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March 14th: Francis Moore Lappe Lecture on “Hope is Power”
March 14, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
freeFrances Moore Lappé is the author or coauthor of nineteen books, including Diet for a Small Planet, with over 3 million copies sold. The recipient of eighteen honorary degrees, Frances has been a visiting scholar at MIT and University of California, Berkeley and, in 1987, received the Right Livelihood Award, often called the “Alternative Nobel.”
She is co-founder of Oakland-based Food First and Cambridge-based Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappé. Her latest work is Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want, coauthored with Adam Eichen. Daring Democracy focuses on the roots of the US democracy crisis and how Americans are creatively responding to the challenge.
Refreshments and book signing following speaking, questions & answers.
Questions? Please contact Sharyn Esposito at 516.472.2960 or sesposito@uucsr.org
$5 Suggested Donation | Worship Room
Register at uucsr.org/lappe