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Lowell Lecture

Transformational Leadership featuring Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP

Date & Time

Nov. 6, 2014

Location

Boston University Marsh Chapel
735 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
Driving Directions

Speaker(s)

Cornell William Brooks, President and CEO of the NAACP

Presenting Organization

Boston University School of Theology

Topics

Theology

Join the Boston University School of Theology for a lecture on Transformational Leadership given by Boston University School of Theology alumnus and the current President and CEO of the NAACP, Cornell William Brooks. The lecture begins at 5pm in Marsh Chapel. The reception immediately follows the lecture and will take place from 6:30pm-7:30pm in the School of Theology Community Center, 745 Commonwealth Avenue, garden level, right next to Marsh Chapel. Prior to leading the NAACP President Brooks (STH '87) led the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice where he directed the Institute's successful efforts to win the passage of three landmark prisoner reentry bills in 2010, hailed by The New York Times as, "a model for the rest of the nation." He has also served as Executive Director of the Fair Housing Council of Greater Washington, Vice-Chair of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority, Second Vice-Chair of the East Orange General Hospital Board of Trustees. His 1987 MDiv from BUSTH focused in social ethics and systematic theology. Contact Jaclyn Jones at jkjones@bu.edu if you have questions.