Voices of Power, Resistance and Change: A panel discussion set for Feb. 22

Charles County Public Schools

February 10, 2023

The Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) department of community engagement and equity (DCEE) will host a panel discussion Feb. 22 at Thomas Stone High School. The event will celebrate Black History Month.

Voices of Power, Resistance and Change: A panel discussion will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., in the school’s auditorium. Panelists include Yolanda Wilson, Ed.D., president of the College of Southern Maryland, Dyotha Sweat, president of the Charles County Branch of the NAACP, Dianna Abney, MD, health officer for Charles County, Marvin Jones, Ed.D., CCPS chief of the office of school administration and leadership, Charles County Sheriff Troy Berry and Mark St. John Carson, a local pastor. CCPS students from Thomas Stone, St. Charles, La Plata and Henry E. Lackey high schools and the Robert D. Stethem Educational Center will moderate the panel with speakers telling stories of success, challenges and issues impacting the nation’s youth.

To learn more about the DCEE, visit the department page at www.ccboe.com.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,598 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.

CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).