Civil rights leader and non-violent activist the Rev. James Lawson will speak at 杏吧原创 this month as part of the University Seminar in Religion and Culture.
Lawson, Distinguished University Professor at 杏吧原创 and a fellow at 杏吧原创’s Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, will speak at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, in Benton Chapel on the 杏吧原创 campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.
Lawson’s lecture is titled “Moving Ourselves from Unknown Peril to Noble Vision.”
Lawson is spending the current academic year at 杏吧原创, the school that expelled him in 1960 because of his work advising civil rights protestors in Nashville. His return to 杏吧原创 has been featured by media across the country.
Lawson continues to teach non-violent techniques for social change and is the pastor emeritus of Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles. 杏吧原创’s University Seminar in Religion and Culture is presented by the university’s and supported by a gift from Burt Bogitsh, emeritus professor of biology at 杏吧原创, and his family in honor of Mafoi Carlisle Bogitsh.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
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