Featured Speakers
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Charlene Strong
Marriage Equality and Civil Rights Advocate
Charlene’s partner of many years, Kate Fleming, was hospitalized after a flash flood. Charlene was denied access to Kate’s hospital room during her final moments because Washington state did not recognize their relationship. She is now a nationally respected LGBT advocate for social justice and civil rights issues including marriage equality and non-discrimination policies.
News & Updates
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05/16/2013
Socheata Poeuv’s visit to Vietman Center and Archive, Texas Tech
Filmmaker and activist Socheata Poeuv’s recent visit to Texas Tech University, hosted by the Vietnam Center and Archive has been written up in the Daily Toreador: http://www.dailytoreador.com/lavida/article_68d614e4-ae2b-11e2-913b-001a4bcf6878.html
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New speaker video – Gabriel Bol Deng
Gabriel Bol Deng, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, speaks in this TEDx talk at Bergen Community College about his journey as a refugee and building a school in his home village. Watch it here:
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05/06/2013
Socheata Poeuv in Celebration of Asian Heritage Month
Socheata Poeuv, the founder of Khmer Legacies and director of the documentary “New Year Baby,” shares her story of survival and talks about her inspirations for her work during the Guest Lecture Series on Thursday in the Museum of Texas Tech. Read the Daily Toreador article: Museum of Texas Tech continues celebration of Asian heritage month.
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05/01/2013
Eli Kimaro’s film wins another award
Eli Kimaro‘s moving documentary about culture and gender violence, A Lot Like You, has won the Jason D Mak Award for Social Justice at the 2013 DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon: “Set mostly in Tanzania, the discoveries that Kimaro makes about her past are gripping, touching on everything from achieving the American dream to a cultural tendency to sweep shocking violence under the rug.” Congrats, Eli!
Themes & Topics
Samara Lectures speakers cover a wide range of important and timely topics, ranging from health to religion to civil rights. Browse by theme using the links below.










