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Students should go to forum tonight

Today at 7 p.m. in Ed Landreth Auditorium, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and TCU are co-hosting a town hall meeting, “The Imprint of the Past; The Face of the Future — A Fort Worth Dialogue on Community and Race Relations in the 21st Century,” to discuss the state of race relations in our community.

The meeting is in response to the newspaper’s recent series “The Color of Hate,” which is about racism in Fort Worth during the Jim Crow era.

Discussion will center on the progress since the days of Jim Crow and the challenges we still face.

Because there still are challenges, even if we don’t see it in our protected little environment.

It is important for students to be at this meeting because it is about racism and tolerance — difficult subjects facing our community that need thorough discussion.

And because we need to be more aware. We need to know what is happening to our neighbors and friends. And then we need to do something about it.

Chancellor Ferrari has preached this year about students needing a greater emphasis on civic engagement. Well, here’s your chance.

People from all professions and areas in this community will be there to share differing points of view, and ours is needed.

Among the speakers will be retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Titus Hall, a 1944 graduate of a formerly all-black Fort Worth high school. Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders will moderate and Fort Worth City Cable will film the meeting for rebroadcast.

Admission is free. To R.S.V.P., call (817) 390-7834.

Please take time out tonight to share your thoughts.