OPELOUSAS— In observance of Black History Month, the Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives is hosting “We Are the Ones We've Been Waiting For," an educational presentation Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the LSU/SU Agricultural Extension Office (1065 Highway 749, Suite A in Opelousas).
The 6pm program is free and open to the public.
Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center horticulturist Owusu Bandele, Ph.D., will profile three dynamic African-American trailblazers and grassroots leaders: the Reverend John H. Scott, a farmer who courageously led a voter registration campaign in Lake Providence, Louisiana; Mr. Wilbert Guillory, founder of the Zydeco Music Festival, farmer coops and many other notable accomplishments; and Leonard Julien, inventor of the sugar planting machine, musician, and local leader. These rural leaders have roots in agriculture and represents different parts of the State of Louisiana.
For more information, contact the Southern University Ag Center’s Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives at (337) 943-2410 or Keydron Guinn,Ph.D., rural sociologist, at keydron_guinn@suagcenter.com.
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