Sally Dickson Annual Lecture on Diversity, Inclusion and Reflection: In Pursuit of Social Justice

Sally Dickson Annual Lecture on Diversity, Inclusion and Reflection: In Pursuit of Social Justice

Monday, March 7, 2016
7:00pm

CEMEX Auditorium

MARCH 7, 2016 - 7:00PM CEMEX AUDITORIUM FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Please join us for the inaugural Sally Dickson Lecture on Diversity, Inclusion and Reflection: In Pursuit of Social Justice on Monday, March 7, 2016, at 7 pm in Cemex Auditorium. The event panel will feature four prominent speakers who have taken different pathways to social justice: • Bree Newsome, a filmmaker and activist, who removed the Confederate flag at the South Carolina state capitol in July 2015 • Raymond Braun, an LGBT YouTube activist, creator of #ProudToLove, and featured in Forbes' 30 under 30 • Rick Lowe, a public artist, community organizer, MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished Visitor at the Haas Center for Public Service • Aimee Allison ’93, Senior Vice President of PowerPAC+, which builds the political power of the multiracial majority and works to elect social justice champions to public office The panel will be moderated by The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, dean for religious life. A reception will follow the lecture. Details are available at studentaffairs.stanford.edu.

The event panel will feature four prominent speakers who have taken different pathways to social justice:

• Bree Newsome, a filmmaker and activist, who removed the Confederate flag at the South Carolina state capitol in July 2015
• Raymond Braun, an LGBT YouTube activist, creator of #ProudToLove, and featured in Forbes' 30 under 30
• Rick Lowe, a public artist, community organizer, MacArthur Fellow and Distinguished Visitor at the Haas Center for Public Service
• Aimee Allison ’93, Senior Vice President of PowerPAC+, which builds the political power of the multiracial majority and works to elect social justice champions to public office

The panel will be moderated by The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, dean for religious life. A reception will follow the lecture. Details are available at studentaffairs.stanford.edu.

The Sally Dickson Annual Lecture on Diversity, Inclusion and Reflection was created in 2015 by the vice provost for student affairs upon the retirement of Sally Dickson, former associate vice provost for student affairs and dean of educational resources.

This event is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Residential Education and OpenXChange with event coordination by the Student Affairs Intergroup Dialogue Team.