Dr. S. Alease Ferguson Presents All-Campus Convocation at DU
Date of Event: October 30, 2008
Posted: September 23, 2008 / Last Updated: November 5, 2008
Dr. S. Alease Ferguson, the guest resident of Denison’s Black Studies Program, will speak at a campus-wide convocation concerning the theory of poverty and urban entrepreneurship at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, in the Burton D. Morgan Center Lecture Hall (150 Ridge Road), with a reception to follow in the Welsh Hills Room. The talk is free and open to the public.
Ferguson is director of Family to Family Systems of Care for the Cleveland Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program. She also is an activist for social change in the area of financial fraud and predatory lending.
The convocation is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Black Studies Program and will be held in collaboration with the Burton D. Morgan Program in Liberal Arts & Entrepreneurship Education.
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Calendar Listing:
CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — Dr. S. Alease Ferguson, 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 30, Burton D. Morgan Center Lecture Hall (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. Contact 740-587-6567 or 740-587-8579.
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