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Home > Blogs > Arts and Entertainment > Archives > 2009 > August > 06 > Entry

CNN’s Martin, Harper of ‘CSI’ on UD series

By Terry Morris | Thursday, August 6, 2009, 10:51 AM

The University of Dayton has announced a 2009-10 Diversity Lecture Series featuring Elie Wiesel, Hill Harper, Roland Martin and Juana Bordas.

Bordas, an expert on workplace diversity issues and the author of “Salsa, Soul and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age,” will open the lineup Sept. 16 in the Kennedy Union ballroom. She is president of Mestiza Leadership International, which advises businesses and organizations on managing cultural differences.

Next will be actor and activist Harper, who plays coroner Sheldon Hawkes in the CBS series “CSI: NY” and is author of the best-sellers “Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny” and “Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny.”

CNN political analyst, columnist and author Martin will give the keynote addresses for two Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. events co-sponsored by UD and the Dayton Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Jan. 18 and 19.

Holocaust survivor Wiesel, a Nobel laureate and prolific author, will close the series with a speech at the Schuster Performing Arts Center.

Past speakers have included: Andrew Young, Coretta Scott King, Spike Lee, Kirk Franklin, Clarence Page, Nikki Giovanni, Soledad O’Brien, Azar Nafisi and Johnnetta B. Cole.

2009-10 UD Diversity Lecture Series

Sept. 16 — Juana Bordas. 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Union Ballroom. Free.

Oct. 16 — Hill Harper. 7:30 p.m. Kennedy Union Ballroom. Free.

Jan. 18-19, 2010: Roland Martin. MLK Holiday Celebration and Presidential Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 18, at the Dayton Convention Center. Call (937) 268-0051 for ticket information. UD’s MLK Prayer Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Jan. 19 in the Kennedy Union Ballroom.

March 25, 2010: Elie Wiesel. 7:30 p.m. March 25, 2010. $15 and $20. Call (937) 228-3630 or (937) 229-2545.

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