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FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:  Amy Susan (573) 751-1518
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  July 9, 2010

***MEDIA ADVISORY***

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Series of Bootheel-Area Public Events Launches in Sikeston

Sikeston, Mo., is the site of the first of 12 Bootheel-area free community events aimed at educating members of the public about their rights under state and federal fair housing laws. Sponsored by the Missouri Commission on Human Rights (MCHR), a Division of the Missouri Labor Department, Dine & Discuss: Fair Housing provides programming about discrimination in rentals, predatory lending, foreclosure avoidance, and more to the citizens of southeast Missouri.

WHAT:	Dine & Discuss: Fair Housing – Free Meal Provided
WHERE:	Mission Missouri 509 Ruth Street Sikeston, MO
WHEN:	Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at 6:00 p.m.
WHO:	Program presented by Donna Noble Cavitte, former MCHR Executive Director, Jefferson City and Tammy Carlyle, MCHR Senior Human Rights Officer, Sikeston
RSVP:	To 573-522-1031 or mchrtraining@labor.mo.gov. Space is limited.

Attendees may:
*Enter for a chance to win a $50 gift card to an area merchant
*Register for free housing and financial counseling
*Sign up for a scholarship to a homebuyer education class ($100 value)

Dine & Discuss: Fair Housing is one component of a year-long outreach campaign in Missouri’s Bootheel region, the Show-Me Fair Housing Awareness Project, and is made possible through an Education and Outreach Initiative grant awarded to the MCHR by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This outreach effort targets residents of Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and Stoddard counties. For more information, visit www.labor.mo.gov/MoHumanRights. 

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