DATE: 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011.EVENT: Kerry Kennedy, author and international human rights advocate, will give the inaugural Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics. The Lectureship at Michigan, hosted by the Center for Ethics in Public Life, will provide a new venue for meaningful discussion of values and ethics. The event is free and open to the public.Kennedy started working in the field of human rights in 1981, when she investigated the abuse of Salvadoran refugees by U.S. immigration officials. Since then, she has been devoted to the vindication of equal justice, the promotion and protection of basic rights, and the preservation of the rule of law. Kennedy serves on the board of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, a non-profit organization that addresses the problems of social justice in the spirit of her late father. In 1988, she established the RFK Center for Human Rights, to ensure the protection of rights codified under the United Nations and has worked on a broad array of human rights issues such as child labor, disappearances, indigenous land rights, and women’s rights. She has chaired the Leadership Council of Amnesty International USA. She is the author of “Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World,” which features interviews with human rights activists ranging from the famous (including the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu) to lesser-known individuals with courage. Based on the book, New York teachers have created a human rights curriculum for students in grades 6 to 12 with teacher-developed lesson plans and a webcast designed to build on students’ enthusiasm to become human rights defenders.The lectureship, endowed by Delta Gamma alumnae, their friends and members of Xi Chapter of Delta Gamma, is one of 17 that have been established by Delta Gamma chapters at universities nationwide.The Center for Ethics in Public Life promotes teaching, research, and public discourse about ethics.LOCATION: Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Michigan League, 911 N. University Ave. Central Campus map: http://www.umich.edu/~info/mapsAndDirections.html#anchor_centralCampusCONTACT: Rebecca Sestili, (734) 615-6944, [email protected]WEB: http://ethics.umich.edu/