{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-beatty-hosts-community-leaders-forum-in-honor-of-rosa", "Congresswoman Beatty Hosts Community Leaders Forum  in Honor of Rosa Parks", "2017-12-05", "2017", "2017-12", "Democrat", "House", "OH", "Joyce Beatty", "B001281", "beatty.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Congresswoman Beatty Hosts Community Leaders Forum\u00a0in Honor of Rosa Parks \nBeatty led effort to make Buckeye State first in the nation to recognize \u201cRosa Parks Day\u201d\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) held her Community Leaders Forum in Honor of Rosa Parks, \u201cThe Power of One: We Are Walking In It.\u201d The Forum recognizes the courage and legacy of \u201cthe Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement,\u201d and provides an important venue to discuss the power of diversity, inclusion, community, and their importance to the legislative work of the 115th Congress. Special guests Jeanne Theoharis, author of The Rebellious Life of Rosa Parks, Emille Williams, Interim President and CEO of the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), and Dr. Michael Drake, President of The Ohio State University, joined Beatty at the Forum held at the Fawcett Event Center Auditorium.\u00a0\n\u201c62 years ago, Rosa Parks\u2014by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery city bus\u2014showed how the \u2018Power of One\u2019 individual can forever change history,\u201d Beatty said. \u201cRosa Parks is an inspiration to us all.\u201d Beatty continued, \u201cThat is why it is our collective responsibility to preserve and advance her rich legacy\u2014because each of us is \u2018walking in it\u2019 every day.\u201d\u00a0\nBeatty\u2019s Community Leaders Forum coincides with the State of Ohio\u2019s annual observance of \u201cRosa Parks Day,\u201d a statewide tribute first conceived by then-State Representative Joyce Beatty. In 2005, Beatty wrote, advocated and won unanimous support for a bill to designate December 1st as \u201cRosa Parks Day\u201d in the Buckeye State. Her piece of legislation was signed into law by former Governor Bob Taft and made the State of Ohio the very first state in the nation to recognize \u201cRosa Parks Day.\u201d\nImmediately following her Forum, Beatty participated in a panel discussion alongside Brenda Drake, attorney, former foundation executive and First Lady of The Ohio State University, and Theorharis. Those in attendance heard a riveting discussion on how the legacy of Rosa Parks has impacted and continues to shape our country. The Panel Discussion was moderated by Jerry Revish, WBNS-10 TV News Anchor, and a live stream of the panel discussion can be viewed on\u00a010TV.com.\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-beatty-hosts-community-leaders-forum-in-honor-of-rosa"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.544916070997715, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}