An assembly hosted by faith group Justice Matters on Thursday brought up community issues such as mental health, affordable housing and school equity, and event organizers weren’t shy in voicing their disappointment that not all local leaders attended.
The conclusion of the third annual Nehemiah Action Assembly likely sent cell phones of two local leaders — School Board President Marcel Harmon and Douglas County Commission Chair Mike Gaughan — buzzing with text messages after their numbers were projected in front of the nearly full Lied Center and the approximately 1,500 attendees were encouraged to text them.
“We are not here to vilify anyone,” said Justice Matters member Dennis Constance, who is also a former city commissioner. “We just want the leaders that we elected to hear it from us, eye to eye, how important these issues are to us.”
[For more of this story, written by Rochelle Valverde, go to http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2...-action-community-i/]
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