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Vincent Harding discusses Is America Possible?

7:30 pm - Wednesday
October 1, 2008

Cambridge Forum
First Parish in Cambridge
3 Church Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-2727

Free and Open to the Public 6:30 pm Reception precedes forum. RSVP at 617-495-2727.

Is America possible? How can our nation achieve the ideals of our founding? Internationally renowned theologian Vincent Harding argues that the American Dream has never been fully realized. He calls the nation's marginalized, especially African Americans and young people, to claim the vision of a just and democratic America and work to fulfill it.

Vincent Harding is professor emeritus and trustee at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, where he served as professor of religion and social transformation for almost a quarter century. A personal friend and co-worker of Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Harding served as director of the Martin Luther King Memorial Center in Atlanta, chairman of the nationally televised CBS Black Heritage series, and senior academic adviser to the PBS series Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years.

In 1997 he and his wife Rosemarie founded the Veterans of Hope Project to gather the stories of women and men who have worked through the decades to create a more just and compassionate world, a work that he and his children continue following Rosemarie's death.

Cambridge Forums are free and open to the public. Book signing will follow 
program. Open discussion follows speaker presentation. Events are recorded 
for public radio broadcast. CDs and tapes are available.  Call 617-495-2727.  
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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