Monthly
BCHRC Meeting: March 27,
2013, 7 p.m., Northampton Township Library, 25 Upper Holland Road, Richboro, PA 18954. Please inform us if you
plan to attend: information@bchumanrelations.org
Upcoming Meetings: April 24 and May
22, 2013, 7 p.m., Northampton Library
Future meetings: Fourth Wednesday of each month,
7 p.m., Northampton Library
MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. “THE BELOVED COMMUNITY” Continue the Dialogue
March 10,
2013
Continue the dialogue to create a Beloved Community here in Bucks County!
Simultaneous Events:
Falls Friends Meeting House
(Main Street, Fallsington)
and
Doylestown Presbyterian
Church
(127 East Court Street, Doylestown)
March 10, 2013 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Space
is limited. To register (tell us which location and how many people will be with you) and for additional information, please
contact:
CreatingBelovedCommunity@gmail.com or 215 750-7220 X 19 or 267 577-1836
Presented
by: The Bucks County Committee on Interracial Harmony, Interfaith Community of Lower Bucks (ICLB), Bucks County Human Relations
Council (BCHRC), The Peace Center
BCHRC Film Festival
Please
watch for future Film Festival events in Bucks County!
Bucks County Diversity Conference
"Celebrating
Our Differences, Building Our Future"
We celebrated the diversity of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with
a day of education and sharing.
The Bucks County Diversity Conference, from 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May
25, 2011, at Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, PA, provided thought-provoking speakers, engaging breakout sessions, a free
luncheon and a resource fair that will feature a variety of Bucks County organizations and groups.
Together we
will elevate the awareness of diversity and increase individual and community knowledge of local and national resources for
Bucks County.
Anyone with an interest in learning more about diversity in Bucks County is welcome to attend this
FREE event. This includes behavioral health providers and consumers, business people, first responders including police, probation
and parole officers, teachers and other school staff, Bucks County and municipal employees including human services and government
staff, and the general public.
Contact us at information@bchumanrelations.org for more information.
Co-sponsors
Bucks County Commissioners
Delaware Valley College
Magellan Health Services
Bucks County Human Relations
Council
LOCATION: Delaware Valley College, 700 East Butler Avenue, Doylestown, PA 18901
(215)
345-1500
AGENDA
8:15 – 8:45 a.m
Registration
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Welcoming Remarks
• Dr. Joseph
Brosnan, President, Delaware Valley College
• Commissioner Diane Ellis-Marseglia
•
Bernard McBride, Director, Bucks County Behavioral Health System
• Anne McCabe, Senior Vice President,
Public Sector Solutions, Magellan Behavioral Health
9:15 – 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker:
Melissa Harris-Perry, Princeton
University
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Choice of Morning Breakout Sessions
• LGBTQI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning
and Intersex)
• Panel on Diverse Communities
• Military Culture
• Microaggressions: Practical Strategies for Preventing and Responding to Bias
•
Diverse Thinking, Listening and Speaking Styles
11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Resource Fair
Noon
– 1 p.m. Lunch and Resource Fair
1 – 2 p.m.
Choice Afternoon Breakout Sessions
• No Place for Hate
•
Immigration: Welcoming the Stranger
• Islam Culture
• Older Adults
• The Invisible Color of Privilege: What it Means to be White
•
Diversity in the Workplace
2 – 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 – 3 p.m.
Closing Presentation
• Professor Mogauwane Mahloele, Temple University
Please return to this page frequently to learn about current activities of the Bucks County Human
Relations Council.
