I will open “Pensacola Speaks” with Escambia County Commissioner Steven Barry. We will discuss the latest on Century and the county’s recovery from Monday’s tornado at 5:05 p.m.
Around 5:20 p.m., I will interview Dr. Susan Jans-Thomas, professor in the University of West Florida Department of Research and Advanced Studies, who will present “2015: An Anniversary Year in U.S. Civil Rights,†in an event hosted by the UWF Historic Trust on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m. The presentation, held at Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power, will chronicle a year of events held throughout the South remembering historical events in civil rights history.
In 2015, Jans-Thomas completed the 50th anniversary march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama; participated in events commemorating the lynching and trial of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi; and participated in events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott. She is a 2014 Parker Multicultural Alumni Award Recipient from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and she received the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award from UWF. Jans-Thomas is also coordinator of the Diversity Studies Doctoral Program and director of the Civil Rights Research Lab at UWF.
In the second half hour, I will discuss with Rachel Gillette of the Studer Community Institute their upcoming workshop on “Leading and Managing Change†with Quint Studer.
“Pensacola Speaks” airs weekdays on News Talk 1370 WCOA from 5-6 p.m.