The Power of Words featuring Michele Norris
Doors open at 5:00 p.m.
Appetizers, desserts, coffee, and cash bar available
6:00 p.m.
Keynote Address with Michele Norris, Peabody Award-winning journalist, founder of The Race Card Project and Executive Director of The Bridge, The Aspen Institute’s new program on race, identity, connectivity and inclusion. For more than a decade Norris served as a host of NPR's All Things Considered, where she interviewed world leaders, American presidents, Nobel laureates, leading thinkers, and groundbreaking artists. She has also produced in-depth profiles, interviews, and series for NPR News programs, as well as special reports for National Geographic, Time Magazine, ABC News, and Lifetime Television. Norris created The Race Card Project, an initiative to foster a wider conversation about race in America, after the publication of her family memoir, The Grace of Silence.
7:00 p.m.
Panel discussion with Michele Norris, moderated by Dr. LaDrina Wilson
This intelligent conversation made possible by
The Joyce and Tony Singh Family Foundation
Event Sponsors
Merrill, a Bank of America company
Ken Croken
Susan Sharar and Leo Schubert
Table Sponsors
IH Mississippi Valley Credit Union
Kathleen Collins at the Dragonfly
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center
The Planning Center
Rafferty Funeral Home
Rivermont Collegiate
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Davenport
Stage Sponsor
WITHIN by Conceptual Designs
Door Prize Sponsors
Lagomarcino's
Lisa Powell Williams
Date and Time
Tuesday Sep 1, 2020
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Location
River Center/ Adler Theatre
136 E 3rd St
Davenport, Iowa 52801