Event Info: |
ALBC National Town Hall - BostonSaturday, October 3rd
10:00 a.m.- 1:00 PM
(Doors open at 9:30) Student Center Ballroom
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 FREE and open to the public. RSVP your seat today! The Boston TH discusses the role education played in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass and encourages people of all ages to rededicate themselves to personal, community and national educational goals. The event will feature presentations from young people inspired by the speeches and writings of Lincoln and Douglass as well as a panel of celebrated leaders from academia and the arts. The Town Hall seeks to build and strengthen bridges between diverse community and national leaders committed to making sure everyone has an equal opportunity at education. Panelists: 
Hill Harper, Hill Harper, Actor (CSI: NY) and author of Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny, Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny, The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Trusting Relationships. | 
John Stauffer, Harvard professor, author of Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln | 
Moderator: Peniel Joseph, Tufts University-Professor of History, author of Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America |  Robin Chandler, Director, Northeastern University Women’s Studies Program & Associate Professor of African American Studies, artist, poet and writer. | 
Gary Ross, writer/director (Pleasantville, Seabiscuit, The Tale of Despereux). | 
Gloribell Mota, Boston community activist and candidate for state representative (East Boston). |
RSVP your seat today! The ALBC Town Hall Series is made possible with support from the Fetzer Institute. .jpg) Boston Co-conveners to date:     Check back regularly for updates and news. <<< Return to the Town Halls home page |
