{"id":17954,"date":"2024-09-18T08:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T12:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=17954"},"modified":"2024-09-17T12:50:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T16:50:06","slug":"two-time-u-s-vice-president-candidate-to-talk-sustainability-economics-at-elizabethtown-college-on-oct-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2024\/09\/18\/two-time-u-s-vice-president-candidate-to-talk-sustainability-economics-at-elizabethtown-college-on-oct-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time U.S. Vice President Candidate to Talk Sustainability, Economics at Elizabethtown College on Oct. 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Leffler Lecture is free and open to the public<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Elizabethtown College will host two-time U.S. Vice President candidate for the Green Party and Harvard-educated economist, <\/span>Winona LaDuke<\/span><\/a> on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. for the annual Leffler Lecture in <\/span>Leffler Chapel & Performance Center. <\/span><\/a>LaDuke is an economist, environmentalist, and writer known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation and commitment to sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n

LaDuke will present her lecture, \u201cThe Green Path Ahead: Indigenous Teachings for the Next Economy,\u201d where she will share her vision for an equitable and sustainability-focused future. Drawing upon her work as a global leader and activist on culturally-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, water, and sustainable food systems, LaDuke will identify a clear path forward toward a cleaner and better world. Her lecture will be followed by a public book signing in Leffler Chapel & Performance Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, LaDuke was named to the first Forbes list of \u201c50 Over 50 \u2013 Women of Impact,\u201d and she is the author of seven books.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Leffler Lecture is free and open to the public and made possible by a generous endowed gift from Linda \u201967, H\u201903, and Patrick Castagna. LaDuke will serve as the first of three internationally known speakers as part of this year\u2019s 2024-25 Elizabethtown College Lecture Series. <\/span>Register today!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

One of the region\u2019s most notable programs, the <\/span>Elizabethtown College Lecture Series<\/span><\/a> continues a rich tradition of hosting speakers who provide audiences with the opportunity to be enlightened, engaged, and entertained. This year\u2019s Lecture Series features more Evenings of Enlightenment with remarkable individuals including:<\/span><\/p>\n

Victoria Sokolik, Youth Social and Health Services Advocate and Author | Feb. 6, 2025, 7 p.m. | Leffler Chapel & Performance Center, Elizabethtown College<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nadia Murad, Human Rights Advocate and Nobel Peace Laureate | April 10, 2025, 7 p.m. | Leffler Chapel & Performance Center, Elizabethtown College<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual Leffler Lecture is free and open to the public Elizabethtown College will host two-time U.S. Vice President candidate for the Green Party and Harvard-educated economist, Winona LaDuke on Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. for the annual Leffler Lecture in Leffler Chapel & Performance Center. LaDuke is an economist, environmentalist, and writer known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":17955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,1350,1858,1465,2324],"class_list":["post-17954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-etown-lecture-series","tag-lecture-series","tag-winona-laduke","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17956,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17954\/revisions\/17956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}