Marian Wright Edelman, "Towards the Common Good: Ending Child Poverty in America"
- Date: February 21st, 2019
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- Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
- Cost: Free tickets are required for this event. To reserve, please contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.
Keynote Lecture for the 2019 Humanities Symposium, themed "For the Common Good;" Sponsored by the Center for Public Humanities
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, has been an advocate for disadvantaged Americans for her entire professional life. A graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School, Edelman was the first black woman admitted to the Mississippi Bar and directed the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund office in Jackson, Mississippi. She has received over 100 honorary degrees and many awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Prize; the Heinz Award; a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship; and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award. In addition, she received the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings, which include “Families in Peril: An Agenda for Social Change,” “The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours,” “Lanterns: A Memoir of Mentors,” “I’m Your Child, God: Prayers for Our Children,” “I Can Make a Difference: A Treasury to Inspire Our Children” and “The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation.”
Free tickets are required for this event. To reserve, please contact the Messiah College Ticket Office at 717-691-6036 or online at messiah.edu/tickets.