1st Annual ELDERS FOR TODAY CONFERENCE -- Memories, Dreams and Reality: The Civil Rights Movement...

More than 50 years ago, a great movement to advance civil rights took hold of America and changed the lives of many people. But what is the lasting impact of the Civil Rights Movement on communities and individuals today?

Scarritt-Bennett Center will host the first annual Elders for Today Conference January 5-8, 2010. This educational conference will bring together people who experienced the Civil Rights era of the 1960s and those interested in learning about the era, and engage them in interactive conversations and activities addressing civil rights and social justice issues past and present.

The conference will provide participants with a historical perspective of the movement, using Nashville's Civil Rights history as a spring-board; will engage participants in a variety of creative methods of sharing individual memories and experiences including music, writing, technology and art; and will encourage participants to explore how the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s continues to impact America today, and what it might mean for tomorrow.

For more info or to download the registration form, visit www.scarrittbennett.org, or register by calling
(615) 340-7557. The deadline to register is Dec. 21, 2009.

Cost:
- $300: Upgraded Room (includes a three-night stay with television and Internet access, all meals and snacks, tuition fee, amenities and taxes)

- $250: Standard Room (includes a three-night stay - no television or Internet access - all meals and snacks, tuition fee, amenities and taxes)
- $150: Commuter's Rate (includes all lunches, dinners, snacks, tuition fee, amenities and taxes -- no overnight housing or breakfasts included)