Release date: Jan. 22, 2003

Contact: Frances Weyand, Director of Media Relations, 770-423-6203 or fweyand@kennesaw.edu

Calendar Item: Feb. 5
KSU Chautauqua Lecture: Morris Dees

Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will speak at Kennesaw State University Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Stillwell Theater. The lecture, "A Passion for Justice," is part of the Chautauqua Lecture Series. As chief trial counsel for the Southern Poverty Law Center, Dees devotes his time to suing hate groups, developing ideas for Teaching Tolerance -- the center's education project -- and mapping new directions for the center. This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information call 770-423-6280.

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