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  1. Lecture Series Features Experts in Politics, Education, Environmental Justice, and Community Develop Tuesday, November 18, 2008

    The Benwood Foundation, in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies, and CreateHere, has announced speakers for the 2009 George T. Hunter Lecture Series.

    The series kicks off on January 13 with world-renowned historian and author, Doris Kearns Goodwin. Ms. Goodwin, an expert on presidential politics, is the author of several books and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The American Homefront During World War II.

    Her most recent book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, won the Lincoln Prize and the Book Prize for American History. Speaking just one week before the presidential inauguration, Ms. Goodwin’s lecture will focus on leadership lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln.

    In addition to Ms. Goodwin, the 2009 George T. Hunter Lecture Series will include conversations with John Merrow, Education Correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; Van Jones, founder and president of the non-profit Green for All; and David Brooks, columnist for The New York Times.
    “We hope to build on the success of last year’s lecture series by continuing to encourage a public dialogue on issues that affect our community and our nation,” said Corinne Allen, Executive Director of the Benwood Foundation.

    Named after the Benwood Foundation’s founder, the lecture series will bring four of the nation’s leading experts to Chattanooga to speak on leadership, education, environmental justice and community development. Last year’s speakers included former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright and Pulitzer Prize winner, Frank McCourt.

    George T. Hunter Lecture Series Schedule
    January 13, 2009 Doris Kearns Goodwin
    March 3, 2009 John Merrow
    September 15, 2009 Van Jones
    November 17, 2009 David Brooks

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