City manager addresses joint REGARD, NAACP
Hot Springs City Manager David Frasher will speak at a combined meeting of REGARD and NAACP from 7-8 p.m. today in St. Luke's Episcopal Church Friendship Hall. Due to schedule conflicts with REGARD's regular meeting, the date was changed for this month only. This will be an opportunity to meet the new city manager and share common views and concerns for the city.
REGARD is an organization with the mission: To build connections and cooperation; promote understanding, appreciation, respect and fellowship; and celebrate the richly diverse populations in Hot Springs and Garland County.
Normally, meetings are held on the third Tuesday of the month at St. Luke's and are open to all persons. Guests are welcome. No reservation is required.
For more information on REGARD or this meeting, call Fred Leonard, 520-8766.
AFDW president speaks to VCK Democratic
Wanda Bynum Ashley, state president of Arkansas Federation Democratic Women, will speak at the Virginia Clinton Kelly Democratic Women's meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at Henderson State University Hot Springs, Landmark Building, 201 Market St. Social time starts at 5 p.m.
Ashley is the Internal Equal Employment Opportunity coordinator for the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation. Her previous employment includes serving as personnel administrator for the Gannett Company Inc. and vice president of Talley Construction Co., a pioneer disadvantaged business enterprise.
Ashley was elected to serve as the first female president of the Leadership Roundtable, a former all-male political and community. A former justice of the peace, she was appointed by then-Gov. Bill Clinton to serve as the first black real estate commissioner for Arkansas. She is former chair of the Pulaski County Democratic Women. Ashley is president of the Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits Board of Directors.
A lifelong civil rights advocate, she is a former member of the Urban League Board of Directors, the Arkansas NAACP Board of Directors, and Opportunities Industrialization Center Advisory, a founding member of the Arkansas Association for Affirmative Action and a former board member of the Arkansas Personnel Association.
Call Dorothy Clark, 318-3210, for information.
Society on 05/24/2016