BLOOD DONE SIGN MY NAME

Two Day Community Outreach Event

Sunday, February, 26, 2012

2:00 PM @ Gaston College Myers Auditorium

Admission is FREE and open to the public

Screening of the Movie, Blood Done Sign My Name, followed by a Q & A with Reverend Tyson @ 4:30 PM

This true story unfolds against the backdrop of the 1971 racially motivated murder of a young Henry Marrow in Oxford, NC.  Reverend Tyson chose to challenge his community's walls of prejudice by inviting an African American minister to share his pulpit.  The movie chronicles Reverend Tyson's emergence as a true, American hero. Portions filmed in Gastonia.

Monday, February 27, 2012

8:30 AM Clergy Breakfast with Reverend Tyson @ CaroMont Health: Auditorium (2nd floor next to cafe, Clergy admitted free of charge)

10:30 AM Panel Discussion/Webinar for Gaston County Schools

Moderator: Belmont Mayor, Richard Boyce

Panelists: Reverend Vernon Tyson, Senator Marshall Rauch, Peggie Ferguson, Judith Ayala & Gaston County Schools Superintendent Reeves McGlohon

Sponsored by: The Gaston Clergy & Citizens Coalition (an initiative of Gaston Together) and The Alliance for Children & Youth/ Communities in Schools