SIU alumnus will discuss ‘Truth and Transformation’

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Date(s) - 03/16/2022
5:00 pm

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Jerry L. Hawkins, executive director of Dallas Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (Dallas TRHT) and a Southern Illinois University Carbondale alumnus, will share his thoughts on how the nation can become more inclusive and equitable at the SIU School of Law next week.

Hawkins’ presentation, “Truth and Transformation in Southern Illinois, South Africa, Chicago, and Dallas. Narrative Change Work as a Foundation for the Future,” is the law school’s 2022 Hiram H. Lesar Distinguished Lecture. The free, public presentation is at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the law school auditorium. This is the 24th lecture in the series established to honor founding Dean Hiram H. Lesar.