Dean Maurice Daniels of the University of Georgia School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies cordially invite you to: 

The Inaugural Donald L. Hollowell Lecture
Monday, April 2, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Mahler Auditorium
Georgia Center for Continuing Education 

Renowned Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, will address “Affirmative Opportunity in the Barack Obama Era.” A reception, which begins at 6 p.m., will precede the event, which is free and open to the public.

Wilson, a nationally respected authority on race and poverty, is a past president of the American Sociological Association and in 1996 was named by Time magazine as one of America's 25 Most Influential People. He is the recipient of 44 honorary degrees, including honorary doctorates from Princeton, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth and the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands.

William Julius Wilson

The Donald L. Hollowell Lecture was initiated by Dr. Obie Clayton, the Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies in UGA’s School of Social Work, to annually invite nationally and internationally known experts who have conducted work in the civil and human rights and social and economic sustainability arenas.     

The professorship and lecture are named in honor of Donald L. Hollowell, a legendary civil rights attorney and lead counsel in Holmes v. Danner, the landmark case that secured admission to UGA for Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, the first African-American students to register for classes at the university in 1961.

The event is co-sponsored by the School of Social Work and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies. For more information on the School of Social Work, see http://ssw.uga.edu. For more information on the Foot Soldier Project see, http://footsoldier.uga.edu/.

PLEASE RSVP BY APRIL 1, 2012