Nicholas Krisof – “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide”
At the Palladium Theatre
April 6, 2010, 7:00 pm
More than just a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof is an extraordinary thinker, human rights advocate, and astute chronicler of humanity.
Haunted by the Darfur genocide, Kristof has gone beyond reporting. Often called the "reporter’s reporter," Kristof is also the subject of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival documentary Reporter. Crossing over into activism and hoping his dispatches will resonate with people, Kristof gives a voice to the voiceless. He believes, "you [can] tell the story of a place by writing about a tiny village as a sort of prism into the bigger issues the culture [is] facing."
Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn co-authored their latest book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Addressing worldwide maltreatment, marginalization, and brutality towards women, Half the Sky draws a compelling picture of the trials and triumphs of women struggling for opportunity and equality. Called "electrifying" by The Washington Post, the book has already hit The New York Times Bestseller List.
The Palladium Theater is located at 253 Fifth Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL.
Presented in Partnership with the Poynter Institute, Eckerd College and the Palladium Theater – St. Petersburg College.