Collaborations
We collaborate with various centers, departments, and institutes across campus to ensure that diverse and vital perspectives on ethical issues are explored and elevated. Signature partnerships include the Lowell Humanities Series and the Park Street Corporation Series, which bring thought-provoking speakers and timely conversations to the Boston College community.
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Past Speakers
The American Dream Event Series听(Part I-III) 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Part I:听The Fight for Civil Rights, Social Justice, and Labor Equality听featuring听Christine Chavez,听Civil Rights & Labor Movement Activist.
Presented with the BAIC-HHM Committee and Latinos@情色空间听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Part II:听Salt of the Earth (1954)听with respondents听Prof. John Michalczyk听补苍诲听Prof. Cynthia Lyerly.
Presented with the History and Fine Arts Departments 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Part III:听The Labor Movement: From Yesterday to Today听with panelists听Barry Bluestone,听Northeastern University,听Donna Blythe-Shaw,听United Steelworkers of America Union,听Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry,听1st Suffolk District,听Lynn Johnson,听Boston College,听David Twomey,听Boston College听听Moderator:听Ben Birnbaum,听Boston College.
Presented with the Theater Department
A Dialogue on Vocation听featuring听听Jack Griffin, President of Meredith Publishing and听Ken Hackett, President of Catholic Relief Services
Presented with the Intersections Program
A Path Appears: Reporting on Gender Inequities and Global Health听featuring听Nicholas Kristof听补苍诲听Sheryl WuDunn,听Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists & Human Rights Advocates
Presented with the听Park Street Corporation Series
An Unknown Future听featuring听Gareth Cook, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,听Michele Goodwin, DePaul College of Law Professor, and听Michael 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 Center听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Carol Anderson, Professor, Emory University and Author, One听Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our Democracy
Presented with the Lowell Humanties Series and the History Department
Francisco Aristeguieta,听CEO of Citigroup Latin America
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, 情色空间ES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Ben Austen, Author,听High-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,听New Yorker听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Margaret Burnham, Professor, Northeastern University and Author,听By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow鈥檚 Legal Executioners
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and the PULSE Program
Howard Bunsis, Chair of the AAUP Collective Bargaining Congress,听Show Us the Money! University Financial Statements
Presented with 情色空间AAUP, the Faculty Compensation Committee, the Department of History
Geoffrey Canada, Educator听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with Students for Education Reform
Francisco Cant煤, Author, The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Sarah Chayes,听听Author, Thieves of State: Why CorruptionThreatens Global Security
Presented with the Islamic Civilization and Societies
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Author, Between the World and Me听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Tina Corea听and听Lora Krsulich,听情色空间 Women in Newark: Alternative Career Paths in Urban Policy & Politics
Presented with the Department of Political Science
David Cowan,听Setting the Agenda for Global Dialogue: A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Business Ethics in Saudi Arabia听
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 with听EcoPledge, Environmental Studies Department, and 情色空间 Dining
Steve Eisman,听Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Neuberger Berman and featured in the movie听The Big Short
Presented with the 情色空间 Economics Association
Forensics and Accounting Ethics听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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鈥檚听Mein Kampf: Prelude to the Holocaust
Presented with the Institute for the Liberal Arts, Center for Human Rights and International Justice, 情色空间 Law School /Holocaust Project, Jewish Studies Program, Film Studies Program, Woods College of Advancing Studies, and more.
Dick and Rick Hoyt,听Father and Son Marathon Team听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Campus School Volunteers
Anthony Jack, Author and Professor, Boston University
Presented with the Pine Manor Institute for Student Success
Richard Keeley, Author,听Exploring the Thought of Jane Jacobs: The Conversation of Cities
Presented with Boston College Libraries
Meb Keflezighi, US Marathoner听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with Share Your Sport and WeRun情色空间
, Entrepreneur and activist; Founder, Climate Cardinals
Presented with the Environmental Studies Program, EcoPledge, and Climate Justice
Nicholas Kristof, Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist,听Reacting 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 Impact听featuring听Ben Hecht, President & CEO, Living Cities and听Sarah Smith, Director, Mercy Investment Services.
Presented with the Center for Social Innovation and the Institute for the Liberal Arts
Leading Women: Breaking Barriers in Athletics听featuring听Laura Gentile, MBA'96, Founder and Senior VP, espnW and听Dr. Jen Welter '00, First Female NFL Coach
Presented with Boston College Women's Summit: Own It
Legally Blind: Law, Ethics, and the Third Reich:听A 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 Transformation听featuring听David Little, Research Fellow, Georgetown University听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the听Center 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
听Author,听Heroic Living: Discover Your Purpose and Change the听World听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Intersections Project
听Film Screening and Discussion
Presented with听L'Association Haitienne de Boston College, African & African Diaspora Studies, Forum on Racial Justice, Women's Center, and the Office of Global Engagement.
Dannel P. Malloy '77, Law'80, P'15,听Governor of Connecticut (2011-2019)
Presented with the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy
Gina McCarthy,听Former Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Presented with Earth and Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies Program, International Studies Program,听Institute for the Liberal Arts, Jesuit Institute, the听Joseph 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,"听Lessons Learned From Katrina
Presented with the 情色空间 Alumni Association
Bill McKibben,听Author, Educator, and Environmentalist听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and Ecopledge听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Mar铆a Emma Mej铆a,听United Nations Permanent Colombia Representative听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Latin American Business Club, AHANA, 情色空间ES, ENACTUS, The Organization of Latin American Affairs, and Heights Capital
Reuben Jonathan Miller, Author and Professor, University of Michigan
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series and PULSE Program
Cullen Murphy, Author,听Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America听听听
Presented with the History and Political Science Departments
Bill Plunkert '68, Former CIA agent听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听
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 Affairs听 听
Race, Sports, and Politics: Confronting Injustice in the History of Boston
Presented with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee, Athletics Department & Office of Student-Athlete Academic Services, Brockton Historical Society, and Brockton Area Branch NAACP
Robert Reich,听Inequality for All听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听
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,听Leadership in Arts Marketing听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Boston College Arts Council
Vandana Shiva, Environmental Activist and Author
Presented as part of the Rewilding Planet Earth Series
Rebecca Skloot,听Author,听The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series
Jennifer Siebel Newsom,听Filmmaker, 鈥楳iss Representation鈥� & Girls鈥� Advocate听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with 情色空间 Student Affairs
Elizabeth Smart, Activist and Author 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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, UG情色空间 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 Affairs听 听
The Race of Our Lives: Confronting and Solving the Global Climate Crisis
Panelists:听Jeremy Grantham,听Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo, James Hansen, Columbia University,听and Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University,听Moderator:听Juliet Schor, Boston College听
Presented with the听Environmental Studies听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听
Miles Taylor,听White House Whistleblower and Author, Warning
Presented with the Political Science Department
Krista Tippett, Author听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Presented with the Lowell Humanities Series听
Paul Tough,听Author听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
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