Presidents Distinguished Lecture Series
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Parking for guests from the community will be available in the Maynard Street parking lot. You can then follow the walkway from the parking lot to the McCarthy Center, or walk along the sidewalk to the McCarthy Center.
Accepting Others: Finding Common Ground
The annual President's Distinguished Lecture Series was created in 2011 to bring scholars from across the country to the University for presentations on thought-provoking issues, ideas and theories. The theme of this year's series is "Accepting Others: Finding Common Ground." Each of the four speakers has played a role in challenging stereotypes, breaking down social barriers and exploring important issues such as gender violence, racism, and physical and mental disabilities.
John Amaechi
Tuesday October 9, 2012 at 7PM
Dwight Performing Arts Center
John Amaechi is an organizational consultant and high-performance coach. He is a New York Times best-selling author and a former NBA player, who came out as gay after his retirement from basketball. He will be speaking about the need for equality in athletics and in everyday life.
Dr. Jackson Katz
Tuesday October 23, 2012 at 7:30PM
Forum, McCarthy Center
Jackson Katz is an educator, author, filmmaker and cultural theorist who is internationally recognized for his groundbreaking work in gender violence prevention education and critical media literacy. In 1993, Dr. Katz co-founded the multi-racial, mixed-gender Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program, at Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society.
Isabel Wilkerson
Monday November 5, 2012 at 7PM
Dwight Performing Arts Center
Isabel Wilkerson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The Warmth of Other Suns, chronicling the great migration of southern blacks to northern cities between the years of 1915 and 1970.
Dan
Habib
Wednesday
February 13, 2013 at 4PM and 7PM
Forum,
McCarthy Center
Dan Habib is the
Filmmaker in Residence at the Institute on Disability at the University of New
Hampshire. Habib's award-winning
documentary film, Including Samuel, honestly
chronicles the Habib family's efforts to include his son Samuel in every facet
of their lives and in his elementary school. Habib’s second film, Who Cares About Kelsey? will make
viewers reconsider the “problem kids” in their own high schools and spark new
conversations about an education revolution that’s about empowering—not
overpowering—our most emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth. Habib will
screen each film, followed by a discussion:
Including
Samuel, 4PM
www.includingsamuel.com
Who
Cares About Kelsey?,
7PM
www.whocaresaboutkelsey.com
