{"id":20071,"date":"2023-01-04T14:35:22","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T19:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/?p=20071&preview=true&preview_id=20071"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T21:20:08","slug":"renowned-political-strategist-joining-earlham-college-and-iu-east-to-reflect-on-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/renowned-political-strategist-joining-earlham-college-and-iu-east-to-reflect-on-martin-luther-king-jr-s-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned political strategist joining Earlham College and IU East to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Renowned political strategist, commentator and author Symone Sanders will join Earlham College, Indiana University East and the Richmond chapter of the NAACP for a virtual event to reflect on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders\u2019 appearance will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, January 15 on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Registration for the free event can be found on Eventbrite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Green, the director of Earlham\u2019s Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program<\/a>, will moderate the 90-minute event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSymone Sanders is a trailblazer in the world of politics, a powerful voice in the pursuit of equality and a fierce advocate for juvenile justice reform,\u201d Green said. \u201cAs we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s legacy, I am honored to join Symone for an evening of reflection in the context of the challenges we still face today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders rose to prominence in 2016 as the national press secretary for U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders\u2019s then-presidential campaign. At 25, she became the youngest presidential press secretary on record and was named to Rolling Stone\u2019s<\/em> list of 16 young Americans shaping the 2016 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, she published her first book, No, You Shut Up: Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America<\/em>, and served as a senior advisor for President Joe Biden’s successful presidential campaign. Sanders was appointed as a senior member of the Biden administration serving as deputy assistant to the President and senior advisor and chief spokesperson to Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders served as the national chair of the Coalition of Juvenile Justice Emerging Leaders Committee and a member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice before joining Senator Sanders\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration, Sanders was principal of the 360 Group where she helped clients find solutions to tough political and social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders is a former political commentator for CNN and resident fellow of both Harvard’s Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School and the University of Southern California’s Center for the Political Future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more events at Earlham College, visit earlham.edu\/events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Email: zimmebr@earlham.edu
Phone: 765.983.1256<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n