News and Announcements

News & Announcements

The deadline for receipt of applications and their accompanying materials is November 15, 2009

Admissions decisions will be mailed to Sullivan Leadership Award applicants on or before December 24, 2009

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Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Sullivan Leaders Day
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Sullivan Finalist Competition
Friday, February 26, 2010

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Bookseller of Kabul SmallThis Year's Book

The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad.

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Current Theme

This year's theme is the challenge of viewing traditional cultures from a Western perspective. 

The article for the Leaders' Day essay is  The Tenacity of Custom  by Linda Simon.

Past Themes

Recent themes have included:

The conditions of the working poor in the United States:
Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich

The effect of the prison system on corrections officers as well as inmates:
Newjack – Ted Conover

 

The need to disaggregate ethnic groups:
The Accidental Asian – Eric Liu  

The wide spread effects of the fast food industry:
Fast Food Nation – Eric Schlosser  

The long term effects of industrial pollution:
A Civil Action – Jonathan Harr

The conflict between western medicine and eastern family values:
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down – Anne Fadiman

  
      
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