You are invited to a lecture to learn more about Whistleblowers.
The Government Accountability Project’s American Whistleblower Tour: Essential Voices for Accountability
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 7:00-8:30 pm, Konover Auditorium, The Dodd Center
The event will feature GAP Senior Fellow and American Whistleblower Campaign Director Dana Gold, and two famous whistleblowers:
Kathryn Bolkovac, a former human rights investigator who discovered and disclosed U.N. peacekeepers’ involvement in human trafficking and forced prostitution in Bosnia. Her story is the inspiration for the 2011 film The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz.
Jack Spadaro, former head of the National Mine Safety and Health Academy who disclosed, despite pressure to stay silent, his team’s findings showing that Massey Energy had prior knowledge of problems with the mine that in 2000 spilled 300 million gallons of coal slurry into Kentucky’s streams, polluting the drinking supply and killing all life forms in the streams for 100 miles.
This events is co-sponsored by the Honors Program, the Pre-Law Center, Subog Synergy Fund, the Department of Political Science, the Office of First Year Programs, the Rainbow Center and the Department of Environmental Studies.
For more information, contact: Paula Wilmot at paula.wilmot@uconn.edu