2 Events: Gergen, Guinier & Weld on Obama; Italian Thinkers

The Italian Consulate General in Boston and the Howard Gotlieb Research Center
present
"Honoring Great Italian Thinkers and Reformers,"
a discussion, exhibition opening and cocktail reception
on
Nov. 18, 2008, Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
at the
Mugar Memorial Library Building
771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Mass.

panel discussion:
"Max Ascoli: Antifascist, Intellectual, Journalist"

exhibition opening:
"THE INDELIBLE ITALIAN SPIRIT: Profiles of Max Ascoli, Danilo Dolci, Oriana Fallaci and Niccolo Tucci 

INFO:  EthnicNEWz.org/en/event

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The Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice
present
"In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: Next Steps for Pres.-elect Obama and For We The People "

a free panel discussion with
Douglas Blackmon, Atlanta bureau chief, Wall Street Journal
Alan Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter professor of law, Harvard Law School
David Gergen, professor of public service, Harvard Kennedy School; CNN political commentator
Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey professor of law, Harvard Law School
Orlando Patterson, John Cowles professor of sociology, Harvard University
María Teresa Petersen, executive director, Voto Latino
William Weld, partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP; former governor of Massachusetts

on
Nov. 18, 2008, Wednesday, 1:00 p.m.
at
Ames Courtroom, Austin Hall, Harvard Law School
1515 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Mass.  02138

INFO:  EthnicNEWz.org/en/event

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SEE ALSO:
Consul General Liborio Stellino: Italians Continue to Shape the World