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News
District hosts noted author, speaker
February 20, 2009
by Norfolk District Public Affairs
Dr. Adolph Brown III charmed and challenged the audience here Feb. 19, when he spoke about diversity and making room for people with different social, economic, personality and intellectual backgrounds.
Brown, a media personality, author, educator, psychologist, motivational speaker, consultant and coach, visited Norfolk as part of the district's African American/Black History Month program.
The theme for February 2009 is, "The Quest for Black Citizenship in the Americas," and it highlights the struggle to create and maintain equal citizenship for all peoples of the Americas.
During his presentation, Brown used the analogy of having two towering structures with a line strung between each and people using wheel barrels to go between the buildings.. He then used the characteristics of his own children to display the different range of intellect and personality traits and asked the crowd, "Do you have room for this type of person in your wheel barrel?"
Employees in attendance seemed impressed with the speaker's message and its applications to their personal and professional lives.