Santa Clara University

2009-10 Speakers

• Janet Napolitano

  October 15, 2009
  Mayer Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

  “Homeland Security in a Networked Age”

  Santa Clara alumna Janet Napolitano, former governor of Arizona, heads the Department of Homeland Security. She was appointed by President Obama to be the third secretary of Homeland Security, a department created in the wake of 9/11. As Secretary, Napolitano manages a department with 225,000 employees and a $55 million budget whose mandate is clear: to keep America safe. Napolitano will speak on homeland security in a networked age.

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• Jon Sobrino, S.J.

  November 5, 2009
  Mission Church, 7:30 p.m.

  “The Challenge of the Salvadoran Martyrs”
  
  

  It is almost 20 years to the day since Jesuit priest Jon Sobrino narrowly escaped being murdered by a government death squad alongside eight others, and he asks now: What have we learned since this atrocity? Sobrino will speak on the lessons of martyrs around the globe—including those who actively chose their roles and those that became martyrs unwillingly. A leading liberation theologian, Sobrino has devoted his life to helping the poor and oppressed.

  Co-sponsored by the Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

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  • Listen to a podcast of Jon Sobrino's Q & A session (iTunesU)

• David Sanger

  January 14, 2010
  Mayer Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

  “The Financial Crisis and the Loss of America’s Global Leverage”

  Dual crises in economic and diplomatic circles are bearing down on America, says David Sanger in his first book, The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power, an analysis of the Bush administration’s legacy and the nation’s current challenges. How President Obama reacts to these conditions will determine America’s future economic health and position in the world. A graduate of Harvard University, Sanger’s seasoned perspective allows him to make comparisons and offer context across international and historical lines.

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• Regina Rabinovich

  April 13, 2010
  Mayer Theatre, 7:30 p.m.  

  The Gerald and Sally DeNardo Lectureship

  “Global Health: Taking Stock of ‘Neglected Diseases’”

  As director of the Global Health Program’s Infectious Diseases Development team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Rabinovich oversees the development and implementation of strategies for the prevention, treatment, and control of diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and pneumonia, which have particular relevance to global health. Given that research and development costs are high and pharmaceutical companies have little incentive to make vaccines for poor countries, Rabinovich has embarked on a personal crusade to create awareness.

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