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2021 Lecture Series Program, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jonathan Kozol
2021 Lecture Series Program, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jonathan Kozol
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
A discussion with Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jonathan Kozol, two powerful and tireless voices that have deepened our understanding of the connections between race, equity, and education. These social justice champions will offer a unique and compelling discussion on important topics we are facing today.
2019 Lecture Series Program, Winona Laduke
2019 Lecture Series Program, Winona Laduke
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
Winona LaDuke is a Native American activist, environmentalist, and former Green Party vice presidential candidate. She works nationally and internationally on the issues of climate change, renewable energy, and environmental justice alongside indigenous communities. She made news with her activism against an oil pipeline at Standing Rock and through Honor the Earth, an organization she co-founded with the Indigo Girls.
2018 Lecture Series Program, Piper Kerman
2018 Lecture Series Program, Piper Kerman
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
Piper Kerman’s bestselling memoir, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison, chronicles what the author calls her “crucible experience”— the 13 months she spent in the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut.
Join us for her lecture about "The Real Life Story of Orange is the New Black"
2017 Lecture Series Program, Bryonn Bain
2017 Lecture Series Program, Bryonn Bain
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
Bryonn Bain is Brooklyn's own prison activist, actor, author, hip hop theater innovator and spoken word poetry champion.
Bringing arts, activism,and education to prisons for over 25 years, Bain's courses on hip hop, theater, spoken word poetry, police abuse and the prison crisis continue to impact youth at Rikers Island, boys Town Detention Center and those incarcerated at Sing Sing prison.
2016 Lecture Series Program, Amy Goodman
2016 Lecture Series Program, Amy Goodman
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
Amy Goodman is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, syndicated columnist and host of Democracy Now!, airing on more than 800 public television and radio stations worldwide. She is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.”
2014 Lecture Series Program - Public Events, Private Lives: Literature And Politics In The Modern World, Salman Rushdie
2014 Lecture Series Program - Public Events, Private Lives: Literature And Politics In The Modern World, Salman Rushdie
Vernon L. Pack Distinguished Lecture Series
Sir Salman Rushdie is one of the most celebrated authors of our time—of any time. A brilliant provocateur, he’s penned a handful of classic novels, influenced a generation of writers, and received a Queen’s Knighthood for “services to literature.” He stands as both a pop culture icon and one of the most thought-provoking proponents for free speech today