Race speaker tonight
April 28, 2008
Human rights activist, writer and author Richard Lapchick will speak about racial equality in sports at 7 tonight in Ohio University’s Convocation Center. His speech is titled “Sports: A Bridge Across the Racial Divide.”
An expert on sports issues, Lapchick has been described as “the racial conscience of sport.” He is the founder and CEO of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports. He co-founded the Hope for Stanley Foundation, which organized groups of student-athletes to go to New Orleans to work in the reconstruction efforts of the city’s Ninth Ward.
In addition to being a regular columnist for the Sports Business Journal and ESPN.com, he has written 13 books and appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Face the Nation,” “The Today Show,” ABC News, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, CNN and ESPN.
Lapchick has received eight honorary degrees. In 1993, he was named outstanding alumnus at the University of Denver where he earned his doctorate in international race relations in 1973.
Lapchick’s speech is sponsored by the Department of Athletics, Office of Multicultural Programs, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, Office of Institutional Equity and University College.
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