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Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement and a social justice activist dedicated to giving strength to those who experienced sexual trauma, will deliver Lehigh’s 42nd Annual Tresolini Lecture. The event will be a moderated discussion with Vera Fennell, Associate Professor of Political Science at Lehigh University. A question and answer session with the audience will follow.
Burke was among those recognized as “TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers,” a special edition of TIME Magazine representing people who came forward to report sexual misconduct. She was also named as one of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People of 2018.” Click here to read more about Burke.
The Rocco J. Tresolini Lectureship in Law was established in 1978, in memory of one of Lehigh’s most distinguished teachers and scholars, Rocco Tresolini (1920-1967), who served as professor and chair of the Department of Government.