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Moral Voices, a new, yearlong initiative on campus, is dedicated to raising awareness for social justice issues. This year, Moral Voices will focus on human trafficking. Human trafficking is a national and international issue that, according to the UN, affects four million people annually.
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Moral Voices Presents Nicholas Kristof
The Moral Voices Distinguished Lecture Series is proud to host award-winning New York Times columnist and human rights activist, Nicholas Kristof on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 7 PM in Zellerbach Theatre.
This program is free and open to the public. To reserve preferred seating, visit http://pennhillel.org/moralvoices_kristof_tickets
Nicholas Kristof is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, often called the “reporter’s reporter” for his efforts to give a voice to the voiceless.
Mr. Kristof has lived on four different continents, reported on six, traveled to 140 countries, and all 50 states as he takes on topics such as human rights, human trafficking, and war crimes.
As result of his special interest in Web journalism, Nicholas Kristof was the first blogger on the New York Times website. A documentary about him, called “Reporter,” premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2009.
Haunted by what he has seen in Darfur, Mr. Kristof traveled to the region four times to provide coverage of the genocide unfolding, winning his second Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2006, "for his graphic, deeply reported columns that, at personal risk, focused attention on genocide in Darfur and that gave voice to the voiceless in other parts of the world.”
Mr. Kristof has also won the George Polk Award, the Overseas Press Club award, the Michael Kelly award, the Online News Association award, and the American Society of Newspaper Editors award.
The Moral Voices Distinguished Lecture Series is sponsored by Penn Hillel and the Heyman-Merrin Foundation, through which Penn students address a single issue through a social justice lens. Moral Voices encourages social action and education and hopes to raise awareness about these important issues.
For more information, contact Jordan Sale at jsale@sas.upenn.edu or Rachel Cohen at cmrachel@sas.upenn.edu.
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