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This past summer, the NBC Denver celebrated its first annual NBC Community Week during July 21 - 25, 2003. Created by NBC employees and supported by NBC management, the diversity-based program provided a different approach to celebrating the history, culture, and lifestyle of its employees. With the theme "Community Week", the weeklong program aimed to educate its workforce with the help of speakers, contests and demonstrations full of style and fun.
Throughout the years, several types of Special Emphasis Programs were hosted by the NBC to recognize different occasions and contributions of different cultures. This year there was a need to revive the activities again. A diverse employee committee was formed with Lynette Murray as Chair, Marilynn Eckhardt, Mary Ann Hagan, Catherine Harris, Mary Martinez, Valerie Quintana, Lori Salazar, Denise Swingler-Sweet and LeeAnn Thomas to plan a new event. Their aim was to positively change the tone of participating in diversity-based programs by creating an inclusive event that offered more than traditional training.
With the help of outside resources, every day the employees were given access to historical and cultural information in different forms and settings. Also worth mentioning, each activity included program participation and entertainment from NBC management and its employees. Contributions from all areas made this program a success!
Highlights of the week included:
- Opening Ceremony with Evelyn Stafford, Food and Nutrition Service and a color guard presentation from the Denver Defense Finance and Accounting Service Color Guard
- Portrayals of notable American heroes by NBC Toastmasters
- Discussions and demonstrations on African story telling, Polynesian dancing, Polynesian quilting, and Scottish bag piping
- Historical displays from the Mizell Center for Cultural Change and the Denver Black America West Museum
- History contests based on the week's activities
- Opening and closing comments from NBC senior management - Tim Vigotsky, Director, Rick Koebert Asst. Director, and Beth Forgie, Dept. Asst. Director
- Awards Ceremony with musical entertainment from NBC employees, food, and prizes
- Closing Awards Ceremony with food, prizes, employee fair and musical entertainment from NBC employees.
With plenty of topics to meet everyone's schedule, the NBC Community Week definitely filled a gap its employees deserved. To find out more information about NBC Community Week, contact Lynette Murray by phone at (303) 969-5456, or by e-mail at 'Lynette_A_Blanchard@nbc.gov'.
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