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Mount
Mercy College to Host Discussion on Proposed Wall Between Texas
and Mexico Border
CEDAR
RAPIDS, Iowa (May 2, 2008) – Mount Mercy College’s
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), along with the college’s
Campus Ministry, will host an informational discussion regarding
the proposed construction of a wall between the Texas and Mexico
border. The discussion, titled “Take a Stand,” will
take place on Wednesday, May 7 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Flaherty
Community Room, Basile Hall, on the Mount Mercy campus and is
free and open to the public.
Panel discussion
members include Ann Williams Cass, executive director of Proyecto
Azteca, a nonprofit housing development organization located in
the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas; and David Hanson, an immigration
expert and partner at the law firm Hofmeyer and Hanson PC, in
Fayette, Iowa. The discussion will be moderated by Andy Petersen,
the host of WMT 600’s “WMT Mornings.”
The panel
discussion will focus on the proposed construction of the wall
between the Texas and Mexican border. Panelists will discuss a
historical perspective, a local perspective, and will address
facts and myths about the project. There will also be a question
and answer period.
SIFE, the
largest student organization in the world, provides students the
opportunity to make a difference by developing leadership skills
through learning, practicing, and teaching the principles of the
free enterprise system. Mount Mercy Campus Ministry is committed
to helping individuals discover a vision by which to walk and
the energy by which to live, and hosts a variety of vibrant, mainly
student-generated, activities that tap into people’s thirst
for a healthy relationship with God, others, and themselves.
“Take
a Stand” is sponsored by SIFE and Mount Mercy Campus Ministry
through a generous grant from the Cedar Rapids Sisters of Mercy.
Located in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mount Mercy College is a Catholic College
providing student-focused baccalaureate education in the spirit
of the Sisters of Mercy. For more information about Mount Mercy
College, please visit www.mtmercy.edu.
Contacts:
Stacey Jones, Assistant Director of Marketing
(319) 368-6475, sjones@mtmercy.edu
Molly Altorfer, Director of Communications and Marketing
(319) 368-6475, maltorfer@mtmercy.edu
