The NewDay Social Entrepreneurship Distinguished Speakers Series presents prominent leaders from across the field of social entrepreneurship to share their own experiences, challenges, insights, thoughts, and recommendations to students and the community. The speaker series provides the Tulane community an opportunity to meet and engage with some of the most remarkable people working in the area of social entrepreneurship today.
Scholars, practitioners and community activists convened at Tulane University on Wednesday (March 10) for a public forum on the history of black education in New Orleans. Planners of the forum said that New Orleans offers an important context for this history since it was the site of the organized resistance that led the Supreme Court to establish the "separate but equal" clause in Plessy v. Ferguson, later overturned by the landmark case, Brown v. Board of Education.
The forum will assess reform efforts currently taking place in New Orleans and identify the policy implications of these reforms for urban school districts nationwide. Speakers will discuss issues such as school governance, parental involvement, politics, accountability, accessibility and activism.
The forum is presented by the Tulane Program in African and African Diaspora Studies with support from the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives and the Deep South Regional Humanities Center.
The Newcomb College Institute is proud to present its 2009 summit, an interdisciplinary look at the various paths women might take to enter traditional sites of power. Students, faculty and professional participants will address the following questions: Who is leading us? Can women substantially transform the power structure? How are women negotiating the dangers and pitfalls of power networks?
Speakers include: • Political Strategist Donna Brazile • Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco • Micro-finance experts Matt Flannery and Premal Shah (Kiva.org) • Joyce Zonana • Megan Boler
The summit is just one of many events organized by the Newcomb College Institute, which provides academic, leadership, and research opportunities to enhance the education of undergraduate women at Tulane University.
Founded in 1834, Tulane is one of the most highly regarded and selective independent research universities in the United States. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, we take pride in being a part of this select group of 62 universities with "pre-eminent programs of graduate and professional education and scholarly research." Our schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in the liberal arts, science and engineering, architecture, business, law, social work, medicine, and public health and tropical medicine.
Founded in 1834, Tulane is one of the most highly regarded and selective independent research universities in the United States. A member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, we take pride in being a part of this select group o...
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