The Valpo Core

Ronne Hartfield–renowned scholar, essayist and poet–will read from her family memoir, Another Way Home: The Tangled Roots of Race in One Chicago Family and will discuss the importance of combating and counteracting skewed histories of race relations with “first-voice” narratives and supportive, intimate families and communities.  She’ll also bookend her talk with some of her own poetry that touches on these or similar themes.  The lecture will be followed by a Q and A.

Thursday, March 27th
7-8 p.m.
Neils Science Center, room 234

Hartfield has encouraged people to read a brief excerpt from her book.  Please email  Allison.Schuette-Hoffman@valpo.edu for a copy or for further information.

This event is generously co-sponsored by:
~ the Committee to Enhance Learning and Technology
~ the Project on Civic Reflection
~ the Christopher Center
~ Gus Sponberg, recipient of the Kapfer grant
~ Multicultural Programs
~ Christ College
~ the Department of Athletics

This event is free and open to the public.

From the Conversations Project official press release:

Valparaiso University and the Project on Civic Reflection, working in conjunction with two student organizations: Voices for Reproductive Freedom (VOX) and Jus Vitae, are pleased to present a panel discussion and community conversation:

Commemorate or Commiserate:
35 Years of Roe v. Wade

The event will be held in the Christopher Center Community Room from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.

This special program will explore the continuing significance of this controversial ruling by the Supreme Court, the legal construct of privacy, and the implications of judicial decisions on the social valuation of life.

LINK to Complete Version of Press Release

LINK to Poster