Crossing the Line: Comedians, Politicians & Shock Jocks TONIGHT!

From: UPB

Crossing the Line: Comedians, Politicians & Shock Jocks
8pm on April 14
Festival Ballroom

Presented by Teja Arboleda, M.Ed

This multimedia lecture by actor/speaker/educator Teja Arboleda, digs deep into the freedom of speech issue. By asking the current hot-button question -Where is the line, and who - if anyone - is allowed to cross - Arboleda challenges the audience to consider the consequences of stereotypes reinforced by the famous, the powerful, and the media.

Using his fast-paced humor, up-to-the-minute statistics, mixed with audience participation and actual video examples, this explosive program focuses on recent celebrity/media faux pas, and examines America's reaction, such as Seinfeld's Michael Richards (Kramer), Don Imus, & Rosie O'Donnell. Teja is African American, Native American, Filipino/Chinese, & German-Danish. He was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Japan.

Teja is Creative Director at Entertaining Diversity, Inc., a college professor of media, 22 year veteran TVproducer (FRONTLINE, Discovery, Chronicle, etc.), Emmy Award-winner, 14 year veteran performance-lecturer (over 550 shows), creator of the feature-film Got Race, creator of the Discovery Education series Diversity Elementary, and author of In the Shadow of Race.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Questions? Concerns? Contact suarezfg@jmu.edu for more information!