Spring is in the air and Hillary Clinton's dance card is beginning to fill in. She will deliver the closing lecture at PEN America's World Voices Festival in April and speak at Yale University's Class Day in May.
Hillary Clinton will deliver the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture on April 22 in Manhattan. Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency
PEN America has announced that Hillary Clinton will deliver the closing lecture at this year’s PEN World Voices Festival, capping off a week of events dedicated to the theme “Resist and Reimagine” and featuring more than 165 writers of over 50 nationalities.
Mrs. Clinton, who served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, will deliver the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture on April 22 at the Great Hall at Cooper Union in Manhattan.
The speech, according to a news release, “will draw on her experience as the nation’s top diplomat and her career in politics to underline the centrality of free speech — broadly defined and vociferously defended — in sustaining healthy democracies and vibrant societies.”
After the lecture, Mrs. Clinton will be joined onstage by the Nigerian-born novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (who delivered the lecture in 2015) for a dialogue about the future of women and girls around the world.
FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2017 file photo, former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to the GirlsBuildLA Leadership Summit in Los Angeles. Clinton will speak at this year’s Class Day at Yale University. Class Day is an annual event at the New Haven, Connecticut, university that honors achievements in academic, artistic and athletic fields. Past notable speakers include former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Vice President Joe Biden in 2015. In a statement Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, Class Day co-chair and Yale student Josh Hochman says students should emulate Clinton’s “life of resilient and courageous service.” Reed SaxonAP Photo
Hillary Clinton will speak at this year's Class Day at Yale University.
Class Day is an annual event at the New Haven, Connecticut, university that honors achievements in academic, artistic and athletic fields. Past notable speakers include former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Vice President Joe Biden in 2015.
In a statement Monday, Class Day co-chair and Yale student Josh Hochman says students should emulate Clinton's "life of resilient and courageous service." Read more >>>>
