Diversity in Wyoming

Press release froom the Wyoming Council for the Humanities--

The statewide “A Wyoming Conversation” continues May 19 in Powell with a public forum on “A More Diverse Wyoming.” The general public is invited to attend the 7 p.m. discussion, to be held at the Parlor News Coffeehouse.

Winifred Wasden will serve as moderator. Deb and Rob Koelling are hosting the meeting on behalf of the Wyoming Council for the Humanities.

“We’ll exchange ideas in a free-form conversation about the implications of our state’s relative lack of diversity—cultural, ethnic, economic and demographic,” said Marcia Wolter Britton, executive director of the Wyoming Council for the Humanities.

“We’ll also consider how residents of Park County can encourage better understanding between the different groups that make up our communities.”

To start the conversation, Wyoming Public Radio will broadcast a special program on “A More Diverse Wyoming” at 6:30 p.m. on May 18. Featured will be Arapaho state senator Patrick Goggles and Mel Hamilton, a player on the Black 14 Wyoming football team who now directs the Alternative Learning Center in Casper.

In addition to Powell, community conversations will also take place May 19 in Ethete, Evanston, Fort Washakie, Jackson, Rawlins and Torrington.

The six-part “A Wyoming Conversation” is sponsored by the Wyoming Council for the Humanities in partnership with Wyoming Public Radio, Wyoming Public Television and the Wyoming Community Foundation.

Major funding has been provided by the “We the People” initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, with additional support from the Qwest Foundation and the Wyoming Arts Council, the Thursday Roundtable of the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole and the University of Wyoming American Studies Program.

For a complete schedule of events, contact the Wyoming Council for the Humanities at (307) 721-9243 or wych@uwyo.edu.