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DESCRIPTION:Michael Patrick MacDonald\, activist and author of All Souls&nb
 sp\;and Easter Rising:&nbsp\;A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion\, will be vis
 iting campus on Thursday March 24th to give a special lecture entitled "Tr
 auma\, Healing\, and Social Justice: Finding Voice&nbsp\;in the Aftermath 
 of Violence." The event is being co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Anthrop
 ology Club\, the Maxwell School\, the Renee Crown Honors Program\, and i-L
 earn at the College of Arts and Sciences.&nbsp\;MacDonald brings a fascina
 ting contribution to conversations on race\, class\, and finding voice.&nb
 sp\;His story of survival\, social mobility\, and subsequent outreach work
  transcends the personal\,&nbsp\;literary\, and academic approaches to ana
 lysis and reaction. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in South Boston’s Ol
 d Colony housing project. After losing four siblings and seeing his genera
 tion decimated by poverty\, crime\, and addiction\, he became a leading Bo
 ston activist\, helping launch many antiviolence initiatives\, including g
 un-buyback programs. He continues to work for social change nationally\, c
 ollaborating with survivor families and young people. MacDonald won the Am
 erican Book Award in 2000. His national bestseller\, All Souls\, and his f
 ollow-up\, Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion have been adopte
 d by university curriculums across the country. MacDonald has written nume
 rous essays for the Boston Globe Op-Ed Page and has completed the screenpl
 ay of All Souls for director Ron Shelton. He is currently Author-in-Reside
 nce at Northeastern University.
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SUMMARY:Special Lecture with Michael Patrick MacDonald
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Michael Patrick MacDonald\, activist and autho
 r of All Souls&nbsp\;and Easter Rising:&nbsp\;A Memoir of Roots and Rebell
 ion\, will be visiting campus on Thursday March 24th to give a special lec
 ture entitled "Trauma\, Healing\, and Social Justice: Finding Voice&nbsp\;
 in the Aftermath of Violence." The event is being co-sponsored by the Unde
 rgraduate Anthropology Club\, the Maxwell School\, the Renee Crown Honors 
 Program\, and i-Learn at the College of Arts and Sciences.&nbsp\;MacDonald
  brings a fascinating contribution to conversations on race\, class\, and 
 finding voice.&nbsp\;His story of survival\, social mobility\, and subsequ
 ent outreach work transcends the personal\,&nbsp\;literary\, and academic 
 approaches to analysis and reaction. Michael Patrick MacDonald grew up in 
 South Boston’s Old Colony housing project. After losing four siblings and 
 seeing his generation decimated by poverty\, crime\, and addiction\, he be
 came a leading Boston activist\, helping launch many antiviolence initiati
 ves\, including gun-buyback programs. He continues to work for social chan
 ge nationally\, collaborating with survivor families and young people. Mac
 Donald won the American Book Award in 2000. His national bestseller\, All 
 Souls\, and his follow-up\, Easter Rising: A Memoir of Roots and Rebellion
  have been adopted by university curriculums across the country. MacDonald
  has written numerous essays for the Boston Globe Op-Ed Page and has compl
 eted the screenplay of All Souls for director Ron Shelton. He is currently
  Author-in-Residence at Northeastern University.
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