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For more information on the 2010-2011 Forester Lecture
Series, visit www.huntington.edu/fls. The Forester Lecture
Series is open to the public and free of charge.
Nicole Dreiske
“Spirit vs. ‘The Spin’: Affirming Your Values in the
Secular Workplace”
November 8, 7:00 PM
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
Nicole Dreiske is the Executive Director
of the International Children’s Media
Center, a non-profit cultural and
educational organization dedicated to
changing the way children view, use
and engage media. She has extensive
experience in the secular filmmaking
industry, including long tenures as
director of Facets Multi-Media, the
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, the Dreiske
Performance Company and Facets Performance Ensemble. She
has spoken and written widely on the subject of media literacy
and child development. Her presentation will focus on the
challenges presented by our celebrity and wealth-obsessed
culture, and how to recognize a “life well lived” in one’s chosen
vocation. She will encourage us to commit to a higher purpose
even as we endeavor to succeed in our secular occupational
pursuits.
The Adams Tribute Lecture
James Samuel Logan
“Christian Social Ethics and American Prisons”
March 6, 7:00 PM
MCA Zurcher Auditorium
James Logan was born in Harlem
and raised in the South Bronx. Later,
he earned graduate degrees from
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary
and Princeton Seminary. He is Associate
Professor of Religion, and Associate
Professor and Director of African and
African American Studies, at Earlham
College. His book, Good Punishment?
Christian Moral Practice and U.S. Imprisonment (Eerdmans, 2008)
introduced the language of Christian social ethics to the national
discussion on the nature and purpose of incarceration. His
presentation will address issues raised in his book and identify
ways that people of faith can enrich their spiritual lives through
reflection on the subject of restorative justice.
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