"From Selma to Ferguson: On Being Faithful to the Moment"
Ambassador Charles Stith is the gues t speaker for the Office of Diversity Programs' annual Martin Luther King J r. Celebration lecture. Prior to assuming his present position as the Dire ctor of the African Presidential Archives and Research Center at Boston Uni versity\, Charles Stith\, appointed by President Clinton\, served as Ambass ador of the United States to the United Republic of Tanzania in the traumat ic period after the August 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaa m. Under his leadership\, the Embassy was restored to stability and set a n ew standard for U.S. Embassies promoting American Trade and investment in A frica.
Stith is the founder and former National President of the Orga nization for a New Equality (O.N.E.)\, an organization which focuses on exp anding economic opportunities for minorities and women. He is the author of Political Religion (Abingdon Press\,1995) as well as numerous articles\, w hich have appeared in such publications as the Wall Street Journal\, Denver Post\, Atlanta Journal Constitution\, Boston Globe\, Boston Herald\, USA T oday\, Los Angeles Times\, New York Times\, and the Chicago Sun Times.
< p>The Celebration lecture will take place at 4:00 p.m. in the Eric P. Newma n Center at Washington University School of Medicine\, 320 S. Euclid Av. T he event is free of charge. To RSVP\, please call the Office of Diversity Programs 314-362-6854 or email us at medschooldiversity@wusm.wustl.edu.LOCATION:Eric P. Newman Center GEO:38.636891;-90.262391 ORGANIZER;CN="Brian":MAILTO:bmarston@wustl.edu URL;VALUE=URI:https://mddiversity.wustl.edu/events/calendar/2015-martin-lut her-king-jr-celebration-lecture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20141102T070000 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR