SUZANNE PHARR LECTURE & RECEPTION, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 7:30 pm

Author and political activist Suzanne Pharr will deliver the Spear
Lecture in Public Policy at 7:30 pm on Thursday, October 2 at the 3M
Auditorium in the Carlson School of Management. The Auditorium is
located at 321 - 19th Ave South in Minneapolis, on the West Bank of the
University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus. This lecture is free and
open to the public. The Steven J. Schochet Endowment will host a
dessert reception for Pharr and the public following the lecture.

Now celebrating it's 20th year in print, Pharr's book "Homophobia: A
Weapon of Sexism," was groundbreaking in its analysis of homophobia in
the context of the intersectionality of gender, sexuality, racism, and
equality (www.suzannepharr.org). Pharr sees her work as building a
broad-based coalition so that everyone can be wholly themselves, i.e.
"to have self-determination, to be treated with dignity and respect, and
to have access to material necessities as well as joy."

During this historic 2008 presidential campaign, it is important to hear
from activists like Pharr who urge us to think broadly about issues of
GLBT empowerment, racial & economic justice, and social transformation.
For more information, contact Beng Chang at beng@umn.edu or 612-625-0537.