Past Lectures and Speakers

2016  Justice and Equality: Inspiring Activism

Harry Belafonte social activist and entertainer. Introduced by 

Roger Brown, President, Berklee College of Music  Click to View the Lecture

 

2015  Call to Action: Then & Now

Peter Balakian author, The Burning Tigris; Joyce Van Dyke's Friends of Armenia; Sarah Leah Whitson, Human Rights Watch  Click to View the Lecture

 

2014  Truth to Action: Media Freedom - Protecting Human Rights

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Courtney Radsch, Committee to Protect Journalists; 

Ray Suarez, Al Jazeera America; Stephen Kurkjian, The Boston Globe; 

Thomas Mucha, GlobalPost  Click to View the Lecture

 

2013  Slavery and Human Trafficking

Siddarth Kara Harvard Kennedy School;  Cherie Jimenez,  EVA Center; 

Liam Lowney, Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance; Middlesex Sheriff

Peter J. Koutoujian  Click to View the Lecture

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2012   Immigrant Experience: On the Opening of Armenian Heritage Park

Ambassador Edward P. Djerejian Founding Director, James A. Baker III, Rice University; author, Danger and Opportunity:  An Ambassador's Journey Through the Middle East   Click to View the Lecture

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2011   An Ordinary Man

Paul Rusesabagina Founder and President, The Hotel Rwanda Foundation, author, An Ordinary Man  Click to View the Lecture

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2010   Inaugural: Speak Truth to Power

Kerry Kennedy Founder and President, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights; author, Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who are Changing our World   Click to View the Lecture