Farquhar College to Host Social Justice Activist Kerry Kennedy

The Division of Humanities in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will host an evening with Kerry Kennedy, a leading advocate for human rights around the world, on Thursday, April 17, from 7–8:30 p.m. in the Miniaci Performing Arts Center. Kennedy will lecture on “Speak Truth to Power,” as part of the college’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Admission is free.

Students and staff of the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences can pick up tickets starting Tuesday, April 1, from the Office of the Dean in the Mailman-Hollywood Building on NSU's main campus. Members of the NSU community can pick up tickets starting Tuesday, April 8. Members of the public can pick up tickets starting Monday, April 14. Guaranteed seating will be held for ticket holders until 6:30 p.m. If space permits, walk-ins will be welcome to attend the event after 6:45 p.m.

In a time of growing attention to human rights issues, Kerry Kennedy has been an international protector of those in need of justice. She has led dozens of human rights delegations to countries around the world since she began investigating U.S. immigration abuses against refugees from El Salvador in 1981. Among her many accomplishments, she has published Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World, which features interviews with famous human rights activists. Kennedy has also served as executive director, and is now on the board of directors, of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a non-profit organization that addresses social justice problems in the spirit of her late father.

For more information about the Distinguished Speakers Series, visit www.undergrad.nova.edu/articles/speakerseries or contact the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences at (954) 262-8236.