WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
SPEAKER FORUM
April 14, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.
Isabel Wilkerson Bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Award winner
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM
SPEAKER FORUM
Wake Forest University launched the Face to Face Speaker Forum in spring 2020. The community-facing series was created to bring world-renowned, influential voices to Winston-Salem to discuss topics in a variety of areas including politics, arts and culture, business and social justice. The Face to Face Speaker Forum was set to launch in person in the fall of 2020. The in-person programming originally scheduled for the inaugural season has been rescheduled for the 2021-2022 academic year due to the pandemic. Season subscriptions to all three in-person keynote events may be purchased online through the Face to Face Speaker Forum website. Single event ticket sales for in-person events will be available closer to each event, subject to availability.
Welcome to the Face to Face Speaker Forum! Thank you for joining us for this virtual livestreamed event featuring Isabel Wilkerson. While we wish we could truly be face-to-face with you, we are so glad to have the chance to gather in this virtual format. The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT.
Welcome from DR. NATHAN O. HATCH President, Wake Forest University
A message from SUE HENDERSON Executive Director, Face to Face Speaker Forum
Introduction and Welcome from DR. JONATHAN LEE WALTON Dean of the School of Divinity and Wait Chapel
Presentation from ISABEL WILKERSON Moderated Q&A with ISABEL WILKERSON AND DEAN WALTON Closing remarks from SUE HENDERSON Executive Director, Face to Face Speaker Forum
PROGRAM
ORDER OF EVENTS
P RI N CI PAL SERI ES SP O N S O R S
ROSE AND TRAVIS COLLINS
ALLEGACY CENTER FOR LEADERSHIP & CHARACTER
G OL D SEASON SP ON S O R
SPONSORS
P REM I UM K EY N OTE SP O N S O R S
P RE- EV EN T SP ON S O R
PATTY AND MALCOLM BROWN
COM M UN I TY EN G AG EM EN T S PO N S O R
B EN EFACTOR L EV EL SP O N S O R
MED I A SP ON SORS AN D COM M U N I T Y PA RT N E R S
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Melanie Holton
Wendy Brenner
Beth Hopkins
Todd Chase
Janice Howerton
Kennedy Cogan
Joia Johnson
Mark Conger
Borwin Jung
Robyn Earthman
Leigh Koman
Caleb Fort
Maria Oberlander
Shon Gilmore
Valerie Pasche
Mike Grace, Jr.
Anna Reilly
John Hoemann
Claire Tuttle
Anna Ball Hodge
Danielle Williams
Special thanks to Dr. Briana Wong, professor at Wake Forest University, for her content guidance for tonight’s event.
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Lynn Anthony
KEYNOTE SOCIETY
Monica Aaron
Robyn and Dan Earthman
Lynn and Dan Anthony
Lynn and Barry Eisenberg
Marie and Guy Arcuri
Kristy Farewell
Becca Atchison
Elizabeth and Michael Felsen
Cassandra and Jerry Baker
Arlene Ferebee
Pam and William Ball
Ellie and Stuart Fine
Donna Boswell
Ragan and Dara Folan
Felice and Richard Brenner
Caleb Fort
Wendy and Mike Brenner
Julie Freischlag and
Candice Brown Patty and Malcolm Brown Chareba Buckhannon Lisa and Alan Caldwell Nancy and Thomas Cannon Becca and Todd Chase Bridget Chisholm Claire and Hudnall Christopher Kay Clark Kennedy and John Cogan Susan and Mark Conger Holly Coward and R. Philip Heine Mary and Dick Dean Marian and Jim Douglas Annamarie D’Souza Randy Eaddy
Philip Roethle Ginger and Barry Gallagher Deborah and Tim Gardner Shon and Chris Gilmore Mike Grace Jr. Susan and James Gordon Ann Holton Guill Nadine and Mark Hall Debbie and Chuck Harr Doug Henderson Anna Ball Hodge Janice and Richard Howerton Ursula Henninger and Jim Stroupe John Hoemann and Howard Upchurch Melanie and Mark Holton
Beth Hopkins
Valerie and Boris Pasche
Shaida Horner and
Allison Perkins
Vance L. Horner II Jerri Irby Dell and Frank James Page and Todd Johnson
Ann Johnston Brigitte and Borwin Jung Liz and Stan Kelly Leigh and Andy Koman Betsy Krug Chris Leak Lauren and David Leppert Jeff Lindsay and Terry Robertson Joe Logan Jennifer Martin Melinda and John McConnell Amy McMichael and Ralph Thomas Shannon Meares Maria and Ricardo Oberlander Pamela A. Oliver and J. Mark Oliver
Kathy Poehling and Tim Peters Karen and Thomas Pranikoff Emily Ragsdale Anne Rainey Rokahr Katie and Rick Rauck Anna Reilly and Matt Cullinan Andy Schneider Robert Simon Kim and Stuart Stogner Brooke Johnson Suiter Wynn Tanner and Mike Robinson Gwynne and Dan Taylor Claire and Randall Tuttle Barbara and John Vining Liana and Myles Thompson Julie Townsend David Turner Marybeth and McLain Wallace Connie M. Ward Velma Watts
Dr. Robert B. Outland, III
Danielle and Kevin Williams
Ellen and Bill Parsley
Janie and J.D. Wilson
KEYNOTE SOCIETY
Joia Johnson
Laura Phillips and Andrew Jones
Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of Other Suns, and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. Caste: The Origins of our Discontents was published in August 2020 to critical acclaim and became a
BIOGRAPHIES
Number 1 New York Times bestseller. Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her deeply humane narrative writing while serving as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African American to win for individual reporting. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Wilkerson the National Humanities Medal for “championing the stories of an unsung history.”
Jonathan Lee Walton, Jonathan Lee Walton was named Dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity, Presidential Chair in Religion and Society, and Dean of Wait Chapel in 2019. Prior to joining Wake Forest University, he was the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church of Harvard University. Dean Walton is a social ethicist whose scholarship focuses on evangelical Christianity and its relationship to mass media and political culture. His first book, Watch This! The Ethics and Aesthetics of Black Televangelism (NYU Press, 2009), examines the theological and political traditions of African American religious broadcasters.
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