ASU hosts Civil Rights Forum featuring Rev. Al Sharpton Oct. 16

PHOENIX – ASU’s Center for Community Development and Civil Rights will host a Civil Rights Forum featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton from 8 to 9:45 a.m. Oct. 16 in the A.E. England Building at Civic Space Park.

The Civil Rights Forum offers an intimate dialogue on contemporary civil rights.  Hosted by internationally recognized civil rights leader Raul Yzaguirre, the forum also will include Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Phoenix) in an interactive question-and-answer session in which guests can engage with the panel to lend their voice in shaping a national debate.

The forum is the seventh in a lecture series featuring the nation's most widely recognized figures in contemporary civil rights issues.

Tickets to this free event are very limited.

For event information, contact Leticia De La Vara at Leticia.delaVara@ASU.edu or 602-496-0433.

Media should contact Corey Schubert at Corey.Schubert@asu.edu or 602-496-0406.