Connie Hogarth Center for Social Action: 10/28 WED >> Human Rights Awareness Day Events

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

10/28 WED >> Human Rights Awareness Day Events

DEAR FRIENDS,

I HOPE YOU WILL TRY TO COME TO THIS AMAZING DAY (SEE EVENT FLYER) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS DAY, 12:30 NOON THRU THE EVENING.

WORKSHOPS, PLENARIES, ON A RANGE OF HUMAN RTS CONCERNS—STARTING IN REID CASTLE ON THE MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE CAMPUS.

….AND AT 7:30PM, IN THE NEW STUDENT ACTIVITIES BUILDING, HEAR THE REMARKABLE AND COURAGEOUS FR. MICHAEL LAPSLEY, OF CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.

AS AN ACTIVE ANTI-APARTHEID SUPPORTER OF THE ANC (THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS), HE RECEIVED A LETTER BOMB WHICH DESTROYED HIS HANDS, AN EYE AND OTHER SERIOUS INJURIES. HE SURVIVED TO WORK WITH THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION AND REV DESMOND TUTU, AND THEN FOUND HIS INSTITUTE FOR HEALING OF MEMORIES, AND SPEAKS AND DOES WORKSHOPS ALL OVER THE WORLD.

DON’T MISS MEETING AND HEARING HIM!!

XXX CONNIE

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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.