Butterfield to Highlight Diversity and Education in the District

 

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For Release:  Immediate     Date:  February 16, 2012

Contact: Kezmiché "Kim" Atterbury  Phone:  (202) 225.3101                                                    Mobile: (202) 465.5125

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Butterfield to Highlight Diversity and Education in the District

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) will make several stops next week in North Carolina’s First Congressional District to discuss diversity, highlight education efforts, and celebrate Black History Month.

On Monday, Butterfield will participate in a forum sponsored by the Association of Mexicans in North Carolina (AMEXCAN), with twenty Latino leaders to discuss education, healthcare, economic development, and immigration issues affecting the state’s Latino community. 

On Wednesday and Thursday, Butterfield will visit several schools.  While there, he will meet with Teach For America (TFA) educators and Eastern North Carolina TFA Executive Director Robyn Schryer Fehrman.  The Congressman will also instruct students in a short lesson in African-American history in recognition of Black History Month.

Butterfield will cap his tour with a book delivery to Greene County Middle School, whose library was destroyed by the tornados that ravaged the state last April.  The books were donated through the Library of Congress Surplus Books Program.  Since 2008, the program has collected thousands of books for eligible organizations and institutions.

 

WHAT: Butterfield Highlights Education, Diversity, and Black History Month in the District

WHEN & WHERE: Monday, February 20

                                  9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.                    Latino Listening Session

                                                                                East Carolina Heart Institute Conference

                                                                                115 Heart Drive

                                                                                Greeneville, North Carolina 27834

 

                                      Wednesday, February 22

                                      10:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m.              Teach for America Classroom Visit

                                                                                                Plymouth High School

                                                                                                800 East Main Street

                                                                                                Plymouth, North Carolina

 

                                     11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.             Washington County Government Services Tour

                                                                                                9500 Highway 94 North

                                Creswell, North Carolina 27928

 

     Thursday, February 23

                                      10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m.              Teach For American Classroom Visit

                                                                                                Northampton West STEM High School

                                                                                                152 Hurricane Drive

                Gaston, North Carolina 27832

 

                                       1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.               Teach For America Classroom Visit

                                                                                Bertie STEM High School

                                                                                                715 US Highway 13 North

                                                                                                Windsor, North Carolina 27983

 

      3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.                Northampton Memorial Library Visit

                                                                                                207 West Jefferson Street

                                                                                                Jackson, North Carolina 27845

 

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