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On Wednesday, December 4, Eric H. Holder, Jr., the 82nd Attorney General of the United States, will hold an All On The Line roundtable discussion with community leaders and activists in Miami, FL. [Read more…] about Eric Holder to Hold Roundtable Discussion on Redistricting in Miami
The 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement/Belfast Agreement will be the topic of a roundtable discussion at The University of Tampa on Wednesday, May 23, at 4 p.m. in the Sword & Shield Room in the Martinez Athletics Center on campus.
The discussion is free and open to the public.
The roundtable discussion will be moderated by Liv Coleman, UT associate professor of political science. Roundtable participants will include: Richard Cushnie, deputy director of the Northern Ireland Bureau; Catherine Shannon, professor emerita of history at Westfield State University; Shane Stephens, consul general of Ireland in Atlanta; Aidan Hunt, son of John Hume; and Danny Kennedy, former minister of the Ulster Unionist Party.
Light refreshments will be served after the discussion.
The roundtable discussion is sponsored by the University of Tampa Office of International Programs, the Northern Ireland Bureau North America, the Consulate General of Ireland and the British Consulate-General Miami.
Following this event, a screening of the feature documentary In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America will take place at the Tampa Theater at 7 p.m.
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Adam H. Putnam today participated in both Governor Rick Scott’s roundtable discussion and the workshop with Florida’s law enforcement community. Commissioner Putnam issued the following statement:
“I’m grateful to the Governor for his leadership in bringing people together today to focus on how we can keep our children safe. As a father of four children in public school, this tragedy hits mighty close to home.
“When someone sees something and says something, there ought to be an expectation that someone is going to do something about it. Any artificial barriers that exist between schools, law enforcement, mental health professionals and the FBI ought to be identified and swept away. There are too many instances where those barriers are standing in the way of safety, and that’s just not acceptable.
“Our kids and our teachers deserve to be in a safe learning environment. And we ought to give them that.”
