A Conversation on the Importance of Political Activism with Barack Obama
Friday, 21 Sep 2007 at 12:00 pm – Central Campus
Illinois Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Foreign Relations Committee, and the Veterans' Affairs Committee. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and moved to Chicago in 1985 to work as a community organizer. In 1991 he graduated from Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He is the author of The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream and Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. Part of Political Action Week and the Presidential Caucus Series.Cosponsored By:
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.
Lecture Etiquette
- Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
- Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
- Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
- Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.