Civil rights leader and non-violent activist the Rev. James Lawson will speak at 91ÌƲ®»¢ University this month as part of the University Seminar in Religion and Culture.
Lawson, Distinguished University Professor at 91ÌƲ®»¢ and a fellow at 91ÌƲ®»¢’s Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, will speak at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, in Benton Chapel on the 91ÌƲ®»¢ 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 91ÌƲ®»¢, the school that expelled him in 1960 because of his work advising civil rights protestors in Nashville. His return to 91ÌƲ®»¢ 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. 91ÌƲ®»¢’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 91ÌƲ®»¢, and his family in honor of Mafoi Carlisle Bogitsh.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
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