Local summary

The Pooler Elementary School PTA will host a 5K race and "fun run" on Saturday to raise money for new school playground equipment.

The fun run starts at
8:30 a.m. at Pooler Elementary School, and the competitive race starts at 9 a.m. The cost to register is $15 for children and $20 for adults. After the race, the PTA will host a "spring fling."

The International Education Office and the Hispanic Outreach and Leadership at Armstrong (HOLA) program will host Verónica Leyva in a lecture, "The Femicides of Ciudad Juarez and Community Resistance to Violence and Militarization" at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, in the Student Union Ogeechee Theater.

The event is free and the public is invited.

The lecture looks at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city that, faced with an unfathomable increase in violence and a hard-hitting economic crisis, is struggling to survive.

Leyva is a grass-roots organizer in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. She spent 10 years working in the maquiladora industry, and has been organizing in her community for 15 years conducting workshops on worker's and women's rights as well as participating in the struggle for justice for the victims of the femicides in Ciudad Juarez. She has worked with various organizations in civil society struggling to change the overall living conditions in her community.

Georgia Tech Savannah open house

Georgia Tech Savannah invites prospective students, parents, and the general public to attend an open house from 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the school, 210 Technology Circle,

Attendees will learn more about the Georgia Tech application process, take a guided tour of the campus, meet current students and professors and view live lab demonstrations. In addition, visitors can learn more about Georgia Tech Savannah's summer camp offerings for students in grades 4-12.

A variety of demonstrations will be performed, including one from a team of electrical and computer engineering students who built a paraplegic assisted driving system on a golf cart. Student organizations will be present to field questions and discuss student activities, internship and co-op experiences.