Tuesday: LSU Chancellor Michael Martin will be the guest speaker at the LSU Executive Education’s monthly “Breakfast to Business” seminar, which starts at 7:30 a.m. at Café Americain. Martin will talk about the impact the recent legislative session had on LSU, and the university’s importance to Baton Rouge businesses. Registration for the event is $25. For more details, click here.
Wednesday: The YWCA’s 16th Annual Racial Justice Award Breakfast will be held at 7:30 a.m. at Juban’s. Awards will be presented to LSU’s Office of Equity, Diversity & Community Outreach and to Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and its Walter C. Dumas Scholarship Committee and Charitable Foundation. Loretta King, associate attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, will be the guest speaker. Admission is $25. To RSVP, e-mail cartwrightp@ywca-br.org.
Thursday: Jones Walker will sponsor a breakfast briefing on carbon capture from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at LSU’s Energy, Coast & Environment Building. Participants include Don Briggs, president of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association; David Dismukes, associate executive director of LSU’s Center for Energy Studies; and Jim Welsh, state commissioner of conservation. For more information, click here.
Friday: Kristy Hebert of Advance Innovative Education will be the guest speaker at Forum 35’s monthly luncheon, which starts at noon at Juban’s. Admission is $15 for members and $20 for guests. For more information, e-mail teepell@mac.com.
Sunday: The Capital Area Court Appointed Special Advocates will kick off their playhouse fundraiser at 7:30 p.m. at the Mall of Louisiana. The event features music, food by Serrano’s and an auction. Tickets for the fiesta are $50 and can be obtained by calling 379-8598. A playhouse that will be raffled off to benefit CASA will be on display at the mall through Aug. 16.
See the full list of upcoming events here.
