gene nichol

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The South and Presidential Politics 2012: Red States and Purple States — A Roundtable for Journalists Susan King, dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Ferrel Guillory, professor of the practice of journalism and director of the UNC Program on Public Life, invite you to a roundtable discussion on the eve of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. The Charlotte Observer will host the roundtable, which will feature scholars and commentators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the preeminent university in the study of the American South. The event, designed for journalists covering the convention, will feature data and analysis of trends and issues influencing Southern politics and the future of the region. 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 In the auditorium of The Charlotte Observer 600 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, N.C. 28202 Three blocks from the Charlotte Convention Center Please RSVP — seating is limited for this event. For more information, visit http://jomc.unc.edu/RedStatesAndPurpleStates. Special guests: - Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent, PBS NewsHour - Scott Keeter, director of survey research at the Pew Research Center Invited faculty: - Hodding Carter, University Professor of Public Policy and Leadership, UNC-Chapel Hill - Peter Coclanis, UNC history professor and director Global Research Institute, co-editor, "A Way Forward: Building a Globally Competitive South" - Daniel Gitterman, UNC public policy professor, co-editor, "A Way Forward: Building a Globally Competitive South" - Jacquelyn Hall, UNC history professor and director emeritus, Southern Oral History Project - James Johnson, director, Urban Investment Strategies Center of Kenan Institute and Kenan Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship - Daniel Kreiss, UNC journalism professor and author of new book, "Taking Our Country Back: The Crafting of Networked Politics from Howard Dean to Barack Obama" - James Leloudis, UNC professor of North Carolina history, author of "To Right These Wrongs: The North Carolina Fund and the Battle to End Poverty and Injustice in 1960s America" - Mac McCorkle, professor of the practice at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy and former fellow, UNC Global Research Institute - Gene Nichol, professor of law and director, UNC Center on Work, Poverty and Opportunity For more information, visit http://jomc.unc.edu/RedStatesAndPurpleStates.