2007 Upstate Leadership Diversity Awards Dinner

The third annual Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Dinner will be held May 8, 2007 at the Spartanburg Marriott-Renaissance Park. Presented by the Richard W. Riley Institute at Furman University, this year's dinner will be hosted by the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce and co-sponsored by the Anderson Area and Greater Greenville Chambers of Commerce.

During the event, awards will be given in six categories for outstanding achievement by organizations, businesses, students, and other individuals in promoting diversity in the Upstate region of South Carolina.

Categories are as follows:
§ Business Leader
§ Calder E. Ehrmann Individual Award
§ International
§ Non-Profit Organization
§ High School Student
§ College Student

We invite you to submit nominations for one or more of these awards. Criteria and nomination forms may be downloaded at www.rileyinstitute.org or click here to download from the Anderson Chamber website.

Cost to attend the Upstate Diversity Leadership Awards Dinner is $75 per person.  For more information, contact R. Lynn Scott at (864) 226-3454.

This event began as a group project during the 2004 Upstate Diversity Leadership Academy (DLA) hosted by The Riley Institute. As their capstone project, one group suggested an annual event that would recognize organizations and individuals for their accomplishments in improving diversity in the Upstate. The idea grew and was quickly adopted by the Riley Institute and the Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg Chambers of Commerce, all of which have had representatives complete the DLA program. (For more information about DLA, visit http://www.furman.edu/riley/programs/diversity.htm)