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Third Annual June Callwood Lecture
Human Rights Activist Sally Armstrong on Moral Courage
Toronto (Tuesday, April 28, 2009) – Human Rights activist Sally Armstrong will deliver the third annual June Callwood lecture on Friday, May 1 at 7.30 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library. She will speak about moral courage: how taking a stand is a responsibility we all share and how individual action can indeed make a difference.
“Why do most people feel they aren’t rich enough, famous enough or powerful enough to speak out when an issue stirs their souls and demands a remedy?” asks Armstrong.
Sally Armstrong, a long-time friend of June Callwood, is a journalist, author and documentary filmmaker. She is the recipient of an Amnesty International Award for her work documenting the lives of girls and women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
What: Third Annual June Callwood Lecture: Moral Courage The Power to Speak Out
Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street
When: Friday, May 1, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Who: Guest speaker: Sally Armstrong
Host: Valerie Pringle
Music: Lorraine Segato
The annual June Callwood Lecture honours the life and legacy of journalist, author and social activist June Callwood (1924-2007). It provides a platform for the exploration and discussion of contemporary social justice issues.
Previous speakers have been lawyer James Lockyer, Founding Director of the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC) and Mary Jo Leddy, theologian, social activist and head of Christopher House in Toronto.
The lecture is partially funded by the June Callwood Endowment Fund. To make a donation to the June Callwood Endowment Fund, contact the Toronto Public Library Foundation at (416) 397-5924.
Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 16 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow almost 30 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.
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