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Education: Empowering Girls One Book at a Time

April 23, 2014 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

FREE with NU ID

Education: Empowering Girls One Book at a Time

Featuring

John Wood | Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read; Author of Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn  | Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and co-authors of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

Moderated by Sheila Marcelo | Founder and CEO  of Care.com

 

Join us for an evening panel discussion with leaders in gender equality and literacy for women and girls across the globe. 

Buy or bring your copy of Creating Room to Read and Half the Sky for author signing directly following the panel. 

Books will be available for purchase beginning 5:30pm in Ell Hall. 

Tickets: FREE with NU ID, $22 external NU

Details

Date:
April 23, 2014
Time:
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost:
FREE with NU ID
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Website:
http://neu.universitytickets.com/user_pages/event.asp?id=1714&cid=143

Organizer

Social Enterprise Institute
Email:
sei@neu.edu

Venue

Blackman Auditorium
342 Huntington Avenue
Boston , MA 02115 United States
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