Marian Wright Edelman Named Inamori Ethics Prize Winner

Marian Wright Edelman

Each year the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence gathers the community to honor an international exemplar of ethical leadership with the Inamori Ethics Prize. ǿմý will present the 2017 Inamori Ethics Prize to child advocate Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Washington, D.C. based Children’s Defense Fund, during Inamori Center events on the ǿմý campus, Sept. 14-15, 2017.

The Schubert Center is a proud community partner for these events.

“The State of America’s Children”

Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 6pm – Ceremony and Recipient Lecture by Marian Wright Edelman

Location: Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple-Tifereth Israel at ǿմý, 

“Ethical Leadership for Our Children and Our Communities”

Date: Friday, September 15, 2017 at 12:45 pm
Location: Academic Symposium Tinkham Veale University Center, ǿմý,  

Featuring Marian Wright Edelman and panelists:

  • Gabriella Celeste, policy director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies at ǿմý
  • Mark Chupp, assistant professor and director of the Community Innovation Network at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at ǿմý

Both events are free and open to the public.