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Posted on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - Arts & Events
Kweisi Mfume will speak at the Annual Public Affairs Lecture Series
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/1/2009
CONTACT:
- Michelle McIlvoy, Office of Student Involvement, 360-546-9530, mmcilvoy@vancouver.wsu.edu
- Office of Marketing and Communications, 360-546-9602, news@vancouver.wsu.edu
The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 at Fort Vancouver High School Auditorium. The public is invited to attend.
From activist to US Congressman to head of the NAACP, it was with bold steps and fierce determination that Mfume has become one of America's most provocative public intellectuals. On his journey through politics and business, Mfume has been a Baltimore city councilman, a five-term U.S. congressman and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). While in congress, Mfume advocated for landmark business and civil rights legislation, including the American's with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Bill of 1991. Most recently, Mfume served as national surrogate speaker for the "Obama for America" presidential campaign.
Tickets are $10, call 360-694-2588 or order online at: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/pals
WSU Vancouver student tickets are free. Two tickets per student are available only in the Office of Student Involvement. Students who sign up for tickets will be entered into a drawing to attend a meet-and-greet or dinner with Mfume.
The Annual Public Affairs Lecture Series is sponsored this year by Washington State University Vancouver‘s Offices of Student Involvement and Academic Affairs, The Foley Institute and by The Columbian.
Fort Vancouver High School is located 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, Wash., 98661.
WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205, or via C-Tran bus service. We offer 16 bachelor's degrees, nine master's degrees, one doctorate degree and more than 36 fields of study. Visit us on the Web at www.vancouver.wsu.edu.
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