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The Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding

These lectures are free and open to the public. 

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Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein
Former UN Human Rights High Commissioner
President & CEO, International Peace Institute

 

 

 

 

 

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Micheline Ishay, Ph.D.
Professor of Human Rights and International Studies
Korbel School for International Studies
University of Denver

Fall Miller Lecture

“Global Challenges to Human Rights Today"

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022
5:15 p.m. Invite Only Reception
Michels Commons Ballroom
7 p.m. Public Lecture
Walter Theatre, Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts
St. Norbert College

From Refugee crises to global poverty to rigged elections, growing populiam-- and the intolerance and oppression it breeds, we are at a pivotal moment in the fight for human rights.

Throughout his years of service as a career diplomat and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has been a champion for the protection of fundamental human rights. His work has involved the security of equality, justice, and respect -- and has directly influenced international justice, United Nations peacekeeping and women's development.

In this lecture, Zeid discusses his concerns about the threats to global stability posed by such forces as racism, xenophobia, nationalism and authoritarian leaders, and poses that the safety of humanity will be secured only through vision, energy and generosity of spirit. According to Zeid, "Silence does not earn you any respect -- none," and only through civic activism can we ensure equality and justice.

After his lecture, Zeid will be joined onstage by Micheline Ishay, Ph.D., Professor of Human Rights and International Studies at the University of Denver's Korbel School for International Studies, for conversation and questions. This event will also serve as the first public launch of Professor Ishay's Human Rights Reader (Third Edition). https://www.routledge.com/The.../Ishay/p/book/9780367634612

This event is supported by the Norman Miller Center Endowment.

 

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Sherrilyn Ifill
President and Director-Counsel Emeritus of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

 Spring Miller Lecture

"A Conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill"  

Tuesday, April 4, 2023
5:30 p.m. Invite Only Reception
Michels Commons Ballroom
7 p.m. Public Lecture
Walter Theatre, Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts
St. Norbert College

 

Sherrilyn Ifill served as the seventh President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) from 2013 to 2022, and currently serves as President and Director-Counsel Emeritus. Ifill, the second woman to ever lead LDF, provided visionary and transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation’s history.

 

Sherrilyn will be in conversation with Interim President of St. Norbert College Thomas Kunkel and President and CEO of Brown County United Way Robyn Davis. 

For more information on the the Norman and Louis Miller Lecture in Public Understanding, please contact the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice and Public Understanding at nmc@snc.edu or call our office at 920-403-3881.
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