If you couldn't be at Jonathan Kozol on Wednesday

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Jonathan Kozol speaking at UMass Boston

I can't go to this--back to back finance meetings--but for those who can:

The College of Education and Human Development
invites you to a keynote address by

Jonathan Kozol

Monday, April 28, 2014 - Campus Center Ballroom
Poster Sessions: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Keynote address: 4:00 p.m.

Jonathan Kozol has been working with children in inner-city schools for nearly 50 years. Kozol, who has examined the inequality inflicted upon children born into poverty in a wealthy nation, has been called "today's most eloquent spokesman for America's disenfranchised." Following the address, Kozol will answer questions and sign copies of his most recent book, Fire in the Ashes.

For more information and to RSVP, please visit www.umb.edu/kozol

Reception to follow. For dietary or disability-related accommodations, please visit www.ada.umb.edu two weeks prior to the event.

This event is made possible through support from the UMass Boston Alumni Association, University Advancement, and the Healey Library

Jonathan Kozol in Cambridge on September 19!

Jonathan Kozol is the  Mary Ann Hardenbergh Memorial Lecturer this year, speaking on September 19 on "Fire in the Ashes: Public Schools Under Siege: Victims and Survivors."
Citizens for Public Schools is sponsoring this lecture at Memorial Church in Harvard Yard, Cambridge.
Tickets are for sale here.


Anyone want to ride in together from Worcester?