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3rd Annual Distinguished Speakers Forum for Metro Atlanta Area Students

"Featuring Prominent and Distinguished Elected Officials, Leaders, Media Personalities, and Celebrities”

 

Saturday, December 17, 2005 (9:00am – Noon)

Douglass High School ▪ 225 Hamilton Holmes Drive NW ▪ Atlanta, GA 30318

 

presented by Minority Professional Network

Sponsored by Johnson Controls

 

Click on Link Below for Directions to Douglass

http://www.mea-atlanta.org/Directions-Douglass.htm

 

 

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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 - 

 

§        The Honorable, Sam Olens, Chairman, Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) & Chairman, Cobb County Gov’t (view bio)

§        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

§        The Honorable Terrell Slayton, Assistant Secretary of State, Georgia

§        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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Website: www.MEA-atlanta.org

 
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