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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Media Relations Manager
k_hamilton@howard.edu
Victoria Kirby
Social Media and Logistics
Coordinator
vkirby@howard.edu
Donna Brazile Delivers Lecture
at Howard University
WASHINGTON
(January 22, 2010) –
Veteran Democratic Political
Strategist Donna Brazile will
deliver the annual Charles
W. Harris Lecture entitled
the “The Fierce Urgency
of Now” at 11:30 a.m.
on Thursday, January 28, in
the Blackburn Center Auditorium
on Howard’s main campus.
Author
of the best-selling memoir
Cooking with Grease: Stirring
the Pots in American Politics,
Brazile is an adjunct professor,
author, syndicated columnist,
television political commentator,
Vice Chair of Voter Registration
and Participation at the Democratic
National Committee and former
chair of the DNC’s Voting
Rights Institute. She is a
proud native of New Orleans.
Professor emeritus Charles
W. Harris funded the annual
lecture series in the Political
Science Department. Past speakers
include UC-Berkeley Law Dean
Christopher Edley Jr. and
former Lawyers' Committee
for Civil Rights Under Law
deputy director John Brittain.
The topics discussed include
affirmative action in higher
education and voting rights
litigation before the US Supreme
Court.
For
information regarding general
questions and logistics for
this event, please contact
Victoria Kirby at vkirby@howard.edu.
Note
to the Media
To broadcast, print and online
media, please email your request
to k_hamilton@howard.edu,
ideally, no later than January
27 by 5 p.m. A mult box will
be available.
WHAT:
Charles Harris Lecture delivered
by Donna Brazile
WHEN:
Thursday, January 28, 2010,
11:30 a.m.
WHERE:
Blackburn Center Auditorium,
2397 6th St NW. Washington,
DC 20059
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