Salt Lake
Community College’s 2018 Tanner Forum on Social Ethics is proud to welcome Van
Jones Oct. 9 at the SLCC South City Campus in the Grand Theatre, 1575 S. State
Street, Salt Lake City.
The Tanner Forum
on Social Ethics brings nationally and internationally recognized speakers in
the area of social ethics to SLCC each year. The event is free, but a ticket is
required. Tickets are available at slcc.edu/tanner. Seating is first come,
first served. Doors open at 6 p.m., and at 7 p.m. Jones will give a
presentation followed by a Q&A session.
He will also be available for a book signing at 8:30 p.m. Those needing
special accommodations are asked to call 801-957-4659.
Jones is president
and founder of the nonprofit Dream Corps, a “justice incubator” with the goal
to propagate unique solutions that “close prison doors and open doors of
opportunity.” He has led the nonprofit civil rights advocacy group Color of
Change and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. He is a contributor to CNN,
where he hosts “The Van Jones Show,” and the author of three New York Times Best Sellers.
In addition, Jones
served as President Barack Obama’s green jobs advisor, and he was named as one
of Rolling Stone magazine’s “12 Leaders Who Get Things Done” and one of Time’s
“100 Most Influential People in the World.” More information on Jones can be
found at vanjones.net.