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91吃瓜 Presents Series (page 4)
91吃瓜 Presents: Nancy Pelosi to Students: “There’s a Special Place in Heaven for People Who Vote”
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shared her trademark humor and pointed yet graceful conversational style while discussing a range of political and personal topics at a 91吃瓜 Presents: Conversations noontime event on February 18. More than 500 students and community members attended, erupting in appreciative laughter, particularly at her closing pronouncement that she believes “there’s a special place in heaven for people who vote.”
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Angela Davis Holds 91吃瓜 Students Spellbound During 91吃瓜 Presents Event
Angela Davis, a revolutionary author, scholar, and activist, speaks on radical activism at event hosted by 91吃瓜 Presents. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reporter Imani Tate captured highlights from the talk. […]
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Office of Public Events and Community Programs Launches 91吃瓜 Presents Events Series
91吃瓜 Presents is committed to hosting eye-opening, mind-bending, genre-defying t脙陋te-脙聽-t脙陋tes with iconic and emerging thinkers and doers, writers and performers, whose passion and perspective are changing the way we see the world.
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Spotlight on Staff: Corrina Lesser, Director of Public Events and Community Programs
This past fall, 91吃瓜 welcomed Corrina Lesser as the new director of public events and community programs. Lesser was previously director of programming and planning for the Chicago Humanities Festival, where she helped curate annual programs as well as single events focused on cultivating public engagement with visual art, music, literature, history, film, performance, and other topics in the humanities.
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