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Creating An African American Museum In Fort Worth Update |Panel Discussion
Virtual Panel Discussion: The Importance of Creating An African American Museum In Fort Worth Update. 12-1:30pm, CST, January 12, 2023.
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Spend your lunch hour viewing a Virtual Panel Discussion: The Importance of Creating An African American Museum In Fort Worth Update, with Panel Moderator Fernando Costa.
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023
Time: 12 Noon-1:30PM Central Standard Time
Location: Zoom
Admission: Free
2023 MLK DAY OF SERVICE DONATION ANNOUNCEMENT: Please drop off your donations of children & adult socks, gloves, knit caps, scarves and blankets at the NMWHM MLK, Jr. Day of Service Donation Collection that will be held on Saturday, January 21st, from 11AM-2PM at the Warehouse DFW, 1125 E. Berry Street, Fort Worth, TX 76110. Or, you may make a donation online on this Eventbrite page.
PANEL MODERATOR | FERNANDO COSTA
Fernando Costa serves as an assistant city manager for the City of Fort Worth, overseeing a group of five departments and four units of the city manager’s office. He also serves as a part-time faculty member at the University of Oklahoma, where he teaches courses in public finance and organizational management as they pertain to city planning.
Before accepting both jobs in 2008, Fernando worked for ten years as Fort Worth’s planning director, eleven years as planning director for Atlanta, and eleven years as a planner for the Middle Georgia Area Planning and Development Commission in Macon. He studied civil engineering and city planning at Georgia Tech and served as an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM PANEL PARTICIPANTS
Dr. John L. Barnett, Jr., Fort Worth African American Museum Project Steering Committee Co-Chair
Owner - Kids Stop Dental
Dr. John L. Barnett, Jr. began his practice of Pediatric Dentistry in 1978 in New Orleans, Louisiana. While in New Orleans, Dr. Barnett was very active in organized dentistry: A member of the American Dental Association, National Dental Association and the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. Dr. Barnett has served as President of the Pelican State Dental Association, President of the Louisiana Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and Chairman of the Medicaid Task Force for the Louisiana Dental Association. Dr. Barnett also worked at the LSU School of Dentistry, for over ten years, as an Associate Professor. After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, Dr. Barnett moved back to his childhood home of Fort Worth, Texas and opened Kids Stop Dental Care in 2007.
Andy Taft, Fort Worth African American Museum Project Steering Committee Co-Chair
President - Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. (DFWI)
Andy joined Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. (Texas) as President in 2003. DFWI is Fort Worth’s downtown advocacy organization and it manages the downtown planning process, two Public Improvement Districts, the downtown Tax Increment Finance District, two city parks, the MAIN ST. Fort Worth Arts Festival and Parade of Lights. DFWI developed the JFK Tribute in Fort Worth and is currently leading the $30M Heritage Park development effort. Andy is a past Chairman of the International Downtown Association, Past President of the Rotary Club of Fort Worth and served on the Board of the National Civic League.
