Lech Walesa to speak at Regis (3/24)

Regis University Insite ^ | January 13, 2006 | Forsyth, Laurie

[Dumb_Ox]

Story summary:

Lech Walesa of Poland will speak about Democracy: The Never-Ending Battle at 7 p.m. Friday, March 24, at Regis University.

President Lech Walesa, who led the Solidarity movement in Poland, will speak at Regis University at 7 p.m. Friday, March 24, in the Regis Fieldhouse. He will talk about “Democracy: The Never-Ending Battle.”

Recipient of the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, Walesa will become the 12th laureate to speak at Regis University in nine years. He was an electrician when he energized striking works at the shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, leading to the downfall of Communism. He became Poland’s first democratically elected president in 1990.

Today, Walesa continues to help make the world a better place as head of the Lech Walesa Institute, whose aim is to advance the ideals of democracy and free market reform throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world.

Tickets for Walesa’s speech go on sale the week of January 23. Cost is $20 each. A limited number have been reserved for faculty, staff and students at a cost of $10 each (limit of two per person at the special price).

To purchase tickets, stop by the Office of Public Affairs in Room 317 of Main Hall.

Those not on the Lowell campus may contact the Office of Public Affairs at *3544 or publicaffairs@regis.edu to purchase with a credit card. Checks and ticket requests also may be mailed to Public Affairs at Regis University, 3333 Regis Blvd, Mail Code B-20 Denver, CO 80221-1099.

Seating for the event will be first come, first served. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

[Dumb_Ox]

Possibly of interest to folk here.

[chgomac]

Bet you'd enjoy hearing this!

[danbo]

I guess ol' Lech wants to try to be a millionaire.

That Regis is everywhere.

[Morgan in Denver]

Thanks. Might be interesting.

[chgomac]

"I guess ol' Lech wants to try to be a millionaire"

Or maybe he just wants to share his story. To me, he exemplifies "the man in the arena"....

[zechariah]

You see this?

[z]

By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.