The Business Report Calendar is open to events of general interest to the Capital Region businesses community. Items must be submitted no later than noon the Friday before the event occurs. E-mail tboone@businessreport.com with information.
Tuesday — Metro Councilwoman C. Denise Marcelle will hold a District 7 town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Living Faith Christian Center. Representatives from the police department, litter court, department of public works, homeland security and emergency preparedness will be on hand.
Thursday — The Foundation for Historical Louisiana will sponsor a presentation on “carpetbag” rule during Reconstruction at 6 p.m. at the Old Governor’s Mansion. James Wilson Jr., assistant director of the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will give the presentation on the emergence of northern connected politicians in the state after the Civil War. Admission is free for historical foundation members, $10 for non-members.
July 21 — 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.
July 22 — 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 by July 17.
July 23 — Jones Walker will sponsor breakfast briefing on carbon capture will be held 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. Registration must be completed by July 15, for more information, click here.
July 24 — 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.
Sept. 17 — Louisiana Looking Up 2009, hosted by the LSU Flores MBA Alumni Association-Louisiana Chapter, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. This will be the sixth time for the annual events, which celebrates entrepreneurship in Louisiana. Bill Jeansonne, a commercial agent at Sealy & Falgoust Real Estate, will serve as the chair of Louisiana Looking Up 2009. For more information, click here.
