Building CommUNITY: Rising Voices

Metro State's Building CommUNITY 2024 event takes place Wednesday, January 24, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Emcee: WCCO anchor and reporter, Shayla Reaves.

Keynote speaker: independent journalist Georgia Fort.

Georgia Fort is a two-time Midwest Emmy-award-winning journalist. She was one of two journalists in the courtroom for the sentencing of Derek Chauvin. Her reporting has been published on ABC, CNN, Fox, NBC, and CBS affiliates. Her mission as a storyteller is to change the narrative by amplifying truth, citing diverse sources, and contextualizing social justice issues. Her work ethic and powerful approach to storytelling landed her a spot as an associate producer for PBS Frontline’s American Voices. In 2020, she worked as a field producer for the NBC Today Show online where she helped create a piece about the Say Their Names Cemetery in Minneapolis. Her passion for community inspired her work as a producer of the award-winning short “George Floyd: It Happened Here” and her contributions as co-director of Amazon Prime’s “Rondo: Beyond the Pavement.”

Refreshments will be served. The event has both in-person and virtual formats.

For more information, email OEI@metrostate.edu.

If you need disability-related accommodations to make this event accessible, contact the Center for Accessibility Resources, accessibility.resources@metrostate.edu or 651.793.1549.