NPR’S JUAN WILLIAMS TO MODERATE
COMMUNITY ELECTION FORUM AT
MUSEUM OF HISTORY & INDUSTRY ON SEPTEMBER 10
In conjunction with the “Looking Back to Look Forward” election series, KPLU will present a community forum on Wednesday, September 10 at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry from 7 to 9 p.m. The event will be moderated by NPR News Analyst Juan Williams, and will consist of a community discussion of three topics from KPLU’s election series: the economy, health care reform, and diversity/identity politics of the President. Each topic’s discussion will be preceded by a multimedia slide show.
The event is free but tickets are required for admission. Printable tickets are available beginning August 21 at www.kplu.org.
The Museum of History & Industry is located at McCurdy Park - 2700 24th Avenue E. in Seattle. More information is available at www.seattlehistory.org.
About Juan Williams
NPR News Analyst Juan Williams is one of America’s leading journalists and appears regularly on NPR’s Morning Edition. Knowledgeable and charismatic, Williams brings insight and depth to a wide spectrum of issues and ideas. From 2000-2001, as the host of NPR’s national call-in show Talk of the Nation, Williams brought the program to cities and towns across America for monthly radio "town hall" meetings before live audiences, part of "The Changing Face of America," a year-long NPR series focused on how Americans are dealing with rapid changes in society and culture as the United States enters the 21st century.
Williams is the author of several non-fiction works, including Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965, This Far by Faith Stories from the African American Religious Experience, and My Soul Looks Back in Wonder: Voices of the Civil Rights Experience.
During his 21-year career at The Washington Post, Williams served as an editorial writer, op-ed columnist, and White House reporter. He has won an Emmy award for TV documentary writing and won widespread critical acclaim for a series of documentaries including "Politics - The New Black Power." Articles by Williams have appeared in magazines ranging from Newsweek, Fortune, and The Atlantic Monthly to Ebony, Gentlemen's Quarterly, and The New Republic.
Williams continues to be a contributing political analyst for the Fox News Channel and a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday. He has also appeared on numerous television programs, including Nightline, Washington Week in Review, Oprah, CNN's Crossfire (where he frequently served as co-host), and Capitol Gang Sunday.
Pacific Public Media broadens the international content of KPLU to include all forms of listener-supported media including KPLU FM’s "NPR News and All That Jazz" and the all-jazz webstream, Jazz24.org. Ranked as one of the most popular public radio stations in the nation, KPLU provides local and National Public Radio news, and jazz and blues on 88.5 in Seattle/Tacoma, 89.3 in Port Angeles/Victoria, 90.1 in Olympia and other communities in its signal network, with the largest footprint in the Northwest. At www.kplu.org, the station provides a live stream of NPR News and All That Jazz, which is also available on HD Radio. Jazz24 is one of the most listened-to webstreams in the world and is available at www.Jazz24.org and on KPLU's HD2 channel. Pacific Public Media is a community service of Pacific Lutheran University.
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