Name: Jim Leach: Civility in a Fractured Society
Start: 2010-10-14T19:00:00

Jim Leach: Civility in a Fractured Society

Civility in a Fractured Society

This program is cancelled

Jim Leach, Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

A former Republican congressman from Iowa, Leach believes that civilization requires civility. Since being appointed by President Obama as chair of the NEH, Leach has launched a 50-state civility tour to call attention to the disturbing growth of inflammatory political speech and discuss improving the quality of public discourse in America.

Location: SF Club Office
Time: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program
Cost: $12 members, $20 non-members
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October 14, 2010

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