Events

« Wednesday April 25, 2007 »
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Genesis of the YWCA Open House Start: 10:00 am End: 8:00 pm Come tour the Genesis of the YWCA facilities and ask questions about the program. Free and open to the public. Come to 15 South 11th Street in Richmond. For more information, call (765) 966-0538. Shame of the Nation Start: 1:00 pm End: 2:00 pm A lecture by Jonathan Kozol, Award-Winning Author on Education and Urban Issues In 1967, at the height of the civil rights movement, Kozol lost his teaching position for reading a Langston Hughes poem to his class of fourth graders. The event resulted in the publishing of the first of his several acclaimed and highly influential books, Death at an Early Age, which catapulted the state of America’s schools into the national and political consciousness. His solid, qualitative research and expertise on education in America has made him a definitive voice on the subject.