We have a busy week in the Clinton School Speaker Series. Here’s a rundown of our lectures and events:
Karen Olson, founder of Family Promise
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Family Promise is a nonprofit organization committed to helping low-income families achieve lasting independence. The organization’s main program is the Interfaith Hospitality Network, which brings the faith community together to help families regain their housing and independence.
“Immigration: New Challenges, New Opportunities,” a community conversation
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– In partnership with Just Communities of Arkansas and the Little Rock Racial and Cultural Diversity Commission, the Clinton School will sponsor a community conversation on immigration. Small group discussions will be led by trained facilitators and structured by an issue guide from National Issues Forums. The goal of this event is to build understanding and mutual respect about potentially divisive issues.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Stories Behind Rare Reproductions of the Declaration of Independence
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) – hosted with the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Library
– Clinton Library Director Terri Garner will lead a discussion about the new Clinton Center exhibit, “Revolution and Rebellion: Wars, Words and Figures,” which features two rare prints of the Declaration of Independence by Benjamin Owen Tyler and William J. Stone on loan from the Bangor Museum in Maine.
Little Rock Film Festival Lineup Announcement
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– The Little Rock Film Festival (LRFF), directed by Clinton School student Jack Lofton, will host a reception to announce the schedule for the 2011 festival set for June 1-5. The LRFF showcases the best narrative, documentary and short films from around the world. The Clinton School partners with the festival each year to showcase documentary films. For more information visit www.littlerockfilmfestival.org.
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Thursday, May 5 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
-Warren, the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, was chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel which reviewed the Treasury Department’s management of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). She was appointed to her current position in September 2010 to help start the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a centerpiece of the Obama Administration’s financial reform program.
*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu, or calling 501-683-5239.