The Barbara Sabol Memorial Lecture

The Barbara Sabol Memorial Lecture Series is designed to promote awareness of peace and social issues by bringing recognized personalities to speak to the local community. The lecture is named for a founding member of the Peace and Justice Center who died in 1997.


Josh Fox

2023 Sabol Lecture:

“An Evening with Josh Fox”

Josh Fox, the Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated director of the film Gasland, will speak about his forthcoming film, ‘”The Edge of Nature,” focusing on climate change and how we almost solved the problem during the COVID-19 lockdown. The presentation will include selected scenes of the work-in-progress film, a question and answer opportunity, as well as a bit of banjo playing.

The presentation will take place in Burke Auditorium at King’s College on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 6 pm. It is free to the public.

The event is co-sponsored by the Peace and Justice Center, NEPA Green Coalition, King’s College Economics Department, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley.

The film will premiere at the Byron Bay International Film Festival in Australia on October 20, 2023. The trailer for the film is available now: https://youtu.be/EQF5AdIBy2c?si=NVt5E3mkmxy1Hwhg


Past Sabol Lectures:

2023 Lecture:

Offie Wortham shared his reflections from a lifetime of civil rights activism starting in the 1950s in a talk entitled “My Life Outside the Box: The Journey of a Civil Rights Activist.”This event was co-sponsored with the NAACP of Luzerne County and the the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Wyoming Valley. King’s College, Snyder Room, 15 January 2023, beginning at 3:00 p.m. Watch a streaming video of this presentation here: Offie Wortham on Civil Rights and Building Community

2021 Lecture:
Ron Jones of Dialogues on Diversity performed “MLK and the Strength of Shared Dreams” as the Peace and Justice Center’s 2021 Sabol Memorial Lecture. For more information about Dialogues on Diversity, please visit their website at dialoguesondiversity.com/about. The event took place on 26 October 2021, in the Burke Auditorium at King’s College.

2020 Lecture:
“Women Power the Vote,” Dr. Susan Poulson, Professor of History at The University of Scranton, author of Suffrage: The Epic Struggle for Women’s Right to Vote, and Dr. Teri Finneman, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Kansas, and author of Press Portrayals of Women Politicians: 1870s to 2000s. September 21, 2020 via Zoom.

2018 Lecture:
“The Trouble with My Name.” Dr. Javier Ávila. professor of English at Northampton Community College, and Pennsylvania’s 2015 Professor of the Year awardee by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. King’s College Burke Auditorium. April 7, 2018.

2017 Lecture:
“Re-establishing Law over War.” Dr. Mary Ellen O’Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of Law and Research Professor of International Dispute Resolution, at the University of Notre Dame. King’s College. September 21, 2017.

2016 Lectures:
“Another World Is Possible.” Shane Claiborne, founder and board member of The Simple Way, a faith community in inner-city Philadelphia. Misericordia University, September 30, 2016.

“Old Poison in New Bottles: How Racism Thrives in Integrated Schools and Why This Is a Problem of Justice,” Dr. Derrick Darby, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan and Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law. King’s College, April 5, 2016.

2014 Lecture: 
“Bread, Roses, and Rest: Securing Meaningful Retirement for All.” Teresa Ghilarducci, Ph.D., the Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz Chair of Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research King’s College, September 3, 2014.

2013 Lecture:
“Visiting the Prisoner: Theological-Ethical Reflections on a Forgotten Place,” Kathryn Getek Soltis, Director of the Center for Peace and Justice Education at Villanova University. King’s College, September 26, 2013.

2009 Lecture:
“Courage and Commitment: How Women Are Changing the World,” Pamela Varkony, a nationally recognized writer and commentator. King’s College, October 19, 2009.

2007 Lecture (10th Annual Lecture):
David Kaczynski, executive director of New Yorkers against the Death Penalty delivered the Peace and Justice Center’s 10th annual Barbara Sabol Memorial Lecture,
King’s College, October, 2007.

2006 Lecture:
Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches.

 

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