Bill Clinton will join Ambassador Derek Shearer for a conversation on leadership, global politics in the 21st century, creative writing and more.
Brown University
After an introduction by Brown President Christina H. Paxson, the nation’s 42nd president will join Derek Shearer, Casey Shearer’s father and the U.S. ambassador to Finland during the Clinton administration, for a Q&A session on leadership, politics in the 21st century, creative writing and other topics.
First elected to the presidency in 1992, Clinton was the first
Democratic president in six decades to be elected twice. He led the country to
the longest economic expansion in American history, including the creation of
more than 22 million jobs.
After leaving the White House, he established the Clinton
Foundation to continue working on the causes he cared about. Since its
founding, the foundation has endeavored to help build more resilient
communities by developing and implementing programs that improve people’s
health, strengthen local economies and protect the environment.
President Clinton, having known Casey Shearer from infancy, was the featured speaker at the memorial service held at Brown in 2000 celebrating Shearer’s life.
The annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture, hosted by Brown in
collaboration with the Goldway/Shearer family, was established in memory of
Casey Shearer, a promising young writer and aspiring sportscaster who died in
May 2000, days before he was set to graduate from Brown. Previous speakers have
included filmmakers Ezra Edelman and Rory Kennedy; Pulitzer Prize-winning film
critic Joe Morgenstern; New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman; ABC
analyst Cokie Roberts; NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson; food
activist Curt Ellis; and writer Pico Iyer, among others.
The conversation will be preceded by a presentation of the
annual Casey Shearer Memorial Awards for Excellence in Creative
Nonfiction.
The April 26 event will take place at 5 p.m., both in-person on
the Brown campus and on the web via a livestream. It is free and open to the
public, but advance registration is required, and in-person attendees must
present a ticket and Brown or government-issued photo ID at the door. Exact
location information will be provided upon registration. Doors will open at
4:30 p.m.
Attendees must comply with all University COVID-19 policies and
protocols in place at the time of the event. For more information, please
visit https://policy.brown.edu/policy/covid-19.
For tickets and more information, visit www.brown.edu/caseyshearer.