Undergraduate Academic Affairs Speaker Series: Donna Brazile

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Undergraduate Academic Affairs Speaker Series: Donna Brazile

By Undergraduate Academic Affairs

Date and time

Monday, October 10, 2016 · 7 - 8pm EDT

Location

College Avenue Gym

130 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Description


Please join Undergraduate Academic Affairs of Rutgers University - New Brunswick as Vice Chancellor Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui, Ph.D. presents Veteran Democratic political strategist Donna Brazile, Interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Brazile is an adjunct professor, author, syndicated columnist, television political commentator, Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter Participation at the Democratic National Committee (DNC), and interim National Chair of the DNC as well as the former chair of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute.

Ms. Brazile worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she became the first African-American to manage a presidential campaign.

Author of the best-selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics, Ms. Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a syndicated newspaper columnist for Universal Uclick, a columnist for Ms. Magazine, a contributor to Essence Magazine's 2016 coverage and O, The Oprah Magazine, an on-air contributor to CNN, and ABC, where she regularly appears on the Sunday morning show This Week. She has made three cameo appearances on CBS’s The Good Wife and two cameo appearances on Netflix’s series House of Cards and most recently BET's Being Mary Jane. Ask her and she’ll tell you that acting, after all, is the key to success in politics.

In 2014, Brazile was appointed by President Obama to serve on to the board of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. In addition she serves on the National Democratic Institute, the Professional Diversity Network, the National Institute for Civil Discourse, the BlackAmericaWeb.com Relief Fund, Inc., and Co-Chair for Democrats for Public Education.

Co-Sponsorship Provided by:

  • Eagleton Institute of Politics
  • The Center for American Women in Politics.


Event Policies

  • Doors for this event will open at 6:00pm.
  • Tickets are required for this event. Rutgers University students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests may request a ticket at http://uaaspeaks.eventbrite.com.
  • Those arriving after the lecture has started will be directed to sit in the balcony. Latecomers will not be permitted to sit on the court level of the gymnasium. There will be no admittance to the event after 7:30pm.
  • Backpacks, purses, and other bags will be checked by RUPD before entering the College Avenue Gym.
  • Prohibited items include: beverages, food, selfie sticks, balloons, balls, bottles, cans, containers, coolers, fireworks, laser pointers, noise making devices, pets, smoking, sticks/poles, strollers, umbrellas, weapons and other items deemed dangerous and/or inappropriate.
  • A designated public forum area is located on the steps between the main entrance of Brower Commons Dining Hall and Stonier Hall and extends back to the Records Hall courtyard.
  • Heckling is prohibited. Rude, vulgar and inappropriate comments or gestures to the speaker or members of the audience and/or unruly or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated and could lead to expulsion from the event.

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UAA supports all students at Rutgers regardless of academic home, interest, goals, or ability. The various offices within UAA exist to help students persist in their studies, advance their learning, and prepare them for excellence beyond graduation.

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