“The Intersection of Law and the Arts: Documenting Civil Rights Stories”

Posted on September 30, 2009

Wednesday 14 October, 5:30pm
Sofia Restaurant
Sacramento, CA

SPACE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. Please RSVP by October 9 to:joshua@mark.merin.com / 916-443-6911

Underground America editor Peter Orner is the keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Distinguished Lecturer Series, presented by the Sacramento County Bar Association. He will be speaking about his work as a human rights attorney, author and oral historian for the Voice of Witness series. For full event details, click here.

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Voice of Witness is a nonprofit book series that empowers those most closely affected by contemporary social injustice. Using oral history as a foundation, the series depicts human rights crises around the world through the stories of the men and women who experience them. Voice of Witness was founded by author Dave Eggers and physician/human rights scholar Lola Vollen, and is the nonprofit division of McSweeney's Books.