Inspiring Evenings with Bill Strickland and Maya Angelou

Social activist and business leader Bill Strickland and well-known autobiographer and poet Maya Angelou will be featured in events this May at the Metropolitan Campus.

‘Making the Impossible Possible’

Bill Strickland, a nationally recognized visionary leader, will speak about “Making the Impossible Possible” at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 3, in Wilson Auditorium, Dickinson Hall, Metropolitan Campus.

For 30 years, Strickland has transformed thousands of lives, restored faith in ethical leadership and reshaped the business of social change. As president and chief executive officer of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation, an acclaimed jobs-training center and community arts program in Pittsburgh, Pa., he and his staff work with corporations, community leaders and schools to give disadvantaged kids and adults opportunities to build a better future. He delivers a profoundly simple, optimistic message for leaders: give people the tools they need and treat them with respect, and they will perform miraculous deeds.

Strickland is the author of Make the Impossible Possible and is a recipient of The White House’s “Coming Up Taller” Award and founder of the Grammy-winning MCG Jazz, the most successful jazz-subscription series in America.

The free event is open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Life, the School of Administrative Science of FDU’s Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies and the FDU Black Men’s Alliance. For reservations or for more information call 201-692-6500.

‘An Evening with Maya Angelou’

Acclaimed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature and as a remarkable Renaissance woman, Maya Angelou is featured in “An Evening with Maya Angelou: A Celebration of Mothers, Daughters and the Sisterhood of Women,” on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m., in the Rothman Center, Metropolitan Campus.

Considered one of the country’s national treasures, Angelou is an author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer and civil-rights activist. She authored 12 best-selling books and has also produced several volumes of poetry.

Angelou is the second poet in U.S. history awarded the honor of writing and reciting original work at a Presidential Inauguration, appearing at the first inauguration of President Bill Clinton.

The event is co-sponsored by Women United in Philanthropy and the School of Administrative Science. Admission to the event is free for FDU students (one per person); $20 for FDU staff, faculty, administration and alumni; and $100 for the general public (allows entrance for two guests). Doors will open at 5 p.m., and guests are invited to join a pre-event gathering with organizations, programs and businesses for women in Bergen County, N.J.

To reserve tickets, FDU students can call the Office of Student Life at 201-692-2231, while faculty, staff and alumni can call the Office of Continuing Education at 201-682-6500.

Tickets for the general public and for priority seating are available at http://www.wuip.org .