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ECONOMIC CLUB

February Lansing Economic Club Discusses

Civil Rights Movement

THE LANSING REGIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, in partnership
with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan,
recently hosted the February Lansing Economic Club at the Kellogg
Hotel & Conference Center. The event featured Joanne Bland as the
guest speaker.

Bland is the co-founder and former director of the National Voting
Rights Museum in Selma, Ala. During her speech, Bland shared her
experiences with the civil rights movement and advocating for voting
rights. She also discussed her participation in all three 1965 Selma
marches, which all took place when she was only 11 years old.

Bland took several questions from the audience after concluding her
powerful speech and highlighted the importance of understanding
people’s differences and how children, just as much as adults, need to
hear the story of our nation’s history.

“For generations to come, our children need to know where we’ve been
as a nation so we will never go back,” said Bland. “Children need to hear
the message, just as you needed to hear that message. You don’t need to
try and sugarcoat it.” n

JOIN GREATER LANSING BUSINESS MONTHLY
as they present the 26th Annual
Entrepreneurial Awards Ceremony

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020

Cocktail hour 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Awards program at 6:30 p.m.
Lansing Center, 333 E Michigan Ave., Lansing MI 48933

PLATINUM SPONSOR: PRESENTED BY:

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