At heart, Paul Loeb is a
storyteller. He knows what it takes to spur activism and relays it in The Impossible Will Take A Little While:
Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times. Loeb’s book tells of Nelson
Mandela, Pablo Neruda, Václav Havel, Marian Wright Edelman, Desmond Tutu, Maya
Angelou and a host of others whose lives and activism inspired millions.
Loeb is keynote speaker for
SLCC’s 2015 Student Conference on
Writing & Social Justice, Landscapes of Struggle: Making Your Way. His
compelling stories of world-famous activists highlight individuals who have
faced and overcome unprecedented despair and hardship to
achieve justice and equity in their causes.
Loeb also penned Soul of A Citizen: Living With Conviction in
Challenging Times, a guide for social activists, organizers, and anyone who
wants to make a difference. The book has taught thousands to remain engaged in their
causes.
In 2008, Loeb founded the Campus Election Engagement Project, a
national nonpartisan student engagement effort that helped 500 colleges and
universities engage their students on 750 campuses in the 2012 U.S. election.
“You need actually two things,
I think, to make change: You need a leap of faith, of hope,” Loeb says. “You
also need what I would call perseverance, keeping on. . . . It’s that sense of
giving hope to the community that’s essential.”
Student Conference on Writing & Social Justice
- Thursday, April 16
- Student Center, SLCC Taylorsville Redwood Campus, 4600 S. Redwood Road
- 11 a.m.-noon – Poetry slam
- Noon-1 p.m. – Keynote presentation: Paul Loeb
- 1:30-3:30 p.m. – Student presentations
- 3:30-4 p.m. – Reception
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