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Lectures Monday, October 20, 2008 Rev. Robin Hoover Location and title of lecture |
 Rev. Robin Hoover is founder of Humane Borders and the organization's media representative. He holds a bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University, a master's in divinity from Brite Divinity School at TCU, and a doctorate in political science from Texas Tech University. His dissertation concerned religious non-profit organizations working on migration policy. Hoover's border ministry dates back two decades, to the lower Texas Rio Grande Valley where he helped create Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries in Los Fresnos |
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Helen Prejean Sponsored by: |
Sister Helen Prejean, a 1999 nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, is a Roman Catholic nun, educator and anti-death penalty activist and author. Her book Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States was nominated for a 1993 Pulitzer Prize and made into an acclaimed movie with Susan Sarandon. Fifteen years since beginning her crusade, the Roman Catholic sister has witnessed five executions in Louisiana. As the founder of Survive, a victim's advocacy group in New Orleans, she continues to counsel not only inmates on death row, but also families of murder victims. Her most recent book is The Death of Innocence: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions . |
 Author of Dead Man Walking and The Death of Innocence |
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