Douglas participates in Diversity Leaders Initiative

The Florence Regional Arts Alliance's Executive Director, Bruce Douglas, recently completed the Riley Institute of Furman University's Diversity Leaders Initiative held in North Charleston.  As part of the program, Douglas and 7 other Pee Dee area leaders completed a capstone project.  95 North, the team's chosen name (based on that they all had to travel up I-95 North to return home following each of the six day-long sessions held in North Charleston), created a literacy-rich waiting room in the office of Dr. Dante Lewis for their capstone project.  The group enhanced a nationally-acclaimed program, Reach Out & Read, in order to fully implement their project.

Below is the video presentation of 95 North's project:

In addition to Douglas, the 95 North team members are:

Susan Bankson of Florence
Josh Bell of Florence
Octavia Williams-Blake of Florence
Tim Hardee of Sumter
Jack Osteen of Sumter
Sherry Stewart of Summerton
Mia Garrick of Columbia