Global Summit XVI
Thursday, October 17, 2024 through Friday, November 15, 2024 at the Jefferson Educational Society and Gannon University.
Join us, for our 16th year of serving the Erie community with a new Global Summit lineup of groundbreaking researchers, writers, and presenters. The JES invites speakers from around the world to speak on a broad range of globally important issues each year as part of our Global Summit Speaker Series.
Thomas B. Hagen Dignitas Award Winners:
2011: Steve Scully; 2012: Barry Casselman; 2013: Harry Markopolos; 2014: Sister Joan Chittister; 2015: Drs. John and Silvia Ferretti; 2016: Hon. Tom Ridge; 2017: Lt. Gen. James Dubik, Ret.; 2018: James and Deborah Fallows; 2019: Eleanor Smeal; 2021: Robert Pape; 2022: Rev. Charles Brock; 2023: Major General Ed Bolten; 2024: Fred Biletnikoff
Gannon Reads: Lara Schwartz
October 30th,2024 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Professor / Instructor / Speaker: Lara Schwartz
Location: TBD
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 30, 7:30-9:00PM
Admission: General Admission $25.00 (Early Bird) Prederred Seating $50.00 (Early Bird)
Parking:
Lara Schwartz
Lara Schwartz is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University, where she is the founding director of the Project on Civic Dialogue. Schwartz, a lawyer and former civil rights strategist, is also the author of Try to Love the Questions, which aims to create a framework where educators and students alike can comprehend and engage with discussions pertaining to civil discourse, effectively setting up college communities to navigate the intersection between free speech and inclusion.
