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2008-02-06 - International Journalist and Author Mariane Pearl to Speak at BHCC
Boston, February 6, 2008 – International journalist and author Mariane Pearl will speak at Bunker Hill Community College on Thursday, February 21, 2008. Her presentation will take place in the A300 Auditorium on the Charlestown Campus located at 250 New Rutherford Avenue, Boston, MA 02129. The program will begin at 1pm and include a lecture and reception. This event is free and open to the public, however, reservations are encouraged. To guarantee a seat, call 617-228-2386 or e-mail speakers@bhcc.mass.edu.
It is a testimony to the human spirit when everything you value, cherish and trust is snatched in an instant and you can still somehow find the wherewithal to persevere and find good in the world. This is what happened to Mariane Pearl who was five months pregnant when her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and brutally murdered by a militant Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan in 2002. Determined not to be broken, Mariane wrote A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Daniel Pearl. The book was later made into a feature film starring Angelina Jolie. In November 2007, Pearl published a second book, In Search of Hope: The Global Diaries of Mariane Pearl.
An award-winning international journalist, Ms. Pearl travels the world reporting on and producing documentaries about genetic technology, immigration and identity issues. She hosts a daily program for Radio France Internationale. Mariane is also a reporter and columnist for Glamour magazine and is the co-founder of the Daniel Pearl Foundation—created to further the ideals that inspired her husband, his life and his work.
The College’s Compelling Conversations Speaker Series will host author Gish Jen on March 25, 2008. In the past, the series has featured, among others, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, Academy Award-winner Richard Dreyfuss, civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry, best-selling author Barbara Ehrenreich, newscaster Ray Suarez and the former president of Ireland, Mary Robinson.
Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts, enrolling more than 8,800 students on two campuses and at five satellite locations each semester. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Six in ten students are people of color and more than half of BHCC’s students are women. The College also enrolls more than 600 international students who come from more than 95 countries and speak 75 different languages.
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