Author and activist Frances Moore Lappé will deliver an
Assembly Series lecture Tuesday, November 6, at 4 p.m. in Graham Chapel.
Her lecture is entitled Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad
This lecture is free and open to the public.

RSVP for Reserved Seating...
The University Libraries are co-sponsors of this event, so several rows of seating will be
reserved for library staff and friends. If you plan to attend and wish to sit in the reserved area,
email jlowery@wustl.edu or call 935-5418 by November 2. Persons who wish to sit in
reserved seating must arrive at Graham Chapel by 3:50 p.m.

About Frances Moore Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé has written or co-written more than 15 books. Her 1971 book Diet for a Small Planet has sold more than 3 million copies. Lappé and her daughter Anna co-founded the Small Planet Institute and the Small Planet Fund. She co-founded the Institute for Food and Development Policy (Food First) which educates Americans about the causes of world hunger. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times and many other publications. She has appeared on a Bill Moyers special, the Today Show, CBS Radio, and National Public Radio. She is a founding councilor of the World Future Council, a member of the International Commission on the Future of Food and Agriculture, and a member of the National Advisory Council of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is a signatory to the 9/11 Truth Statement. She has received the Right Livelihood Award and the Rachel Carson Award.

Among the books she has written or co-written are:

• Food First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity
• World Hunger: Twelve Myths
• The Quickening of America: Rebuilding our Nation, Remaking Our Lives
• Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet
• Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad
• What to Do After You Turn Off the TV
• Rediscovering America's Values
• You Have the Power: Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear
• Democracy's Edge: Choosing to Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life

Reviewer's comments about Lappé's newest book . . .
Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World Gone Mad

. . . Lappé turns her finely tuned sense of outrage and her deeply honed sense of conviction to the unending and seemingly unmanageable problems confronting the world and focuses her clarion vision on solutions that may begin with just one person but that can end with an entire culture becoming more informed, more caring, more responsible. . . . Progressing from confronting fear to seizing power, Lappé's treatise on humanity's potential for growth is a comforting source of inspiration. -Carol Haggas, Booklist

This event is the Libraries' annual Neureuther Lecture, with partial funding
from an endowment established by Washington University alumnus Carl Neureuther,
who sought to encourage the lifelong enjoyment of reading.

Co-sponsors include Feed St. Louis and the Alliance of Students against Poverty (ASAP).

Date of announcement: 10/31/07