Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – The Slate 60 philanthropy conference co-sponsored by Slate Magazine, the William J. Clinton Foundation and the Clinton School begins tonight with a reception and dinner. Clinton School students will be among those who will hear Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Sunday night. Monday’s schedule includes former President Clinton and actor Michael J. Fox. The Slate Conference is by invitation only and it’s another great advantage of being a Clinton School student.
On Tuesday, October 23, Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes will speak at 6 p.m. at the Clinton School. This event is open to the public (RSVP: publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu). Keyes served in the Reagan adminstration and ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2004 against Barack Obama.
On Wednesday, October 24, at 11:30 a.m. noted author and sportswriter Mitch Albom will speak at the first annual Clinton School Scholarship Luncheon being held in the Wally Allen Ballroom of the Statehouse Convention Center. Albom is the author of Tuesdays With Morrie which was on The New York Times bestseller list for four years. Tickets are $100 and all proceeds go to student scholarships. For more informaton contact Eric Wilson at ewilson@clintonschool.uasys.edu
On Thursday, October 25 at noon, Federal Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will speak at the Clinton School. Judge Kavanaugh, appointed by President George Bush and confirmed by the Senate in May 2006 is often mentioned as a potential Supreme Court nominee. The D.C. circuit, which some say is the second most powerful court in the country, already has four of its alumni on the Supreme Court: Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Antonio Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Judge Kavanaugh’s presentation is open to the public (RSVP: publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu)
We will be releasing our November speaker schedule in just a few days.