Join L&C for the You Have a Voice! Humanities Speech Contest

GODFREY – Community members are invited to attend and students are invited to participate in the “You have a Voice! Humanities Speech Contest,” at 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, in the Hatheway Cultural Center’s Ann Whitney Olin Theatre.

“Each March, Lewis and Clark gets to hear from some of its best speakers as we gather for the Humanities Speech Contest,” said Speech Professor Elizabeth Grant. “In past years, we have witnessed heartwarming personal stories, as well as topics that relate to conditions that affect all humans.”

Speeches will be 5-8 minutes in length. Topics will relate to the following Illinois Articulation Initiative: “What it means to be human – the struggles, aspirations, comedies and tragedies, and achievements and failures of human beings. The humanities wrestle with the basic questions that confront all humans in the course of their lives – identity, beauty, courage, love, truth, justice, and morality; and examine the dreams, traditions, and cultural expressions of peoples through time who have wrestled with these same questions.”

“I look forward to what this year holds,” Grant said. “You will be refreshed by these college students and their take on topics that relate to our shared humanity. Winners will win cash prizes, and the first-place winner wins honors banquet fame, as well.”

This event is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa and Student Activities. Those with questions can contact Grant at eegrant@lc.edu.

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