Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action: SPRING 2012 -- Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

SPRING 2012 -- Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action Upcoming Events

February – Nonviolent civil disobedience training workshop (date and details to be announced)
Wednesday, February 15, 7:15 PM -- A Panel Discussion on Occupy Wall Street, with Richard Brodsky, Christa Calbos, J.A. Myerson, Maggie Goff and Nelini Stamp.

Tuesday, March 6th, 7:00 PM -- Fukushima Week -- Conference with First Responders from Japan, chaired by former County Executive Andy Spano. East Library in the Castle, Manhattanville College.

Friday, April 20, Earth Day -- Tree planting in remembrance of Wangari Matthai, for Earth Day with a program, cosponsored with Black Students Union. (details to be announced)

Tuesday, April 24th, 7:15 PM -- Seminar led by Father Michael Lapsley, Director of Institute for Healing of Memories. East Library in the Castle, Manhattanville College.

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The Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action

The Manhattanville College Departments of Sociology and Political Science work closely with the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which is located in the Gallery of Founder’s Hall.

The Center’s mission is to help the next generation of college-educated activists acquire, in the course of their undergraduate training, the practical skills and knowledge necessary for work in some field of social change. Recently retired after 23 years as Executive Director of the Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC), Connie Hogarth is recognized throughout the metropolitan area and the nation as a leading activist in various struggles for peace and justice.

The Center runs a lecture series and a mentoring program, supports student research and publishes a student-edited journal devoted to social change, helps locate internships and employment, and runs workshops in public speaking, the use of computers, fund raising, media access and organizing.

About Connie Hogarth

CONNIE HOGARTH

Director, Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action at Manhattanville College
Founding Member and Steering Committee Member, Climate Crisis Coalition

Connie Hogarth is a lifetime peace, justice, anti-nuclear and environmental activist. As co-founder and executive director of Westchester People’s Action Coalition (WESPAC) for 23 years (she has been executive director emerita since 1996), she was actively organizing for the shut-down of Indian Point nuclear power plants. Ms. Hogarth is a current member of the Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC), and continues to work for the shut-down of Indian Point. In 1998, Manhattanville College established the Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action, which Ms. Hogarth now directs, dedicated to training students to move from academics to social activism. She is a founding member and serves on the steering committee of the Climate Crisis Coalition in Lenox, MA. She has been active in the local NAACP, the Mid-Hudson Progressive Alliance, Lower Hudson Valley Civil Liberties Union and the Beacon Sloop Club. She serves as a committee person on the Fishkill Democratic Committee and is a member of the Dutchess County Democratic Committee.