Rothko Chapel joins forces to present Farthenhold lecture

Staff report Published 1:07 pm CDT, Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Award-winning activist and organizer Ai-jen Poo will present a lecture entitled “Immigration and the Future of American Families" at the “Frances Tarlton ‘Sissy’ Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights.” The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 at Eidman Courtroom, Texas Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St in Austin, 78705. Photo: Courtesy Photo / © Les Talusan Photography

Photo: Courtesy Photo Award-winning activist and organizer Ai-jen Poo will present a lecture entitled “Immigration and the Future of American Families" at the “Frances Tarlton ‘Sissy’ Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights.” The event is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19 at Eidman Courtroom, Texas Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St in Austin, 78705.

The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at the University of Texas at Austin is joining forces with Houston's Rothko Chapel to host the third annual "Frances Tarlton 'Sissy' Farenthold Endowed Lecture in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights."

The event is slated for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at Eidman Courtroom, Texas Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St in Austin, 78705.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Sissy Farenthold will be in attendance.

Award-winning activist and organizer Ai-jen Poo will present a lecture entitled "Immigration and the Future of American Families," focusing on the role of immigrant women in the care economy of the U.S. More Information

If you go

WHAT: 2017 Sissy Farenthold Endowed Lecture featuring Ai-jen Poo: "Immigration and the Future of American Families"

WHO: Award-winning activist and organizer Ai-jen Poo

WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 19, with reception to follow

WHERE: Eidman Courtroom, Texas Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St. in Austin, 78705

For more information and to register, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/2017-farenthold-endowed-lecture.

Poo is a labor organizer, social innovator and a leading voice in domestic workers' rights and family care advocacy. She also serves as executive director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance and co-director of Caring Across Generations.

She has been organizing immigrant women workers for more than two decades, forging pathways to sustainable quality jobs for the caregiving workforce and to affordable care for the nation's aging population.

In addition, Poo is the author of "The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder boom in Changing America." Her accolades include recognition as one of Fortune.com's World's 50 Greatest Leaders (2015), a MacArthur Foundation "genius" fellow (2014), a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2013) and one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World (2012).

For more information and to register, visit: https://law.utexas.edu/humanrights/events/2017-farenthold-endowed-lecture.

For more information about the Rothko Chapel and the full calendar of upcoming programs, workshops and events, visit rothkochapel.org or call 713-524-9839.