On September 20 at 5:30 pm, the Program for Public Discourse’s Abbey Speaker Series returns with a conversation in which Leah Cox interviews Irshad Manji. Manji is the author of Don’t Label Me and has criticized many conventional DEI training programs. Leah Cox is the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and the Chief Diversity Officer at UNC. This event is open to the public and does not require any registration. Pizza will be provided in the lobby after the event.

Irshad Manji is the founder of Moral Courage College, which teaches people to turn contentious issues into constructive conversations and healthy teamwork, as well as the author of Don't Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times. A prize-winning leadership professor at New York University for many years, Irshad now teaches with Oxford University's Initiative for Global Ethics and Human Rights.

Dr. Leah Cox currently serves as the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. In this capacity, she provides the leadership and vision for creating a more inclusive campus for students, faculty, and staff and works collaboratively with all members of the campus and surrounding community. Before joining Carolina, she served as the inaugural Vice President for Inclusion and Institutional Equity at Towson University. She also served as the Special Assistant to the President and Chief Diversity Officer at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia and spent many years working at Gallaudet University leading the university’s first minority student affairs office.