Leadership Studies Group is happy
to announce a conversation with

Charlie Leduff

Is America Doomed? A Critical Reflection from the Inside

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
at 5 p.m.

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Where?

This lecture will be streamed online. To attend, click the button below or enter https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7533021329 into your browser, and join the meeting.

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What?

This will be a conversation with one of the leading public intellectuals in contemporary America. Mr. Leduff is going to share with us his insights as to the direction in which American society and politics are heading. His often controversial opinions address the core of the issues which “bother” America and Americans. Mr Leduff is going to make himself available for Q&A after the talk.

Who?

Charlie Leduff is an outspoken social critic of contemporary American society, a Pulitzer winning journalist-writer, author of many critically acclaimed books, such as the two most recent ones: Sh*tshow! and Detroit: An American Autopsy (both translated to Polish).

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