“Crime” is the central focus of the UALR’s seventh annual mini conference, “Conversation on Racial Attitudes in Pulaski County,” Thursday, March 11, at the Donaghey Student Center’s Ledbetter Hall.

The UALR Institute of Government will release the results of the survey of Pulaski County residents. The study is one way in which UALR seeks to promote a continuing, frank, and constructive discussion of race in the community.

This year’s panel includes Beverly Divers-White of BSW Consulting and Technology and BSW Development, chair of the Arkansas Cradle to Prison Pipeline Initiative; Ray Hobbs, interim director of the Arkansas Department of Correction; and Doc Holladay, sheriff of Pulaski County and a 32-year veteran of the Little Rock Police Department. Jim Golden, professor in the UALR Department of Criminal Justice, will present Pulaski County crime statistics.

Following registration and a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m., the program will begin at 9 a.m.

No registration fee is required, but attendees are asked to register ahead of time on the UALR Racial Attitudes website or contact Larry Rhodes at 501-569-8561.