The League of Women Voters—Acton Area is proud to present the Jen Haan Memorial Speaker Series on Contemporary Issues, 2011.
Creating Change with Alan Khazei, activist and author of Big Citizenship, a Boston Globe best seller takes place at 7:30 p.m. on February 15 at the Acton Town Hall. Alan Khazei, co-founder of City Year and founder of the organization Be The Change, Inc., will talk about his social entrepreneurial career. The art and craft of creating positive social change is the focus when one of the nation's best-known activists for social justice visits Acton. In 2007, Alan launched Be the Change, Inc., a nonprofit that creates national issue-based campaigns by organizing coalitions of non-profits, social entrepreneurs, policymakers, private sector leaders, academics, and citizens. In 2009, ServiceNation, the first campaign to be launched from this platform, played a key role in the enactment of the bi-partisan Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act. The organization is poised to debut a new campaign in 2011: OpportunityNation, which will seek to increase opportunity and economic mobility for Americans.
The League of Women Voters—Acton Area is pleased to sponsor the annual Jen Haan Memorial Speaker Series on Contemporary Issues. These events are open to the public with a suggested donation of $10 for each talk. For more information see www.lwv-aa.org or email info@lwv-aa.org. Opinions expressed by the speakers are not necessarily those of the League of Women Voters.
