[OSList] Fw: NYU Reynolds Program: <Special Speaker Series Event: What Do You Stand For? An Evening of Moral Courage with Cornel West and Irshad Manji. Special musical guest Omnia Hegazy!>

Fri Apr 5 08:13:33 PDT 2013

Thanks so much! That was thoughtful!

Definitely a powerhouse line up. I used to spend more time in NYC, but
haven't been so much now that I am in Pittsburgh - but for the right
events, it can happen!

On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, <chunili2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Tricia,
>
> I saw this announcement from NYU about social entrepreneurship and thought
> of you.
> Don't remember where you are based...but may be you and your friends
> would be interested in this event which is open to the public.
>
> Chuni Li
>
>   ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship <
> reynoldsprogram at nyu.edu>
> *To:*
> *Sent:* Friday, April 5, 2013 9:58 AM
> *Subject:* NYU Reynolds Program: <Special Speaker Series Event: What Do
> You Stand For? An Evening of Moral Courage with Cornel West and Irshad
> Manji. Special musical guest Omnia Hegazy!>
>
>
>  *The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship is pleased to
> present a very special Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
> Speaker Series Event: The Launch of Moral Courage TV*
> Join us on April 16, 2013 from 6:00pm -7:30pm for an evening celebrating
> the launch of Moral Courage TV with Professor and Philosopher Dr. Cornel
> West, and Founder and Director of the Moral Courage Project Irshad Manji.
> Don’t miss this inspiring discussion about power, democracy, innovation,
> and your own role in all three.  Moral courage means standing up when
> others want you to sit down, and it's the big idea behind every movement
> for social change.  The event takes place in the Tishman Auditorium, 40
> Washington Square South, New York NY. The event is free and open to the
> public, but space is limited and an RSVP is required by clicking here<http://bit.ly/CWIMu>or by cutting and pasting
> http://bit.ly/CWIMu into your browser. Singer/songwriter Omni Hegazy will
> perform, and a reception will follow.
> CORNEL WEST is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is
> a Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological
> Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught
> at Yale, Harvard, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna
> Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in
> Philosophy at Princeton. He has written 20 books and has edited 13. He is
> best known for his classics Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and his
> memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. He appears frequently on
> Bill Maher, The Colbert Report, CNN and C-Span as well as on his dear
> Brother, Tavis Smiley’s PBS TV Show. He is also co-host of the popular
> radio show “Smiley & West” heard on PRI around the country. The co-hosts
> have recently co-authored the book titled The Rich and the Rest of Us: A
> Poverty Manifesto. The new book is a game-changing text on economic
> injustice in America. He made his film debut in The Matrix – and was the
> commentator (with Ken Wilbur) on the official trilogy released in 2004. He
> also has appeared in over 25 documentaries and films including Examined
> Life, Call & Response, Sidewalk and Stand. Last, he has made three spoken
> word albums including Never Forget, collaborating with Prince, Jill Scott,
> Andre 3000, Talib Kweli, KRS-One and the late Gerald Levert. His spoken
> word interludes were featured on Terence Blanchard’s Choices (which won the
> Grand Prix in France for the best Jazz Album of the year of 2009), The
> Cornel West Theory’s Second Rome, Raheem DeVaughn’s Grammy-nominated Love &
> War: Masterpeace, and most recently on Bootsy Collins’ The Funk Capital of
> the World. In short, Cornel West has a passion to communicate to a vast
> variety of publics in order to keep alive the legacy of Martin Luther King,
> Jr. – a legacy of telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.
> IRSHAD MANJI is Founder and Director of the Moral Courage Project, housed
> at the Wagner School of Public Service. This multi-media program equips
> people to become gutsy global citizens. As a faithful Muslim, Irshad puts
> moral courage into practice. Her latest book, Allah, Liberty & Love, is a
> guide to reconciling faith and freedom in a world raging with repressive
> dogmas. O, The Oprah Magazine, describes Allah, Liberty & Love as “an
> audacious, thoughtful call for people of all religions to move beyond hate,
> fear and intolerance.” Irshad’s previous book is the international
> bestseller, The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her
> Faith. It has been published in 31 languages, including Arabic, Urdu and
> Bahasa Indonesia. In-between her books, Irshad created the Emmy-nominated
> PBS documentary, Faith Without Fear. Her books and films have been banned
> by certain governments, which explains Irshad’s strategic use of social
> media – from online translations and study guides to a virtual team of
> advisors who answer the public’s questions about how to live with moral
> courage. On April 16, Irshad is launching Moral Courage TV, a web-based
> channel that tells the stories of morally courageous people worldwide.
> Partnered with YouTube, Moral Courage TV will be translated and distributed
> in several languages. The World Economic Forum identifies Irshad as a Young
> Global Leader. The Jakarta Post in Indonesia – the world’s largest Muslim
> country – has selected her as one of three Muslim women making a positive
> change in Islam today. Most recently, the New York Society for Ethical
> Culture gave Irshad its highest distinction: The Ethical Humanist Award.
> Now in its seventh year, the NYU Reynolds Social Entrepreneurship in the 21
> st Century Speaker Series features a remarkable selection of social
> entrepreneurs and related leaders who have launched extraordinary programs,
> companies and movements addressing the most pressing challenges of the 21
> st century.  Reflecting the NYU Reynolds belief that social
> entrepreneurship is a meta-profession drawing on cross-disciplinary
> knowledge and practice, the series presents prominent social entrepreneurs
> and leaders from across the spectrum of public and professional sectors who
> will share their insights as cutting-edge, far-reaching changemakers. One
> event remain for this year’s series; Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp<http://bit.ly/koppreynolds>on April  22.
> Past speakers include Public Enemy founder Chuck D, Nobel Laureate Elie
> Wiesel, Room to Read Founder John Wood, documentary maker *No Impact Man *Colin
> Beavan*, *Ashoka founder Bill Drayton, idealist.org founder Ami Dar,
> Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, International Bridges To Justice
> founder Karen Tse, Whole Foods Founder John Mackey, Seventh Generation
> founder Jeffrey Hollender, ACLU President Anthony Romero, Acumen Fund
> founder Jacqueline Novogratz, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Endeavor
>  founder Linda Rottenberg, and CNN pundit David Gergen.
> To learn more about the NYU Reynolds Speaker Series, and to access our
> audio and video library of previous speakers, click here<http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/speaker_series/>or cut and paste
> http://bit.ly/p9Y2 into your browser. The audio and video library is also
> available from the podcast section of iTunes. Search *NYU Reynolds Program
> *.
> To learn more about the NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship,
> please visit us at http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds.
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