August 31 Is Last Day For Honors Seminar Subscription Discount
PBS journalist Ray Suarez and microfinancial expert Jessica Jackley join
consumer advocate Ralph Nader in the lineup of presenters for the 2009
Honors Seminars. Subscribe
by August 31 for a discounted rate.
They will discuss issues
related to Phi Theta Kappa's Honors
Study Topic, The Paradox of Affluence: Choices, Challenges,
and Consequences.
Ray Suarez is a Washington-based senior
correspondent for PBS' The NewsHour. A longtime member of the Washington
press corps, he is known for his expertise on quintessentially American
issues affected by the paradox of affluence, including politics, demographics,
race, and religion. He is the former host of NPR's Talk of the Nation.
He is author of The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in
the Great Suburban Migration: 1966-1999 and The Holy Vote: The
Politics of Faith in America.
Jessica Jackley is co-founder
of Kiva, a website that allows users to make loans directly to specific entrepreneurs
in the developing world. Recipients use the loans to develop their small
businesses and improve the economic situations for themselves and others.
Loans can be as small as $25.
Jackley has worked with microfinance
and social entrepreneurship programs in more than 30 countries.
Ralph
Nader, a previously announced presenter, is an internationally known
consumer advocate who is largely responsible for the creation of laws,
regulatory agencies and national standards that have improved the quality
of life for generations of Americans.
In recent years Nader
has been an independent candidate for President, pledging to work for the
public interest by returning government to the citizens.
The
complete Honors Seminar Series will be available on DVD and via online video
downloads no later than October - earlier than ever before. C-band and ku-band
live satellite feeds have been discontinued. Advance questions may be
submitted via email. Read
more about ways to use the Honors Seminars to benefit your campus
and community.
