Fall 2008
2008 Fall Leadership Lecture Series
All events take place in Angelico Hall at Dominican University of California (unless otherwise noted). Events are free and open to the public unless a ticket price is noted below. Free events require no RSVP and seated is first come first served.
Doors open one hour before event start.
An Evening with Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 * 7pm
Tickets for this event are $35 per person (includes a copy of Know Your Power) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.
When Nancy Pelosi became the first woman Speaker of the House, she made history. She gaveled the House to order that day on behalf of all of America's children and said, "We have made history, now let us make progress." She continues to inspire women everywhere with a new thought-provoking book entitled Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters. The collection is a combination of her own words and those of the important people who played pivotal roles in her journey. She encourages mothers and grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters to never lose faith, to speak out and make their voices heard, to focus on what matters most and follow their dreams wherever they may lead.
An Evening with Author Amy Tan and Composer Stewart Wallace
Making of the Opera: The Bonesetter's Daughter
Sunday, September 21, 2008 * 7pm
This event offers a “behind-the-scenes” look at the making of a major artistic event. The Bonesetter’s Daughter, a new opera based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Amy Tan, was commissioned by the San Francisco Opera. The music is by Stewart Wallace with a libretto by the author herself. Excerpts from the Opera performance will be presented.
An Evening with Cherie Blair
Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street
Monday, October 20, 2008 * 7pm
Tickets for this event are $35 per person (includes a copy of Blair's book) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.
In Speaking for Myself: My Life from Liverpool to Downing Street, Cherie Blair shares her astonishing journey from an unconventional childhood to her life as a working mother and wife of the Prime Minister. She writes about her encounters with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships with Presidents Clinton and Bush, as well as the royal family.
VoteSmart Challenge ‘08
Thursday, October 23, 2008 * 9am, location to be announced
Student/faculty research teams will present key findings on six critical policy issues -- health care, education, economy, foreign policy, environment, and ethics. Students and community members will be joined by key representatives from the McCain and Obama campaigns to discuss the specific issues. Using handheld devices, audience members will vote on the issues and the best performance by the presenting teams. Responses will be immediately calculated and real-time results will be shared.
An Evening with Marian Wright Edelman
The Sea Is So Wide and My Boat Is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation
Monday, October 27, 2008 * 7:30pm, Caleruega Hall
Tickets for this event are $30 per person (includes a copy of Edelman's book) and can be purchased at www.bookpassage.com or by calling 415-927-0960. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the Book Passage store in Corte Madera or San Francisco.
In her newest book, The Sea is So Wide and My Boat is So Small: Charting a Course for the Next Generation, civil rights leader Marian Wright Edelman implores America to pay attention to the state of America’s children and argues that every step we take to improve the lives of children improves the lives of all of us.
