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Help restore reading to the center of American culture. Join USD and the Black Storytellers of San Diego, Inc. in the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read in reading A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines.
Buy a copy at the USD Bookstore or borrow one from Copley Library, the Student Leadership and Involvement Center, Human Resources, The Center for Educational Excellence, and the English Department.
All of the following Big Read events take place on the University of San Diego campus. Click here for a map and directions. Click here for guest parking information. To register for events call (619) 260-7402 or email cee@sandiego.edu.
DISCUSSION GROUPS |
Monday, October 19, 12-1:30 p.m. in the Hahn University Center Forum A
Sponsored by Student Affairs
Facilitator: Jason Schreiber, Director of Student Activities,
Free lunch included!
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Friday, October 23 12-1:30 p.m. in the USD Bookstore (in Loma Hall).
Sponsored by the Human Resources Department
Free lunch included!
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MOVIE NIGHT |
A Lesson Before Dying, starring Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson, and Mekhi Phifer
Tuesday, October 27, 7 p.m. in Mother Rosalie Hill Hall Executive Classroom (Room 102) Dinner in the SOLES student lounge near the foyer!
Discussion facilitated by Dr. John Joe Schlichtman, and co-sponsored by Associated Students, and the Black Student Union.
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Featuring:
Sister Helen Prejean
speaking on
Dead Man Walking - The Journey Continues
Thursday, November 5
6:30 pm in Shiley Theatre in Camino Hall
Book signing and reception to follow.
Sister Helen began her prison ministry in 1981 when she dedicated her life to the poor of New Orleans. While living in the St. Thomas housing project, she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers, sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison.
Her first book, Dead Man Walking was on the New York Times bestseller list for 31 weeks. It was also on the international bestseller list and was developed into a major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen and Sean Penn as a death row inmate. Sister Helen’s second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, was published in December 2004. In it, she tells the story of two men, Dobie Gillis Williams and Joseph O’Dell, whom she accompanied to their executions. She believes both of them were innocent. In The Death of Innocents she takes the reader through all the evidence, including evidence the juries never heard either due to the incompetence of the defense lawyers or the rigid formalities of court procedure. Sister Helen examines how flaws inextricably entwined in the death penalty system inevitably lead to innocent people being executed and render the system unworkable.
Sister Helen’s books have been the subject of many media stories and she has made many broadcast appearances on 60 Minutes, NBC’s Today Show, ABC World News Tonight, NBC Special on the Death Penalty, PBS’ Frontline to name only a few. The Black Storytellers of San Diego, Inc. and the Center for Educational Excellence are pleased to sponsor Sister Helen’s lecture at the University of San Diego’s Shiley Theater on November 5th. |
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Join USD professors and distinguished guests for a panel discussion on themes presented in A Lesson Before Dying. Panelists include:
John G. Cotsirilos, J.D., Criminal Law Attorney, and Adjunct Professor, Death Penalty Seminar, University of San Diego Law School
Tiffany Gill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History, African American and Women's Studies at University of Texas-Austin
Emily Reimer-Barry, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego. Dr. Reimer-Barry teaches undergraduate courses in Catholic theology, Christian ethics, sexual ethics, and ethical responses to HIV/AIDS.
Friday, November 13
3-5 pm in Salomon Hall, located in Maher Hall
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To register for Big Read events:
USD community: click here
Off-campus, please call the CEE at (619) 260-7402 or email cee@sandiego.edu
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The Big Read initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. |
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| Big Read events sponsored by Black Storytellers of San Diego, Malcolm X Library, Office of the Provost, Center for Educational Excellence, Admissions, Student Affairs, English Department, Community Service-Learning, The Honors Program, Liberal Arts Beyond the Classroom, Ethnic Studies Department, Theater Arts Department, Public Affairs, Trans-Border Institute, President's Advisory Board on Inclusion and Diversity, Associated Students, Black Student Union, Student Leadership and Involvement Center. |
For more information contact:
The Center for Educational Excellence at (619) 260-7402 or cee@sandiego.edu
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