Hill, a professor at Brandeis University and head of the Hollywood Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Jan. 10.
All tickets to the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address featuring Anita Hill available for sale to the public have been distributed.
Hill, a professor at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and head of the Hollywood Commission on Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, will be speaking in Alumni Gym at 6 p.m. on Jan. 10. The title of her lecture is “From Social Movement to Social Impact: Putting an End to Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.”
A graduate of Yale Law School, Anita Hill worked for the U.S. Education Department and Equal Opportunity Commission and in 1989 became the first African American to be tenured at the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
Her testimony during the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas is 1991 sparked a national conversation about sexual harassment. She continues to work toward increasing parity and protection for women and minorities.
For more information about the event, call (336) 278-5610.