Collaborations
We partner with key centers, departments, and institutes across campus to assure all vital points of ethical leadership are being presented and discussed. Some of our more prominent partnerships include the Lowell Humanities Series, featuring Rebecca Skloot, author ofÌýThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksÌýand the Park Street Corportation Series, featuring Nicholas KristofÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýSheryl WuDunn,ÌýPulitzer Prize-winning journalists & human rights advocates.
FALL 2024
Past Speakers
The American Dream Event SeriesÌý(Part I-III) ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Part I:ÌýThe Fight for Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Labor EqualityÌýfeaturingÌýChristine Chavez,ÌýCivil Rights & Labor Movement Activist.
Presented with the BAIC-HHM Committee and Latinos@BCÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Part II:ÌýSalt of the Earth (1954)Ìýwith respondentsÌýProf. John MichalczykÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýProf. Cynthia Lyerly.
Presented with the History and Fine Arts Departments ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Part III:ÌýThe Labor Movement: From Yesterday to TodayÌýwith panelistsÌýBarry Bluestone,ÌýNortheastern University,ÌýDonna Blythe-Shaw,ÌýUnited Steelworkers of America Union,ÌýSen. Linda Dorcena Forry,Ìý1st Suffolk District,ÌýLynn Johnson,ÌýBoston College,ÌýDavid Twomey,ÌýBoston CollegeÌýÌýModerator:ÌýBen Birnbaum,ÌýBoston College.
Presented with the Theater Department
A Dialogue on VocationÌýfeaturingÌýÌýJack Griffin, President of Meredith Publishing andÌýKen Hackett, President of Catholic Relief Services
Presented with the Intersections Program
A Path Appears: Reporting on Gender Inequities and Global HealthÌýfeaturingÌýNicholas KristofÌý²¹²Ô»åÌýSheryl WuDunn,ÌýPulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists & Human Rights Advocates
Presented with theÌýPark Street Corporation Series
An Unknown FutureÌýfeaturingÌýGareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,ÌýMichele Goodwin, DePaul College of Law Professor, andÌýMichael Moreland, Villanova School of Law Professor and former domestic policy advisor to President George W. Bush
Presented with the Theatre Department and the Robsham Theatre Arts CenterÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Carol Anderson, Professor, Emory University and Author, OneÌýPerson, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy
Presented with the Lowell Humanties Series and the History Department
Francisco Aristeguieta,ÌýCEO of Citigroup Latin America
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, BCES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Ben Austen, Author,ÌýHigh-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing
Presented with the Joseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate & Urban Action, and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Rev. John Baumann, S.J., Co-founder,
Presented with the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Katherine Boo, Staff writer,ÌýNew YorkerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Howard Bunsis, Chair of the AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress,ÌýShow Us the Money! University Financial Statements
Presented with BCAAUP, the Faculty Compensation Committee, the Department of History
Geoffrey Canada, EducatorÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with Students for Education Reform
Francisco Cantú, Author, The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the BorderÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Sarah Chayes,ÌýÌýAuthor, Thieves of State: Why CorruptionThreatens Global Security
Presented with the Islamic Civilization and Societies
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author, Between the World and MeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Tina CoreaÌýandÌýLora Krsulich,ÌýBC Women in Newark: Alternative Career Paths in Urban Policy & Politics
Presented with the Department of Political Science
David Cowan,ÌýSetting the Agenda for Global Dialogue: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Business Ethics in Saudi ArabiaÌý
Presented with the Islamic Civilization and Societies Program and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Anna Deavere Smith, Professor, Playwright and Actor
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Sylvia Earle, DSc, Marine biologist & explorer, and Author
Presented withÌýEcoPledge, Environmental Studies Department, and BC Dining
Steve Eisman,ÌýManaging Director, Portfolio Manager, Neuberger Berman and featured in the movieÌýThe Big Short
Presented with the BC Economics Association
Forensics and Accounting EthicsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Accounting Department
From Plurality to Solidarity through Justice: How faith-based community organizing amid diversity of faith and ethnicity can inform theological discourse and the practice of ministry.
Maria Hinojosa, Journalist
Presented with the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Hitler’sÌýMein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust
Presented with the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, BC Law School /Holocaust Project, Jewish Studies Program, Film Studies Program, Woods College of Advancing Studies, and more.
Dick and Rick Hoyt,ÌýFather and Son Marathon TeamÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Campus School Volunteers
Meb Keflezighi, US MarathonerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with Share Your Sport and WeRunBC
Nicholas Kristof, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,ÌýReacting to Slavery in the 21st Century
Presented with Boston College R.E.A.C.T., AID, SASA, Asian Caucus, Slavic Club, Amnesty International
Leading for Social ImpactÌýfeaturingÌýBen Hecht, President & CEO, Living Cities andÌýSarah Smith, Director, Mercy Investment Services.
