Race Awareness Week: Aaron Huey
| Event Type: | Cultural |
| Location: | SU Rogue River Room |
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Calendars:
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Campus Event Calendar,Diversity and Inclusion,Student Events & Activities
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Contact:
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Marvin Woodard
541-552-8791
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| Department: | Diversity & Inclusion |
Aaron Huey is:
A National Geographic Photographer.
A Harper's Magazine Contributing Editor.
A Stanford d.School Global Agitator.
A Stanford Knight Fellow.
A Wearer of Gold Shoes.
A Climber of Rocks.
A Father.
A Husband.
An Artist.
Huey is widely known for his 3,349 mile, solo walk across America (with his dog Cosmo). The 2002 journey lasted 154 days. There was no media coverage. They walked everystep. Following the walk Huey took a 2 1/2 year hiatus from shooting photos to build an artist in residence program (Hueyhaus), from the ground up, on the Pecos River east of Santa Fe.
Aaron now uses Seattle, WA, where he sits on the board of directors for the photographic non-profit Blue Earth Alliance, as a home base in-between assignments.
Mr. Huey is the 2013 Race Awareness Week keynote speaker and will lecture on his National Geographic Magazine photographs of the Pine Ridge Reservation and the plight of the Native Americans of the region.
Is there an admission fee to attend?:No