Event Description
Activist and author Sam Daley-Harris has helped thousands of ordinary citizens transform from hopelessness into extraordinarily powerful advocates.
This fall, Mr. Daley-Harris released the 20th anniversary edition of "Reclaiming Our Democracy," his seminal classic on the topic of community engagement and advocacy. In it, he shares how he and the citizen advocacy organizations he has founded (RESULTS and the Microcredit Summit Campaign) or coached (Citizens Climate Lobby) have been leading change-makers in three global movements:
1) microfinance
2) child survival
3) climate change
He joins us to discuss his experiences and engage in dialogue about community-based work at Drexel University. Other speakers at this event include:
Dr. Mariana Chilton, Associate Professor in Drexel's School of Public Health and Director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities
A Witness to Hunger, part of a community-based participatory advocacy group out of Drexel's Center for Hunger-Free Communities
Jennifer Johnson Kebea, Director of the Lindy Center for Civic Engagement
Donna DeCarolis, Dean of the Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship
Student groups and local community-based organizations will be available before and after the lecture to continue the discussion on civic engagement and advocacy in the extended Drexel community.
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