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Former Rep. Kweisi Mfume Opens Speaker Series At Norwalk Community College

NORWALK, Conn. -- In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Norwalk Community College Foundation will host a 2015 Speaker Series.

Kweisi Mfum, a former congressman and former president and CEO of the NAACP, will discuss “The Relevance of Community Colleges Today” Sept. 9 at Norwalk Community College.

Kweisi Mfum, a former congressman and former president and CEO of the NAACP, will discuss “The Relevance of Community Colleges Today” Sept. 9 at Norwalk Community College.

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The first speaker in the series will be Kweisi Mfume, a former five-term congressman and former president and CEO of the NAACP, who will discuss “The Relevance of Community Colleges Today” at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Norwalk Community College's East Campus PepsiCo Theater.

A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture and community conversation. Mfume will meet informally with students at 5 p.m., and be feted at a reception at 6 p.m. in the NCC East Campus atrium.

Mfume is current chairman of the Board of Regents at Morgan State University in Maryland. He was a five-time member of Congress, a former member of the Baltimore City Council and a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.

He has had a career as a civil rights activist, congressman, broadcaster, policy maker, CEO and author. Mfume co-sponsored the historic Americans With Disabilities Act and has worked to close race and gender gaps in the areas of compliance, health care and corporate diversity. 

To register for this free event and to print tickets, visit www.ncc-foundation.org. For more information, call 203-857-7260.

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