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Peggy Gillespie: “Of Many Colors and the Family Diversity Projects”

September 8, 2008
3:30 -  4:30 pm
Maier Hall (Fromm)

Peggy Gillespie, is the Co-Founder/Director of Family Diversity Projects, whose mission is “to educate people of all ages to recognize, support, and celebrate the full range of diversity.”  She is a certified social worker and co-founder and former Assistant Director of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center’s Stress Reduction Program. A graduate of Smith College with a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, Ms. Gillespie has worked as a freelance journalist for the past fifteen years.
 
Ms. Gillespie’s Davies Forum talk will discuss how the “Of Many Colors” photo exhibit (on display at the USF Crossroads Gallery September 3 - 19) was created and has been received, and will be followed by a walking tour of the exhibit.