Clark University Speakers Forum

 

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Past Events

Past Speakers Forum Events

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker

 

Descrption

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attendance

2005-2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith Stroup

 

Founder of NORML*

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

 

Rick Ross

 

Cult Victim "Deprogrammer"

 

 

 

 

 

37

 

Sarah Weddington

Winning Attorney in Roe v. Wade

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

Paul Begala

 

Notable Pundit on CNN

 

 

 

 

 

 

107

 

Stan Goff

 

Vietnam Veteran Against Iraq War

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

Road to Hope Tour

Tour of AIDS Survivors

 

 

 

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006-2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike Henry

 

Producer/Writer of Family Guy

 

 

 

 

 

No Data

Dinesh D'Souza

 

Anti-Affirmative Action Activist

 

 

 

 

 

No Data

Andy Berman

 

Lecturer on Schizophrenia

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Data

Peter Blute

 

Former Congressman and MassPort Chief

 

 

 

 

3

 

Mike Motzkin

 

Director- MA Log Cabin Republicans

 

 

 

 

45

 

Jon Green

 

Education Director- Gun Owners Action League

 

 

 

26

 

Jack Cole

 

Ex-Cop Against War on Drugs

 

 

 

 

 

56

 

Rosemarie Reynolds

Director- Democrats for Life of Massachusetts

 

 

 

16

 

George Phillies

 

2008 Libertarian Presidential Candidate

 

 

 

 

9

 

Keith Saunders

 

Director- Massachusetts chapter of NORML*

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007-2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John D'Vorak

 

Hemp Historian and Hempollogist

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Neil McGaraghan

Lawyer for Many Detainees at  naval base at Guantanamo Bay

84

 

Robert Hastings

UFO Researcher

 

 

124

 

Jennifer Boylan

Best-Selling Tranansgendered Author

411

 

Ellory Schempp

Sued in Supreme Court to End Mandatory School Prayer

 

14

 

Shirley Wilcher

Executive Director of American Association for Affirmative Action

 

17

 

Hannah Song

Director of Liberty in North Korea (Human Rights Advocacy Group)

 

26

 

James Adomian

George W. Bush Impersonator

 

157

 

Eve Ensler

Feminist Activist, Author of Vagina Monologues

 

307

 

Woody Bliss/Carol Crossed

Board Member of Republican Majority for Choice, Vice-President of Democrats for Life

27

 

Bradley Jardis

NH Police Officer Against Drug Prohibition

 

26

 

Eva Milones

Representative of Immigrant Advocacy Group

3

 

David Ramsey

Author of Book about Political Polarization

15

 

Jean-Robert Cadet

Ex-Haitian Slave (Restavic), Current Author and Anti-Slavery Activist

 

81

 

Daniel Sachs

 

Expert on Controversial Art

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

Jim Wallace

 

Executive Director- Gun Owners Action League

 

 

 

10

 

Invisible Children

 

A Documentary Screening and Discussion about Ugandan War and Exploitation of Children

67

 

The Beehive Collective

Geopolitically-Oriented Activist Art Group

 

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008-2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pietra Rivoli

 

Author of "Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy"

 

 

 

100

 

Jay Friedman

 

Award-Winning Sex Educator

 

 

 

 

 

160

 

Matt Holden

 

Clark Alumnus and Former US Army Engineer in Iraq

 

 

 

36

 

Middle East Policy Form

Forum of Policy Positions of US Political Parties on Middle East Issues

 

113

 

Mendel Sachs

 

Notable Physicist

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

66

 

Adam Chalom

 

Secular Humanistic Rabbi

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Paul  Nardizzi

 

Popular Comedian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

D'Army Bailey

 

Lecture on Race Relations in the 1960s and the Civil Rights Movement

 

58

 

D'Army Bailey/Shiela McCann

Panel of Modern-Day Race Relations

 

 

 

 

 

97

 

Tim Wise

 

Anti-Racist Activist and Writer

 

 

 

 

 

221

 

Free Gaza Movement

Human Rights Group that in sent the first boats to land at and deliver aid in Gaza

96

 

Stephen Zune

 

Pro-Palistinian Activist

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

 

Miriam Grossman

 

Author of Unprotected, a book on how the college "hookup culture", endangers students

79

 

Tom DiLorenzo

 

Professor thst Argued Against the Lincoln Presidency from a Libertarian Perspective

22

 

Rich Cronin

 

Lead Singer of the Band "LFO" that survived Lukemia

 

 

 

44

 

5 Under 25

 

Panel of Five Recent Clark Alumni

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

Teja Arboleda

 

Multiracial Comedian that gave a presentation on the Limits of Free Speech

 

38

 

The Right to Protest

A Screening of the film on the right to protest, followed by a talk with the director of the Worcester ACLU

4

 

Richard Van Wickler

Superintendent of the Cheshire Department of Corrections and Opponent of War on Drugs

9

 

Marc Soloman

 

Executive Director of MassEquality, the state's gay rights advocacy group

 

31

 

Francis Lappe

 

Author, Actiivist, and Expert on the Impact of Healthful Dietary Choices

 

51

 

Megan Andelloux

 

License Sexologist and Vocal Positive Sexuality Advocate

 

 

82

 

Norm Finkelstein

 

Palestinian Rights Advoceate and author of several books on "The Holocaust Insdustry"

439

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* NORML stands for National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML is pro-marijuana legalization)