Release date: Oct. 10, 2003
Contact: Elaine Justice, Associate Director, University Media Relations,
at 404-727-0643 or ejustic@emory.edu

Children In Peril Focus of Emory Talk by Carter, Marty

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and renowned church historian and author Martin Marty will discuss "What Happens to Children in Peril?" at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 at Emory Law School. The public event is hosted by Emory University's Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Religion (CISR) as part of its ongoing family forum series.

The dialogue between Carter and Marty will take place in the law school's Tull Auditorium. The law school is located at 1301 Clifton Rd. on the Emory campus. Parking is available at.

The CISR at Emory is engaged in a three-year study on "The Child in Law, Religion and Society," which is bringing together research of two dozen senior faculty from across the Emory campus to focus on children in relation to a host of social issues.

The Carter-Marty event is the second in a series of public forums hosted by the CISR. The first forum, titled "Who Cares for the Children?" featured family experts Martha Fineman, Emory's Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law, and Don Browning, Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Religious Studies. The event is available via webcast online at www.law.emory.edu/cisr. For more information call 404-727-8710.

Forthcoming events in the series include:

October 27
"Children: Will We Ever Get It Right?"
Presenter: William H. Foege, Presidential Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Emory, and Fellow and Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Respondent: Martin E. Marty, Robert W. Woodruff Visiting Professor of Interdisciplinary Religious Studies
Time: Noon-1 p.m. (reception at 11:30)
Sponsors: Emory's Law and Religion Program, the CISR, the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic, the Task Force for Child Survival and Development, and the Emory University School of Law

February 17
"Where Do the Children Live?"
Presenters: Millard Fuller, Founder and President of Habitat for Humanity International and Martin E. Marty
Moderator: Frank Alexander, Professor of Law, Emory University
Time: 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

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