CORVALLIS, Ore. - Tickets are now available for an April 5 lecture by writer and cultural critic Naomi Klein, who will speak at Oregon State University's LaSells Stewart Center.

The talk is free but tickets are required; tickets may be reserved online at http://bit.ly/2lts6a9. The lecture begins at 7 p.m., with exhibits on display in the lobby starting at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by OSU's Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word; the OSU Student Sustainability Initiative; Office of Sustainability; College of Science; Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative; School of Public Policy; and the School of History, Philosophy, Religion. It is free and open to all. 

Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of several international best-selling books, including "This Changes Everything: Capitalism versus the Climate," "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," and "No Logo."

"This Changes Everything" won the 2014 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. The documentary inspired by the book, and directed by Avi Lewis, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015.

Since that book was published, Klein's primary focus has been on putting its ideas into action. She is one of the organizers and authors of Canada's Leap Manifesto, a blueprint for a rapid and justice-based transition off fossil fuels. The manifesto has been endorsed by more than 200 organizations, tens of thousands of individuals, and has inspired similar climate justice initiatives around the world. In November 2016, she was awarded Australia's prestigious Sydney Peace Prize.

Leading up to her visit to OSU, the Spring Creek Project will host a reading and discussion group on Klein's latest book, "This Changes Everything: Capitalism versus the Climate." The group will meet at 6 p.m. on Feb. 15, March, 1 and March 15 at the Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center, 128 S.W. 9th St. The reading and discussion group is free and open to the public.

Source: 

Charles Goodrich, 541-737-6198, [email protected]

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