Voices for Empathy and Education
Do we want a color-blind society or one in which we acknowledge our differences? Renowned journalist and human rights activist Charlayne Hunter-Gault asked this question of a packed house in Degenstein Center Theater on Jan. 25. The occasion was her keynote address during Susquehanna’s 2016 winter convocation and Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration. Within a few weeks of her appearance, the university welcomed home Garrett Thompson ’00 and Baktash Ahadi ’05 for lively and thought-provoking interactions with the campus community. Embodying the rich diversity of the Susquehanna family, they are inspiring a new generation and connecting them to the wider world, much like Hunter-Gault has done in her career.