Spring 2017 Friend in Residence
Details
Eileen Flanagan—a graduate of Duke and Yale, and the award-winning author of three books and scores of articles—will be on campus March 19-25 and April 2-15, 2017.
Eileen Flanagan is a graduate of Duke and Yale, the award-winning author of three books and scores of articles. She speaks to international audiences on topics ranging from personal empowerment and spirituality to climate justice and its intersections with race and class. Her activism is focused through Earth Quaker Action Team, whose board she chairs. She is a member of Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA.
Events:
Thursday April 6
7-8:30 p.m.
Writing as Activism Workshop
Friday April 7
Noon-1 p.m.
Lunch time author event in Special and Quaker Collections.
"A time of crisis and division:
Quaker resources then and now"
Sunday April 9
1-3:30 p.m.
Nonviolent direct action training in strategic planning.
Wednesday April 12
8-10 p.m.
Action training for Friday's Action
Thursday April 13
7-9 p.m.
Public talk: "We Were Made for This Moment"
Friday April 14
Time and place still TBD
A nonviolent direct action associated with EQAT: Power Local Green Jobs