Mira Sorvino is an Academy Award-winning actress, documentary filmmaker, United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, silence breaker and passionate voice of the #MeToo movement and lifelong champion of victims of social injustice.
Sorvino is the second presenter in this year鈥檚 Featured Speakers Series lineup. She鈥檒l speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14. Now in its 28th year, the Featured Speakers Series is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and limited to two per person.
Tickets for Sorvino鈥檚 presentation are available beginning at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, at the Main Hall information desk. Tickets will remain available, while supplies last, during regular business hours 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.
Sorvino鈥檚 breakout acting role was in Woody Allen鈥檚 1995 film, 鈥淢ighty Aphrodite鈥, which won her an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and Critics Choice for best supporting actress.
Raised in a family of activists, Sorvino鈥檚 social conscience was ignited by her mother鈥檚 participation in the March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It served as a catalyst for her own social activism and a lifetime of serving others.
Proceeding Sorvino on Nov. 14, the series will feature civil rights activist Mary Frances Berry on Feb. 26, and bestselling author Nicholas Sparks on April 17.
Programs are held in Timken Great Hall at the 两性色午夜 University at Stark Conference Center. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
For more information, visit www.kent.edu/stark/featured-speakers-series.