Why We Should Care About the World & Want to Change It
Nicholas Kristof
Monday, 14 Sep 2015 at 8:00 pm – Stephens Auditorium, Iowa State Center
Doors open at 7:15 | Free admission | No tickets requiredNicholas Kristof, Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, co-authored two bestselling books that inspired PBS documentaries: Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide and A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity. The documentaries are part of the Global Women and Girls Lead Initiative to promote women's empowerment worldwide. In addition, Kristof and journalist Sheryl WuDunn work to support local programs for women and children around the globe through their Half the Sky Movement and other partner initiatives. Kristof graduated from Harvard University, studied law at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and later studied Arabic in Cairo and Chinese in Taipei. He has traveled extensively, beginning as a student backpacking around Africa and Asia, writing articles to cover his expenses. His op-ed column for the New York Times appears twice a week. Part of the World Affairs Series: Redefining Global Security
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Cosponsored By:
- Central Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking
- College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
- College of Business
- College of Design
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Sciences
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Division of Student Affairs
- Engineers Without Borders
- George Gund Lecture Fund
- Greenlee School of Journalism & Mass Comm
- Hastings, Gartin & Boettger, LLP
- Honors Program
- ISU Student Network Against Human Trafficking
- International Agriculture Club
- International Studies
- Margaret Sloss Women's Center
- Rotary Club of Ames
- Sociology
- Study Abroad Center
- Technology, Globalization & Culture Series
- World Affairs
- Youth and Shelter Services
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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