RNC Chair Michael Steele to speak at Princeton University

09.02.10 - 00:32 ... source : Princeton University

... Princeton University's Center for African American Studies will host Michael Steele, the chair of the Republican National Committee, in a conversation with the center's leadership at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 22, in McCosh Hall, Room 50, on the University campus. The event is free and open to the public. The center will engage Steele about his vision for the nation and his understanding of race in the 21st century, in keeping with one of the central public roles of the Center for African American Studies, which is to convene conversations across a wide range of issues. Center Chair Eddie Glaude explained that, just like the election of Barack Obama, Steele's election on Jan. 30, 2009, was historic. He is the first African American to lead the Republican Party. "Whether one agrees with Michael Steele or not, his chairmanship of the RNC is historic, and his voice is shaping the course of our nation in these cha ...» Next (HTML)