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Children’s Advocate Kozol to Lecture at Transy Award-winning author and children’s advocate Jonathan Kozol will speak on the topic “Amazing Grace: Lives of Children and the Conscience of America” when he visits Transylvania October 21, 2002. The lecture, co-sponsored by the Lilly Project and the education program, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. Kozol has devoted more than 30 years to issues of education and social justice. He is a fierce defender of public schools, an outspoken advocate for equality in education, and an unwavering ally of teachers. Kozol’s books focus on the plight of America’s poorest children. Amazing Grace, which appeared on the New York Times best seller list for several months and received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, addresses the issues of race and poverty by exploring the lives of residents in the South Bronx of New York, the poorest congressional district in America. His latest book, Ordinary Resurrections, celebrates the courage and innocence of a group of children who defy society’s expectations.
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