Baratunde Thurston to Speak Sept. 18 at Johnson State
September 15, 2017
Author, comedian and cultural critic Baratunde Thurston will appear at his first speaking event in Vermont Sept. 18 at Johnson State College as part of JSC’s semester-long diversity focus.
The 8 p.m. talk at Dibden Center for the Arts is free and open to the public.
The semester’s diversity theme centers on Thurston’s 2012 comedic memoir “How to Be Black,” a New York Times best-seller. As part of the college’s interdisciplinary Common Reading Initiative, incoming first-year students read the book over the summer. They will participate in discussions about race in America with other students, faculty and staff at campus events all semester.
Thurston, of Brooklyn, is an Emmy-nominated host who was digital director for The Onion, among other multimedia roles.
For more information, visit http://baratunde.com/.
On July 1, 2018, Johnson State College and Lyndon State College will become Northern Vermont University, a two-campus institution of higher education that combines the best of both colleges’ nationally recognized liberal arts and professional programs under a single administration. Driven by a mission to provide a high-quality, accessible, inclusive education for students in the state, the region, the nation and online, NVU will begin recruiting in fall 2017 for its first class starting in fall 2018. Learn more at NorthernVermont.edu.