“The Half and Ten Campaign,” Desmond Brown
Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Brown will discuss the Center for American Progress’ poverty campaign titled, “Half in Ten: The Campaign to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years,” a project designed to build the political and public will to reduce poverty by creating good jobs, strengthening families and promoting economic security.
“Sailing: Speed and Passion,” Gary Jobson, president of US SAILING
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– A world-class sailor, television commentator and author, Jobson is president of US SAILING, the national governing body of sailing. He has written 16 books on sailing including his latest, “Gary Jobson: An American Sailing Story,” which will be available for purchase.
“The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, American Policy and the Arab Uprisings,” Ethan Bronner of The New York Times
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Clinton Presidential Center, Great Hall) *In Partnership with the Clinton Foundation
– Bronner, who serves as the Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times, will give a lecture about the current status of American and Middle Eastern relations. In 2001, Bronner edited a series of stories about al-Qaida that won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism.
“Ending Obama’s War,” author David Cortight
Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall) *Book signing to follow
– The director of policy studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Cortright will discuss his book, which analyzes the U.S./NATO military policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan and examines alternative strategies for preventing terrorist insurgency and advancing development and human rights.
Dennis Henigan, acting president, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
Friday, November 4, 2011 at 12:00 p.m. (Sturgis Hall)
– Henigan is the acting president of the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and founder of the Center’s Legal Action Project. The author of “Lethal Logic: Exploding the Myths that Paralyze American Gun Policy,” Henigan has worked for 20 years as a leading advocate for stricter gun laws in America.
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