Within impact on the dallasfort worthra community. We are indeed stronger together when we joined forces. I would like to recognize the educators and students who joined us this evening. Your tenacity, dedication and determination stir up a tremendouse period of history ad continue to make the Community Stronger and better. What an honor itea is to feature alice walker in the series. The first africanamerican to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, alice walker was the eighth childld of sharecroppersn georgia and became the valedictorian of her segregated High School Class despite a childhood accident that impaired vision in her leftin eye. Before transferring to Sarah Lawrence college, she attended atlanta for two years where she became a political activist, met doctor Martin Luther king jr. And participated in the 1963 march on washington. Under fire the journals edited by the late beloved off withed r onto the five decades of biz walkers extraordinary life appeared jones a beautiful
On a wide variety of topics including human development, mental health, education, and social justice among others. We have over 175 videos of past events archived on our website and youtube channel. People shirt be sure to explore. Thomas fisher is a Board Certified emergency medicine physician at the university of Chicago Medical Center where he serves the same Southside Community where he was raised. Previously has served as 82010 and 2011 white house fellow and a special assistant to a secretary. He worked on Affordable Care act regulation and the health and Human Services action plan for reducing ethnic and Racial Health disparities. Emergency is his first book and he has garnered high praise for his poignant portrayal of humanity in crisis and underscoring the critical obligation we all have to care for each other. Natalie moore is an awardwinning journalist based in chicago whose reporting tackles rates, housing, economic development, food and, violence, segregation, and inequal
Chicago Medical Center where he serves the same Southside Community where he was raised. Previously has served as 82010 and 2011 white house fellow and a special assistant to a secretary. He worked on Affordable Care act regulation and the health and Human Services action plan for reducing ethnic and Racial Health disparities. Emergency is his first book and he has garnered high praise for his poignant portrayal of humanity in crisis and underscoring the critical obligation we all have to care for each other. Natalie moore is an awardwinning journalist based in chicago whose reporting tackles rates, housing, economic development, food and, violence, segregation, and inequality. Her latest book is a play about abortion published by haymarket books. Her book the southside, a portrait of chicago and american segregation. Received the Chicago Books award for nonfiction and was buzzfeeds best Nonfiction Book of 2016. She contributed to southside, a collection of stories about the criminal J
Eager to join in dialogue about where we as a nation find ourselves in this drive towards freedom and it seems particularly fitting that we would have this conversation today, the day after the nation paused its daily business to pay tribute to reverend Martin Luther king, jr. s life and legacy. And it seems fitting that we would have this conversation the day after the nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. I know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obamas rhetoric about the promise of america, life, liberty, justice, equality for all has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many people in america will not think of dr. King again until his holiday rolls around again next year. But i would like to us to pause to night and think more deeply about the meaning of dr. Kings life and his legacy and what it has to teach the nations present. It seems important to do that given that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the march on wash
Program will be moderated by a professor geoffrey hazard, a distinguished professor of law at uc hastings. The professor is a leading expert in the field of civil procedure of legal ethics and is good at asking questions. It is my pleasure to introduce our very special guest, stephen zack, president of the American Bar Association. With nearly 400,000 members, it is the largest volunteer professional Membership Organization in the world. Mr. Zack is the first hispanic american to serve as the president and the second to be born abroad. He was only 14 when his family emigrated from cuba under harrowing circumstances, including last minute detention by the secret police. He made it here. In two lines and two lines come to mind when i think of him. This is my country, land of my choice. This is my country, here i found voice. What a voice it is. He earned his aba at the university of florida and he is now in their hall of fame. He is a partner in the miami office of the national law firm.