert Jackson,
General Manager, AT&T Corporation.
The current list of confirmed “Prominent
and Distinguished Elected Officials, Leaders, Media Personalities, and
Celebrities” that will be present to address the students and answer their
questions at this third annual forum, presented
by
MinorityProfessionalNetwork.com
and sponsored by
Johnson Controls,
include -
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The Honorable,
Sam Olens,
Chairman, Atlanta Regional
Commission (ARC) & Chairman, Cobb County Gov’t
(view bio)
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The Honorable,
Vernon Jones, CEO,
Dekalb County Government
(view bio)
§
The Honorable
Ceasar Mitchell,
City Councilmember,
Atlanta City Council
(view bio)
§
The Honorable
Clair Muller,
City Councilmember, Atlanta
City Council
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The Honorable
Terrell Slayton,
Assistant
Secretary of State, Georgia
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The Honorable
Ralph Wole,
Commissioner,
Clayton County Government
§
Chief Richard
J. Pennington,
Chief of
Police, Atlanta Police Department
(view bio)
§
Chief
Meteorologist Gene Norman,
CBS 46 Atlanta, WGCL-TV
(view bio)
§
Meteorologist
Lisa Mozer,
Fernbank Science Center
(view bio)
§
Dr. Beverly Hall,
Superintendent, Atlanta Public
Schools
(invited)
§
Other
Invited Speakers and Media Personalities
The primary target audience and focus of this forum will be AASP program participants, who are 11th grade students
attending one of the ten APS High Schools located within the inner city.
These students will be joined by their mentors, along with program staff
and board members. This forum is open to ALL Metro Area
residents, especially students
interested in meeting and hearing from this distinguished group of
leaders. Other audience members may include parents, school counselors,
teachers and other program supporters.
The purpose of this forum is to allow APS high school students and
other students to meet, listen to and learn from; and have firsthand
interactive dialogue with some of
Atlanta’s most prominent,
respected, accomplished and distinguished persons. The goals of this
forum are for participants to share their insight, wisdom, experiences and
encouragement, while answering questions or addressing issues of relevance
and importance to the students.
For more information about this forum and other programs, please
visit the MEA web site:
www.MEA-atlanta.org,
email
CJBland@MinorityProfessionalNetwork.com or
call 770-322-9323.
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