Soup & Hope with Luca Maurer
Thursday, February 13, 2020 12pm to 1pm
About this Event
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http://curw.cornell.eduThe 13th annual winter series of stories to nourish a spirit of hope!
Luca Maurer is the founding director of Ithaca College’s Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services and teaches in the Sociology department. He co-wrote the Teaching Transgender Toolkit, an award winning book about the lives and experiences of transgender people. Luca has worked in the US and abroad with students and teachers, families and caregivers, faith communities, workplaces, and professionals in social services, law enforcement, healthcare and more. He's passionate about the outdoors, ice cream, equity and justice. Home to 150 waterfalls, birthplace of the ice cream sundae, and site of many historic LGBT “firsts." Ithaca suits him just fine. Like anywhere else, we’ve got problems, and he wants to be part of the solutions. Luca will talk about how his unlikely survival has been built upon unexpected and generous human connection.
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Over the past 12 years, more than 60 speakers—encompassing a wide range of Cornell staff, faculty, students, alumni and community members—have touched, inspired and motivated Cornell and local community members who gather to listen to them, reflect on their life stories and be nourished by hot soup and rolls provided free of charge by Cornell Dining.
Mark your calendars; bring a soup bowl and a friend.
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Series Lineup
January 16: Daniel McMullin
January 30: Sue Mann
February 13: Luca Maurer
February 27: James Timothy (JT) Baker ’21
March 12: Eric Acree
March 26: George P. Ferrari, Jr.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020 7:00pm
This was a truly lovely event. I was worried, because I am a non-Christian religious minority and I wasn't sure if there might not be alienating messages slipped in with the free food. But my worries were unfounded! Luca is a tremendous speaker, and his message is one I wish everyone could hear. The soup was very tasty and appreciated on a cold day. Best part though had to be hearing Dolly Parton and Lady Gaga in Sage Chapel.