The first speaker in the Nathan M. Clark Speaker Series was international peacekeeper Rebecca Davis. During her day on campus, Rebecca met with more than 300 students in grades five through nine, sharing her passion for dance, her global engagement with at-risk youth through dance, and her commitment to peacekeeping. In the evening, viewers from around the world joined in for her livestream presentation, including from three of the African nations where Rebecca works. To read more about her visit and for the YouTube link, click here.
Community
Special 275th Anniversary Speaker
November 30, 2023
Details will be announced September 2023
The Nathan M. Clark Foundation is committed to adding to the quality of life in and around Wilmington, Delaware and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by supporting arts, culture, and redevelopment initiatives.
Previous Speakers
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Jeffery Robinson
Criminal defense and divil rights attorney Jeffery Robinson joined us for a film screening and discussion in May of 2022 about the film, Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America.The film features Robinson and interweaves lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and surprising revelations as he draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States. Described by critics as powerful, moving, and a "must-see," the film is a New York Times Critic's Pick and was an audience award winner at the SXSW Film Festival.
We were thrilled that Robinson joined us virtually for a Q&A discussion after the film. He is founder and CEO of The Who We Are Project, a nonprofit organization working to change the narrative on our shared history of anti-Black racism in the U.S. Robinson has four decades of experience working on criminal and racial justice issues in his private practice as a lawyer, lecturing across the country, and then as a Deputy Legal Director and the Director of the ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality. -
Dr. Michael E. Mann
On April 5, 2022, prominent climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann joined us in the theater for a presentation on "Urgency a& Agency in the Battle to Avert a Climate Crisis. Dr. Mann is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and five books. Dr. Mann was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2020, and he is also a co-founder of the award-winning science website RealClimate.org. -
Rebecca Davis
