Event Host: Center for Ethics and Human Values
Short Description: The Compas Conference will feature a series of speakers discussing the theme, "What is the American Dream?"
Friday, Jan. 24 from 2:10-5:30 p.m.
U.S. Bank Conference Theater, Ohio Union
Is the American dream still alive? Who is and is not included in its promise? What does it require of us today? What is the relationship between its various parts; between freedom, democracy, opportunity, and prosperity?
This event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.
Featured participants include: David Leonhardt, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at The New York Times; JD Vance, founder of Our Ohio Renewal and author of Hillbilly Elegy; Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute at Ohio State; and Gretchen Ritter, executive dean and vice provost of the College Arts and Sciences.
For more information, include a schedule of presentations, please visit the Center for Ethics and Human Values website.
