Journalist, commentator Rosa Clemente to speak at University Center
Political commentator, community organizer and independent journalist Rosa Clemente will be 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 Civil Discourse Speaker on Tuesday, Sept. 18, at 7 p.m. in the A.K. Hinds University Center Grandroom.
Clemente, an Afro-Puerto Rican who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, has
dedicated her life to organizing, scholarship and activism. She is the president and
founder of 鈥淜now Thy Self Productions,鈥� which has produced seven major community activism
tours, and consults on issues such as hip-hop feminism, media justice, voter engagement
among youth of color, third party politics, U.S. political prisoners and the right
of Puerto Rico to become an independent nation free of U.S. colonial domination.
Tickets are free and are available at the UC guest services desk. 蘑菇短视频students (one per person) can pick up their tickets through Monday, Sept. 17; 蘑菇短视频faculty and staff (two per person) can pick up theirs beginning Wednesday, Sept. 12; and the public (2 per person) on Friday, Sept. 14.
The event, sponsored by the Department of Campus Activities and the College of Arts and Sciences, supports the OneBook and DegreePlus initiatives.
