The Cultural Events Board today announced that Paul Farmer, a medical anthropologist and physician; Valarie Kaur, a听civil rights lawyer and documentary filmmaker; and Angela Davis, an听author, activist and scholar, will visit the 麻豆影院 campus as part of its spring speaker series.
Farmer has dedicated his life to improving the health care conditions of the world鈥檚 poorest people. He is the founder of the international non-profit Partners in Health, author of several books on health care and human rights issues due to social inequality, and recipient of numerous honors for his humanitarian work around the world.
Kaur is widely recognized for her award-winning films and multimedia campaigns that shine light on a wide range of social issues including hate crimes against Sikh and Muslim Americans, racial profiling and gun violence. She was named a 2013 Person of the Year by India Abroad for her leadership and service.
Davis鈥� activism and scholarship over the last decades has focused on economic, racial and gender justice. She is among the most influential speakers for social justice in the nation and helped to popularize the notion of a 鈥減rison industrial complex.鈥� Davis has authored eight books and lectured throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and South American on social problems associated with the incarceration, criminalization and racial discrimination of those in poor communities.
Farmer is scheduled to speak on March 12, Kaur is scheduled for April 2 and Davis will speak on April 23. Specific times and locations will be released a few weeks before each event is scheduled to take place.
The mission of the Cultural Events Board is to provide opportunities and events which help students enrich their educational experience and expand their understanding of culture, diversity and social awareness.
If you have any questions about the events, please contact the Cultural Events Board Speakers Coordinator at speakers.coordinator.ceb@gmail.com. For further information regarding the Cultural Events Board at CU-麻豆影院, or any of the events we sponsor on campus, visit , or look for the group on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at Cultural Events Board.