Racial Discussion Board

They made a commitment to work towards progress.

This evening, Columbus leaders continue a conversation about race relations.

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Intro they made a commitment to work towards progress.

This evening, columbus leaders continue a conversation about race relations.

The roundtable discussions kicked off last month.

Tonight's talk is the second in the series.

Here again is wcbi's bobby martinez.

"here we are in 2020 and i think first of all it's sad that we are still having to have these discussions."

In a year that has seen the topic of race come to the forefront, bishop scott volland says he hopes the honest discussions will help ease the tensions.

"our nation is so divided right now politically racially economically socially in so many different ways.

That i think right now people need to be working to bring people together because there's so much more that we can accomplish together there's so much more when we understand that our similarities far outweigh our differences."

The discussion tuesday night focused on race relations in the workplace.

The panelists addressed questions surrounding racial prejudice in the workplace, some of the causes and many other questions were asked to a panel of 10 including volland.

"we've been part of this group here in columbus that's been working towards making columbus a better place for the residents.

A better place for outsiders to come and move in and really just live up to the reputation or the nickname that columbus has the friendly city..

So we've been working towards racial reconciliation helping to kind of bridge some of those gaps in our community."

Volland said when it comes to making a change.

Consistency has to be on the fore front.

"i think it is very important because consistency is key.

To have these things happen once in a blue moon when some type of tragic event comes up really does us little good because then we become reactionary and i think it is very this virtual discussion also features columbus mayor robert smith, muw president norma miller, police chief fred shelton and other local stake holders.

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