Presented with the Center for Social Innovation and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Leading Women: Breaking Barriers in AthleticsÌýfeaturingÌýLaura Gentile, MBA'96, Founder and Senior VP, espnW andÌýDr. Jen Welter '00, First Female NFL Coach
Presented with Boston College Women's Summit: Own It
Legally Blind: Law, Ethics, and the Third Reich:ÌýA conference on Nazi Law as it impacts upon Civil Law, Race, Medicine, and Religion.
Presented with the Fine Arts Department and the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy
Fr. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J. Inaugural Memorial Lecture: Religion and Conflict TransformationÌýfeaturingÌýDavid Little, Research Fellow, Georgetown UniversityÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with theÌýCenter for Human Rights and International Justice; Faith, Peace and Justice Program; Film Studies Program Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries; Knights of the Holy Sepulcher; Rotary Club of Scituate, MA and the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
ÌýAuthor,ÌýHeroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change theÌýWorldÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Intersections Project
Dannel P. Malloy '77, Law'80, P'15, Governor of Connecticut (2011-2019)
Presented with the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy
ÌýFilm Screening and Discussion
Presented withÌýL'Association Haitienne de Boston College, African & African Diaspora Studies, Forum on Racial Justice, Women's Center, and the Office of Global Engagement.
Gina McCarthy,ÌýFormer Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Presented with Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies Program, International Studies Program,ÌýInstitute for the Liberal Arts, Jesuit Institute, theÌýJoseph E. Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action, and the Park Street Corporation Speaker Series.
Liz McCartney '94, 2008 CNN "Hero of the Year,"ÌýLessons Learned From Katrina
Presented with the BC Alumni Association
Bill McKibben,ÌýAuthor, Educator, and EnvironmentalistÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and EcopledgeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
MarÃa Emma MejÃa,ÌýUnited Nations Permanent Colombia RepresentativeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, BCES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Cullen Murphy, Author,ÌýAre We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of AmericaÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the History and Political Science Departments
Bill Plunkert '68, Former CIA agent Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Presented with the History Department, Political Science Department and the International Studies Program
Professional Responsibility, Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Leadership in Clinical Ethics: Conference provided health care and allied professionals and pre-professional students with the tools to recognize the ethical content of care-giving situations.
Presented with the Connell School of Nursing
Pueblos Originales: Cultural and Civic Challenges
Presented with The Organization of Latin American AffairsÌý Ìý
Robert Reich,ÌýInequality for AllÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Boston College Civic Engagement Initiative
Dr. Salamisha Tillet and Scheherazade Tillet, Co- Founders, A Long Walk Home, Inc.
Presented with African and African Diaspora Studies
Joanne Scheff Bernstein, Interim Executive Director, Lake Forest Symphony, Illinois Leadership in Arts Marketing,ÌýLeadership in Arts MarketingÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Boston College Arts Council
Vandana Shiva, Environmental Activist and Author
Presented as part of the Rewilding Planet Earth Series
Rebecca Skloot,ÌýAuthor,ÌýThe Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Jennifer Siebel Newsom,ÌýFilmmaker, ‘Miss Representation’ & Girls’ AdvocateÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with BC Student Affairs
Elizabeth Smart, Activist and Author ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Science Club for Girls, R.E.A.C.T., FISTS, Sharps, To Write Love on Her Arms, I Am That Girl, WRC, UGBC and Strong Women, Strong Girls
Bryan Stevenson, Author, Just Mercy & Founder,
Presented with the Lowelly Humanities Series and PULSE Program
The Crisis in Nicaragua
Presented with The Organization of Latin American AffairsÌý Ìý
The Race of Our Lives: Confronting and Solving the Global Climate Crisis
Panelists:ÌýJeremy Grantham,ÌýGrantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo, James Hansen, Columbia University,Ìýand Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University,ÌýModerator:ÌýJuliet Schor, Boston CollegeÌý
Presented with theÌýEnvironmental StudiesÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý
Miles Taylor,ÌýWhite House Whistleblower and Author, Warning
Presented with the Political Science Department
Krista Tippett, AuthorÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities SeriesÌý
Paul Tough,ÌýAuthorÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Venezuela: The Origins, Development and Future of the Crisis
Presented with The Organization of Latin American Affairs
Isabel Wilkerson, Author
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Quinton Zondervan, Cambridge City Councilor
Presented with the Office of Sustainability