Santa Clara University

2007 Leader in Residence Program

The Center for Student Leadership is excited to announce Frances Moore Lappé as our 2007 Leader in Residence.  Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappé—author of fifteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller Diet for a Small Planet—distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style. Getting a Grip is a rare “aha” book that flouts conventional rightversus- left divisions and affirms readers’ basic sanity—their intuition that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and to grasp instead the real roots of today’s crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Getting a Grip leaves readers feeling liberated and courageous.

Lappé will visit the SCU campus on Wednesday, November 28, 2007.  A full day of events are planned, including lunch and conversations with students, a book club conversation, dinner with sponsors, and an evening keynote address. The book club is a unique opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to come together in advance of her visit to read her newest book. Participants will receive Getting a Grip on October 3rd, meet again on November 7th, and then meet with Lappé during her visit on November 28th.

The keynote address will be held at 7:00pm in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.  There is no admission charge.  University Co-sponsors include: The Center for Student Leadership, Program for Women and Gender Studies, English Department, Psychology Department, History Department, Sociology Department, Creative Writing, Ignatian Center, Office for Student Life.