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November 18, 2002


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Mentor Emory taking applications
Mentor Emory, a program for women employees cosponsored by the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and Human Resources, is now taking applications for new mentors/mentees. The program provides women with an opportunity to enhance their career development by drawing on the experiences and talents of other successful Emory women.

Participants are paired based on professional skills, career goals and areas of expertise. For more information or an application, call 404-727-7591 or visit www.emory.edu/
mentor_emory
.


Social critic to give Unity keynote

Social critic Tim Wise will deliver the keynote speech for Emory’s Unity Month
celebration, Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. in WHSCAB auditorium.

“Why Whites Must/Should Join in the Racial Equity and Social Justice Movement,” will be the title of Wise’s address. The event kicks off the final week of Unity Month, which this year was expanded from a weeklong run of programs.

Senior advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute in Nashville, Tenn., Wise has spent more than 20 years fighting for social justice. He recently founded the Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE), which focuses on education white Americans on how to combat racism.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Office of Multicultural Programs and Services at 404-727-6754.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!
Emory Report will not publish during the week of Nov. 25 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. ER will resume publication on Dec. 2.