Steve and Eleanor Mosh named 2008 Citation Award Dinner Chairs
June 4, 2008 - Susan Feit, Executive Director of NCCJ of the Piedmont Triad, announced today that Steve Mosh and Eleanor Schaffner-Mosh will serve as Dinner Chairs for the 2008 Citation Award Dinner, which will take place at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro on November 6, 2008.
“Eleanor and I are thrilled to be serving NCCJ and our community in this capacity,” says Steve Mosh. “We believe so deeply in NCCJ, and we’re honored to help enhance the organization’s ability to make change happen right here in the Piedmont Triad.”
In addition to recognizing the life’s work of the award recipients, the Citation Award Dinner is NCCJ’s major annual fundraiser. “Every day, NCCJ is out in our community fighting bias, bigotry, and racism and helping to improve the quality of life for all citizens,” Eleanor Schaffner-Mosh explains. “Steve and I are focused on rallying tremendous support from individuals and corporations across the area. On the evening of November 6, we hope to see 1,200 people who are committed to furthering NCCJ’s mission and improving the state of human relations in the Piedmont Triad.”
Over the past 42 years, Citation Award recipients have come from all walks of life and represented the Piedmont Triad’s journey to promote understanding and respect among all cultures, races, and religions. In 2007, NCCJ presented the Citation Award to two outstanding recipients—the late Claudette Burroughs-White, former Greensboro City Councilmember, and Bob Page, founder and owner of Replacements, Ltd.
Click here for more information on the 2008 Citation Awards Dinner
Youth Leadership Conference
Wednesday, March 5th marked the 19th anniversary of NCCJ's Youth Leadership Conference. Hosted on the campus of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univerisity (A&T), more than 250 students, counselors and teachers from Guilford County's public and private schools were in attendance.
This program is presented in cooperation with the Guilford County School System and NC A&T University. Traditionally held during the A&T Spring Break, over two hundred fifty high school students from the many Guilford County High Schools, Middle College and Early College programs, and area private schools converge on the A&T campus for a day- long conference that allows the students to share ideas and strategies to improve human relations within their high schools and how to deal with bias, bigotry and racism in their school communities. NCCJ's ANYTOWN graduates serve as small group facilitators.
Each year, students say that the discussions are really interesting and leave the sessions ready to go back to their schools and make a difference.
"I didn't realize many of the stereotypes and prejudices that I held until today. I think that now I will think first before I assume things about people,' one participant said after one of his small group sessions, 'I have probably lost some potentially great friends because of prejudging people.'
High Point Youth Interfaith Tour
First Youth Interfaith Tour in High Point -- A Huge Success
Click here to see the Information Booklet and Study Guide for the tour!
On Sunday, January 27th, 2008, NCCJ sponsored the first Youth Interfaith Tour in High Point, based on NCCJ’s successful annual tour in Greensboro. Over 200 people participated in the tour. The group visited Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Deep River Friends Meeting and B'nai Israel Synagogue. The tour ended with a small pizza party held at City Hall.
Special thanks to the following organizations and individuals who worked with NCCJ to make this all happen:
Planning Committee:
B’nai Israel Synagogue - Barbara Collins
Christ United Methodist Church - Carol Carkin
Deep River Friends Meeting - Lisa Moran
First Presbyterian Church of High Point - Ken Broman-Fulks & Nancy Ruh
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church - Beth Utley
High Point Human Relations Department - Al Heggins
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church - Terry Aiken
Program Assistance:
Ester Boss
City of High Point & High Point Police Department
Stephanie McDonnell (placed as a volunteer from Jewish Family Services)
Faith Group Leaders:
Father John "Jack" Kelly - Immaculate Heart of Mary C. C.
Barry Strulson - B'nai Israel Synagogue
Scott Wagoner - Deep River Friends
This tour is an opportunity for middle and high school students to visit three houses of worship to learn about the variety of religions, faith traditions and belief systems in our community. The tour will visit Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Deep River Friends Meeting and B’nai Israel Synagogue. There will be no proselytizing and the experience will help the students understand, appreciate and respect some of the differences and similarities between faith groups.
Youth Interfaith Tour of Greensboro
Sunday, February 17th
1:30 PM TO 5:00 PM
Another great year for NCCJ's Youth Interfaith Tour, 2008 marked the 13th annual tour in Greensboro. More than 250 youth and adults participated in this year's tour.
This year, we visited:
- Temple Emanuel
- Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church
- Mt. Zion Baptist Church
About the Youth Interfaith Tour:
This annual tour is for middle school and high school students to give them an opportunity to learn about some of the faith groups in our community. Each year, the tour visits several different places of worship where we learn about a variety of religions and denominations.
The goal of the Interfaith tour is not to attempt to convert people to other religions. We simply hope this experience will help students understand, appreciate and respect some of the differences in religions and styles of worship throughout our community.