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Tanner Forum on Social Ethics to Host Television Commentator and Author Van Jones


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.

SLCC’s Tanner Forum enhances the college’s mission as a community-based learning institution by providing opportunities for students, faculty, staff and the wider community to come together for the thoughtful examination of critical issues in contemporary social ethics. The Tanner Forum on Social Ethics is funded in part by the O.C. Tanner Company.

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