Twenty years after her testimony in the Clarence Thomas confirmation mesmerized the nation, Hill shifts her focus from the public forum to the private. As today’s families are being devastated by the subprime mortgage crisis, Hill speaks out for a new understanding about the importance of home and its place in the American Dream. click this link for article
Anita Hill is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University, where she teaches courses on race and the law, and gender equality. After graduating from law school she worked as the attorney-advisor to Clarence Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education. In 1991, she testified at the Senate confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas. She is the author of Speaking Truth to Power, in which she wrote about her experience as a witness in the Thomas hearings. Hill has written widely on issues of race and gender in publications such as the New York Times, Newsweek, the Boston Globe, Critical Race Feminism, and others.
For my Southern Cal family~ This Free event is now full, but everyone everywhere can access the program later from this link~ http://lfla.org/aloud/past.php
Check the list of previous speakers, as you may find others you'd like to hear. Also a good notification list to be on for future speakers.
lfla.org/aloud
[ALOUD] at Central Library
Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:00 PM
ANITA HILL
In conversation with Patt Morrison, L.A. Times columnist & radio host, KPCC, 89.3 FM
Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home
Directions/Parking: Unless otherwise indicated, ALOUD programs take place at the Los Angeles Central Library's Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
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