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Robins celebrates differences during August

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  • By Holly Logan-Arrington
  • Robins Public Affairs
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  It has been common during any given month to see emails and advertisements at Robins announcing the latest cultural observance.

Throughout August, Robins will celebrate 'United Through Diversity,' a time to appreciate differences, through a calendar of events designed to mark uniqueness and how those distinctions contribute to the world.

Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Jackson, who is on the committee organizing the diversity celebration, said differences benefit the Air Force family.

"Diversity Month showcases that although we're different, we are one," she said. "It takes diversity to make things work."

The celebration will spring into action with the Diversity 5K Walk and Run near the Robins Fitness Center Aug. 1. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., with the event beginning at 8 a.m.

Be ready to get your color on - It's a color run and walk after all.

"As you pass through the color stations you will be blasted with different colors," Senior Airman Princeter Fazon, Diversity 5K Walk and Run event manager said. "By the time you've completed the trail, you'll be covered with colors to remind you of the various contributions people of different backgrounds and cultures have made to the Air Force."

Fazon said people should dress in clothing they don't mind getting sprayed.
 
For more information, contact Fazon at 327-4276 or email Princeter.Fazon @us.af.mil. Information is also available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DiversityRun5k.

On Aug. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Heritage Club Ballroom, Robins will host a panel discussion. There will be six members on the panel - one from the Women's History, Black History, Asian American Pacific Heritage, Hispanic Heritage and Native American observance committees.

"The discussion will include questions from the audience and answers from the panel in regards to their Air Force or Robins mission or life experiences," Jackson said.

Information for the event will be provided through emails and other basewide advertisements.

Editor's Note: A United Through Diversity Luncheon will end the month Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. in the Heritage Ballroom. POC is Jeanette McElhaney at 468-3857.