Johns Hopkins University's Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, which celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2017, will bring a diverse lineup of speakers to the university's Homewood campus this fall, including the governor of Ohio, a prominent comedian and The Daily Show correspondent, the leaders of the Women's March, and one of MSNBC's most popular on-air personalities.
Established in 1967 to honor the university's eighth president, the student-run symposium's mission is to bring world-class speakers to the university and the surrounding community. Past speakers have included Bernie Sanders, U.S. senator from Vermont and 2016 presidential candidate; former South Africa President Nelson Mandela; and actor and comedian Will Ferrell.
All of the events are free and open to the public, but some require tickets.
The lineup includes:
Ladies of the Women's March: Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour
Monday, Oct. 2, at 8 p.m. in Hodson Hall auditorium
The Women's March of January 2017 was a global event that included a Washington, D.C., protest that attracted a half million people to the nation's capital. The march's mission is transformative social change through the power of diverse women. Mallory and Bland are co-presidents of the group, while Perez is treasurer and Sarsour is assistant treasurer.
No tickets are required for this event, but seating is first-come, first-served. More information is available on the Hub calendar.
Joy Ann Reid
Thursday, Nov. 2, at 8 p.m. in Mudd Hall, room 26
The host of MSNBC's AM Joy as well as a political analyst for the network, Joy Ann Reid will give a talk titled "Journalism in the age of fake news." Formerly the managing editor of TheGrio.com, Reid is also the author of Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide and a columnist for The Daily Beast.
No tickets are required for this event, but seating is first-come, first-served. More information is available on the Hub calendar.
John Kasich
Monday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. in Hodson Hall auditorium
John Kasich is serving his second term as governor of Ohio, the seventh-largest state in the U.S., and was also a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2016. Before becoming governor, Kasich was a nine-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 12th District from 1983 to 2001. Kasich will give a talk titled "Two paths: America united or divided."
Tickets are required for this event and will be available via an online raffle. The link to enter the raffle will go live at noon on Sunday, Oct. 29, and close at noon on Monday, Oct. 30. Ticket winners will be chosen at random and notified. More information is available on the Hub calendar.
Hasan Minhaj
Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m., location TBA
Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer. He has been a correspondent on The Daily Show since 2014, and his standup special, Homecoming King, debuted on Netflix this year. Minhaj has a popular web series, The Truth with Hasan Minhaj, and he has appeared on Arrested Development on Netflix, HBO's Getting On, and @Midnight on Comedy Central.
Tickets are required for this event and will be available via an online raffle. The link to enter the raffle will go live at noon on Sunday, Nov. 26, and close at noon on Monday, Nov. 27. Ticket winners will be chosen at random and notified. More information is available on the Hub calendar.
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