Democratic U.S. Senate Candidates coming to Oconee County Georgia
DEMOCRATIC US SENATE CANDIDATES CONFIRM WATKINSVILLE JAN. 10th APPEARANCE AT FORUM FOR HEALTHCARE AND MUCH MORE
The Oconee County Democratic Committee is proud to host three of the four announced Georgia Democratic United States Senate candidates 7 pm Friday, January 10th at the Watkinsville Community Center, 191 VFW Drive, Watkinsville, GA 30677.
Carolyn Crawford, chair of the Oconee County Democratic Committee, explained "As we begin a new year of Democratic leadership, we offer everyone this chance to get to know our Senate candidates."
Candidates Steen Miles, Todd Robinson, and Dr. Branko Radulovacki will speak and answer questions from our esteemed moderator in Dr. Margaret Holt of CommonHealth Action, as well as emailed questions and other questions from the audience.
Michelle Nunn was invited but express regrets in her conflicted schedule. The three attending candidates will also be speaking at a breakfast in Athens the next morning.
"Building party loyalty for our Democratic candidates is vitally important for this Senate race in 2014," continued Crawford, "and we invite everyone to welcome these candidates to our community."
Questions for the candidates can be emailed to Carolyn Crawford, carolyngcrawford@bellsouth.net, and some will be put to the candidates.
The Watkinsville Community Center is located next to Harris Shoals Park on VFW Drive off State Route 53/Experiment Station Road/Hog Mountain Road inside the city limits. For more information contact Crawford or Pat Adams at 706-310-0248.
Moderator Holt is not only a committee member of the Oconee County Democratic Committee, she also has a distinguished background in Adult Education. Below if from the CommunityHealth Action website:
Moderator Holt is not only a committee member of the Oconee County Democratic Committee, she also has a distinguished background in Adult Education. Below if from the CommunityHealth Action website:
Margaret Holt, EdD
Board Member – Athens, GA
Dr. Margaret Holt is a retired faculty member Department of Adult
Education at the University of Georgia, and since l981 an Associate with
the Charles F. Kettering Foundation in Dayton, Ohio. She also works as a
strategizer with the nonprofit organization, CommonHealth ACTION in
Washington, D.C. She is one of six founders of the Jeannette Rankin
Foundation, a non-profit organization that annually awards scholarships
to older women pursuing higher education. She has received numerous
awards and special recognitions since l978 including: Selected to
Outstanding Young Women of America (1979), Certificate of Merit from the
Council for the Advancement of Citizenship, Washington, D.C., (1982),
Selected to Leadership Athens, Sponsored by the Athens Area Chamber of
Commerce (1986), Induction into Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for
International Scholars (1988), National Issues Forum Five Year Program
Award, Washington, D.C. (1989), Nominated to membership in University
Round Table (1991), Recognized as Charter Member of the Ned Herrmann
Group Research and Development Network (1992), and Appointed by the
Secretary of Defense to the Board of Visitors for the Community College
of the Air Force (1993). In June 1994, she was named a Senior Teaching
Fellow at the University of Georgia. In addition to many presentations
in the U.S., she has made presentations in Greece, Canada, Germany, Hong
Kong, and Poland.
She has co-authored two books on educational certificate programs and numerous articles and reports considering impact evaluations and follow up studies. She is former editor of the journal Innovative Higher Education and has served as an advisor to the Phi Kappa Phi Journal, The National Forum. More recent publications include an article about operating groups in cyberspace with Mike Davis in Innovative Higher Education, havingproblems@cm.com: new ways to miss the point, and two chapters in the recently released New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education series edited by Brad Cahoon, Adult Learning and the Internet. The chapters are "Facilitating Group Learning on the Internet" and "Ethical Considerations in Internet-Based Adult Education."
Her professional interests include technology [distance education] and learning, evaluation and program planning. She has taught adult learning theory, program development, public policy and adult education, and instructional methods. In l996 she completed an evaluation of PACT training at Carrier Transicold and a process evaluation of the Neighborhood Leadership Project in Atlanta funded by the Department of Justice. She has contributed to evaluating a leadership development program in the Mississippi Delta for the Kellogg Foundation, a community leadership project with health professionals for the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, a public health project [Turning Point] for the National Association of City and County Health Officials in Washington D.C, and a course offered through the Center of Excellence at Tripler AFB, Honolulu that prepares medics in the military and non-governmental agencies to establish and manage refugee camps in world violence situations. She will work again evaluating training of military medics in San Antonio in September 2004. In June 1998 she completed a technical report on distance education in Georgia based for the University of Georgia System Board of Regents, Office of Information and Instructional Technology. In December of 1998 she conducted A Survey of Employee Climate for the Gwinnet Daily Post, Gwinnett News and Entertainment, Albany Herald, and Rockdale Citizen Publishing Company.
She has co-authored two books on educational certificate programs and numerous articles and reports considering impact evaluations and follow up studies. She is former editor of the journal Innovative Higher Education and has served as an advisor to the Phi Kappa Phi Journal, The National Forum. More recent publications include an article about operating groups in cyberspace with Mike Davis in Innovative Higher Education, havingproblems@cm.com: new ways to miss the point, and two chapters in the recently released New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education series edited by Brad Cahoon, Adult Learning and the Internet. The chapters are "Facilitating Group Learning on the Internet" and "Ethical Considerations in Internet-Based Adult Education."
Her professional interests include technology [distance education] and learning, evaluation and program planning. She has taught adult learning theory, program development, public policy and adult education, and instructional methods. In l996 she completed an evaluation of PACT training at Carrier Transicold and a process evaluation of the Neighborhood Leadership Project in Atlanta funded by the Department of Justice. She has contributed to evaluating a leadership development program in the Mississippi Delta for the Kellogg Foundation, a community leadership project with health professionals for the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, a public health project [Turning Point] for the National Association of City and County Health Officials in Washington D.C, and a course offered through the Center of Excellence at Tripler AFB, Honolulu that prepares medics in the military and non-governmental agencies to establish and manage refugee camps in world violence situations. She will work again evaluating training of military medics in San Antonio in September 2004. In June 1998 she completed a technical report on distance education in Georgia based for the University of Georgia System Board of Regents, Office of Information and Instructional Technology. In December of 1998 she conducted A Survey of Employee Climate for the Gwinnet Daily Post, Gwinnett News and Entertainment, Albany Herald, and Rockdale Citizen Publishing Company.
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