Irshad Manji, internationally bestselling author of The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith and Award-Winning TV Personality
Monday, April 2 at 11:30 (w/ book signing to follow)
-- The New York Times has dubbed her “Osama Bin Laden’s worst nightmare.” She travels the world lecturing about the liberal reformation of Islam and will discuss “ijtihad,” the lost Islam tradition of independent thinking. 

Cynthia Nance, Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law
Wednesday, April 4 at 11:30 a.m.
-- The first women and African American dean of the U of A Law School will discuss the current state of legal education in Arkansas and her goals as dean.

Sandra Hubbard, Producer of The Lost Year
Thursday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m.
-- After the Little Rock Central High Crisis of 1957, the Little Rock school district was closed in 1958-59. The Lost Year is the story of the 3,665 black and white senior-high students who were displaced and 200 teachers who, under contract, taught to empty classrooms. 

Roger Dow, President and CEO of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)
Tuesday, April 10 at 11:30 a.m.
-- TIA is a national organization that represents and speaks for all segments of the $600 billion U.S. travel and tourism industry in promoting and facilitating increased travel to and within the United States. He will speak about the state of the travel industry since 9/11.

Bishop John Rucyahana, author of The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones
Tuesday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m. (w/ book signing to follow)
-- Rucyahana, an Anglican Bishop in northwest Rwanda, will discuss the terrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and its social and psychological impact on Rwanda today.

David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management
Wednesday, April 11 at 11:30 a.m.
-- Waste Management is the leading provider of waste and environmental services in North America. Steiner will discuss how a company can be successful financially while also being environmentally conscious.

Michael Stoops and Murray Legge, (In Partnership with the American Institute of Architects) Wednesday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m.
-- Legge, architect of the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH), and Stoops, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless, will discuss the homeless challenge in Arkansas and creative solutions.

Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Thursday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. (w/ book signing to follow)
-- Holbrooke, author of To End a War, will discuss the diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran, and how best to deal with rogue states.

Mauro DeLorenzo, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 16 at 6:00 p.m.
-- DeLorenzo, a Rhodes Scholar and one of the brightest conservative thinkers in foreign and defense policy today will present "When Helping Hurts: Ethical and Political Pitfalls of Humanitarianism."

Debra Fiser, Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for UAMS
Wednesday, April 18 at 11:30 a.m.
-- Fiser, the first female dean of the UAMS College of Medicine, will discuss the challenges of balancing career with family. 

Mary Berry, Former Chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and U of Pennsylvania Professor
Monday, April 23 at 6:00 p.m. (w/ book signing to follow)
-- Berry, the Civil Rights legend, acclaimed legal scholar and bestselling author will present “What ever happened to the Civil Rights Movement.” 

Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Wednesday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m.
-- Gregorian, former president of Brown University, will discuss the multi-billion dollar efforts of the Carnegie Corporation, which focuses on the development of a global community.

Richard Dawkins, Oxford Professor and bestselling author of The God Delusion and The Selfish Gene
Thursday, April 26 at 6:00 p.m.
-- Known as “Darwin’s Bulldog,” Dawkins is one of the most influential thinkers in the world today and has become an outspoken proponent of evolution and critic of organized religion.

Helaine Barnett, President of Legal Services Corporation
Thursday, April 26 at 11:30 a.m.
-- Barnett, head of the country’s largest legal aid organization, will talk about reform for equal justice and problems facing the American legal system.

Arctic Voices Global Warming Tour
Saturday, April 28 at 3:00 p.m.
-- Three global warming experts, headlined by Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier, will discuss the growing effects of global warming on the Arctic region. Also appearing are Olav Mathis Eira, a reindeer herder from Norway and Sarah James, a nomadic Indian from Arctic Village, Alaska.

*Attendees can make reservations by emailing Nikolai DiPippa at publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling 501-683-5239. 
(More to be announced soon...)