Mandel School to host distinguished contributor series lectures

The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Distinguished Contributor Series begins September 23 with a lecture by Congressman Louis Stokes.

Stokes, whose 30-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives includes terms as chair of the appropriations subcommittee on public housing and veterans' affairs, will give an insider's view of the "hill."

All discussions in the series are free or offer two continuing education units for $15. Each is from 4-6 p.m. in Room 320 of the Mandel School.

In addition to Stokes, the series will feature Belle Likover (SASS '69) on November 25, Michael Walker on February 10 and Joan Southgate on April 13.

Likover founded the Coalition to Monitor Medicare Managed Care and heads the Council of Older Persons. Her late husband, Edward, was blacklisted during the McCarthy era, and she will draw similarities between that experience and today's political environment.

As executive director of a partnership for a Safer Cleveland, Walker will talk about his organization's efforts to make Cleveland a safer place and about his background growing up in Chicago housing developments.

Southgate is an activist and retired social worker who embarked on a 350-mile journey by foot to retrace her ancestors' route to freedom on Ohio's Underground Railroad.

For reservations for any of these discussions, contact Pamela Carson at 368-2281 or e-mail prc2@case.edu.

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