October 29 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Change agent and humanitarian Dr. Georgette Bennett will deliver the inaugural Bartlett Lecture on Moral Courage. Founder and President of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, Bennett has been advancing interreligious relations for 35 years. From her arrival in the U.S. as a stateless refugee to her mobilization of over $700 million of humanitarian aid through the Golan Heights to benefit more than 4 million Syrian war victims, Bennett has been a tireless, impactful, and inspirational leader who personifies hope, courage, and tenacity.

Dr. Georgette Bennett is an award-winning sociologist, author, lecturer, and former broadcast journalist for NBC News who founded the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding to combat religious prejudice. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the Board of Third Way, and is an Advisory Board member for the International Rescue Committee and the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at the Jewish Theological Seminary. At the International Rescue Committee, she was the lead funder of the refugee agency’s West Bank Healing Classrooms Project and services for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Bennett was awarded a 2020 AARP Purpose Prize, and in 2021 was selected as one of Forbes’ 50 over 50 Women of Impact.