PAST SYMPOSIA
2005 - Monday, October 17th, 2005
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Allen Memorial Library
Speaker:
The Honorable Melvin L. Watt, 12th Congressional District of North Carolina
Addressing: "American Priorities: Where Are We Today?"
Congressman Melvin L. Watt is currently serving as chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Watt has represented the Charlotte, NC area in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1992. Mr. Watt is a member of the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on the Judiciary. He serves as ranking member on the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Judiciary Committee.
2004 - Monday, November 30, 2004
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Thwing Ballroom
11111 Euclid Avenue
Speaker:
The Honorable Charles B. Rangel, 15th Congressional District of New York
Addressing: The Election is Over...Now What?
Congressman Charles B. Rangel in 2004 ,served his seventeenth term as the Representative from the 15th Congressional District of New York. He has compiled a stellar record of accomplishments on behalf of his constituents in Upper Manhattan, the nation and the international community. Congressman Rangel has risen to the pinnacle of influence in Congress as a member of the House leadership and Dean of the New York State Congressional delegation.
2003 - Monday, April 7, 2003
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Thwing Ballroom
11111 Euclid Avenue
Speaker:
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr.
United States Representative from the Fourteenth District of Michigan
Addressing: A Call to Action for Affirmative Action
With the Supreme Court considering a constitutional challenge to the University of Michigan's admissions policies, the future of affirmative action as a means to redress the effects of discrimination is in doubt. Congressman Conyers will address both the Michigan case and the political, social, and moral merits of affirmative action.
Reserved and studious, Congressman Conyers has steadily built a solid record of legislative achievement on Capitol Hill. Mr. Conyers is the second most senior member of the House and serves as the Democratic leader on the House Judiciary Committee. He is one of the founders of the Congressional Black Caucus and has been one of the nation's leaders on issues of civil rights for nearly four decades.
2001 - Monday, November 19, 2001
4:30 p.m.
Ford Auditorium
Inaugural Speaker:
The Honorable John Lewis
U.S. Congressman, 5th District of Georgia
Addressing: Political Action to Build “The Beloved Community”
About the Honorable John Lewis
John Lewis is a hero of the Civil Rights Movement. He participated in the “Freedom Rides,” chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), helped to organize and spoke at the March on Washington, and had his skull broken by Alabama state troopers as he led the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. After the movement fragmented he remained a disciple of nonviolent action, and as director of the Southern Regional Council’s Voter Education Project, he helped turn the promise of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into millions of new black voters. As Associate Director of the ACTION program, he helped volunteers work with citizens to improve their local economies and social services.
As a City Councilman in Atlanta he worked to preserve neighborhoods and ethics in government. Since 1986 he has served Georgia’s 5th District and the nation in the U.S. Congress, becoming a leader both in the Democratic Caucus as Chief Deputy Whip, and in the details of legislating as a member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
In 1998, Congressman Lewis authored Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement with Michael D’Orso. |
