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Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof told a packed Page Auditorium that women’s rights is the issue of the 21st century Sept. 17. His visit to the University was the first stop on his tour to promote his new book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.”
Unequal access to health care, food and education has crippled developing countries and left the world short of about 100 million women, Kristof said.
Telling stories of sex trafficking, physical abuse and mental neglect, Kristof illustrated his emotional and often disturbing anecdotes with photographs of the women of whom he spoke.
Kristof followed his lecture with a question and answer session and a book signing. The first 200 audience members to arrive received free copies of his book, and more were available for purchase.
Rep. David Price, D-N.C., came to Duke last Tuesday to talk about healthcare reform with students and answer their questions. Watch the video above, shot and narrated by The Chronicle’s Allie Prater, to see Price speak and hear an interview with one of the event’s planners.
Although many renowned speakers helped make the John Hope and Aurelia Franklin Celebration event memorable, who were the guests at the event and why did they attend? In this video series, The Chronicle interviewed students, university faculty and administrators and friends of the Fraklins who came to the Chapel. The series investigates why attendees felt it an important event to attend and what they hoped the speakers and the program would focus on. The series also features memories of the Franklins and attendees’ reactions to the even.
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (1/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (2/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (3/4)
Celebration of the Lives of John Hope and Aurelia Whittington Franklin (4/4)
