Democratic strategist Donna Brazile to speak at Medgar Evers College
Hot Topic - The Fierce Urgency of Now: Crisis in America
Renowned author and political analyst Donna Brazile will be appearing at Medgar Evers College to discuss “The Fierce Urgency of Now: Crisis in America.” Brazile will be offering her views and opinions regarding the current world situation under President Donald Trump.
Brazile, the interim chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), will address a wide-ranging set of issues facing Americans today including health care reform, climate change, immigration and rising income inequality. The most pressing issues facing America have something fundamental in common: the new social paradigm.
Brazile was born in 1959 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She earned her bachelor’s degree in industrial psychology from Louisiana State University in 1981, and was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. After graduating from Louisiana State, Brazile moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked for advocacy groups and helped initiate the campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a federal holiday.