Winona LaDuke speaks with students after lecture at Worcester State University.
April 20, 2017
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Winona LaDuke Urges Protection of Water Rights and Ecosystems

Author and activist Winona LaDuke opened her recent talk at Worcester State University with a photo of a buffalo herd roaming wild on the prairie, and said, pointedly, “This is when America was . . .

Cornel West Speaks at Worcester State University in 2016.
March 31, 2016
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Cornel West Urges Audience to Show Integrity, Courage, and Compassion

The last time author, scholar, and civil rights activist Cornel West visited Worcester State University, he focused on unconditional love and humanity. He continued in that vein on Wednesday, March . . .

Cornel West at Worcester State in 2008
March 16, 2016
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Cornel West to Speak About the 'American Dream Reimagined'

Author and scholar Dr. Cornel West will speak at Worcester State University, on Wednesday, March 30 at 10:30 a.m. in the May Street Building (formerly Temple Emanuel). The lecture, “The American . . .

Marc Lamont Hill speaks at Worcester State University.
March 6, 2015
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Marc Lamont Hill Asks Americans to Do More Listening, Less Talking

For Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, February is a complicated time of year. “It’s sort of a mixed bag, Black History Month,” he said. “It’s the one month where all the black speakers get invited . . .

March 15, 2013
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Majora Carter: Fight for Environmental and Economic Change

“The thing that got me going was that we didn’t always have to be fighting against something, but that we could be fighting for something,” said Majora Carter, this year’s speaker in . . .

Jose Antonio Vargas speaks at Worcester State University.
March 19, 2012
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Jose Antonio Vargas Lecture Draws Hundreds to Blue Lounge

Journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, this year's Courageous Conversations guest speaker, said that since co-founding the organization Define American 10 months ago, he has collected more than 500 videos . . .

TransAfrica Founder Randall Robinson speaks at Worcester State University.
March 21, 2011
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Randall Robinson Urges Audience to Become More Informed Citizens

Randall Robinson, founder and president of TransAfrica, law professor at Penn State University, best-selling author, and social justice advocate, urged his audience to renew their commitment to their . . .

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February 14, 2011
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Transafrica Founder Randall Robinson to Speak at WSU

Best-selling author Randall Robinson will be featured at Worcester State University's fourth annual Courageous Conversations Lecture, Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sullivan Auditorium  The . . .

Kweisi Mfume speaks at Worcester State College.
February 8, 2010
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Kweisi Mfume Urges Worcester State Students to Define Themselves

NAACP CEO, Congressman and author Kweisi Mfume told the crowd gathered for Worcester State College’s annual Courageous Conversations lecture to “define yourselves. Don’t let pop culture or . . .

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