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Ownership Matters: Legal Structures for Social Enterprise
On Wednesday, December 2nd, you will have the opportunity to hear from Jim Steiker ’81 in Usdan 108 from 4-5pm. Jim Steiker ’81 will speak about his experience in the financial and legal sector, specifically the options for legal structure and ownership of social ventures. Jim was a legal representative for Ben Cohen in the sale of Ben & Jerry’s where Ben tried to take the company private in a mission based transaction rather than sell to Unilever
Talking about Race with Jelani Cobb
On Wednesday, December 2nd at 7, we are welcoming Jelani Cobb, PhD, Director of the Africana Studies Institute at UConn and Staff Writer of the New Yorker to speak in CFA Hall. His book, the Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress, was published in 2010 through Bloomsbury Publishing. His post recent published pieces include:
What Divides Us?: An Interview with Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway 11/15/15
Race and the Free-Speech Diversion 11/05/15
Ben Carson’s Exonerating Racism 9/22/15
Allbritton Talks: Effective Solidarity Organizing on Campus
When student, frontline communities, and organizers call for solidarity actions, how can we respond most effectively? What tactics do students have at their disposal to raise awareness, change policies, communicate support, or raise funds? How can work done here at Wesleyan affect change elsewhere? How is solidarity organizing different? We welcome all viewpoints- no background knowledge required.
Thursday, December 3rd, 12-1pm. Allbritton 311, lunch provided.
Civic Engagement Certificate Information Session
Students in the CEC program participate in a wide variety of formal and informal civic activities in Middletown and around the world. These include volunteer work, practica, activism, and service-learning courses. The certificate is designed for students interested in reflecting upon these activities and integrating their civic and academic efforts.
Friday, December 4th, 12-1pm
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, with the support of the Center for Community Partnerships, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development, is sponsoring a free showing of Selma, followed by a short talk by Ben Jackson, a veteran of the Selma demonstrations, and a discussion of the film led by members of The Ankh.
Monday, February 9, 7:45, at Metro Theaters downtown.
Tickets are free but required.
They are available from Sara Wadlow, Allbritton 116, 3-5 p.m. on Wednesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Thursday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Monday.
Tickets are extremely limited: first come, first served.
New Academic Opportunity in 2014-15 for rising seniors, juniors, and sophomores!
The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life invites applications from students in all majors for a new program to begin in Fall 2014 that will engage twenty students in a Cluster of three one-credit courses, a year-long collaborative research project, and a range of associated lectures and academic and social activities throughout the academic year.
Professors Richard Adelstein and John Finn, both acclaimed scholars and past winners of the Binswanger Teaching Prize, will be running this first Cluster.
This first Cluster is organized around the theme of centralization anddecentralization in both economic and political life. This is an issue of special salience in the twenty-first century, as citizens in the U.S., the former Soviet Union, the European Union and emerging nations elsewhere debate the proper relation between local and central governments in a range of political and economic contexts.
For more details on the cluster and how to apply, see: http://www.wesleyan.edu/allbritton/Collaborative_cluster_initiative.html
