Dr. William F. Schulz was appointed Executive Director of Amnesty International (USA) in March 1994 . An ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, he came to Amnesty after serving for fifteen years with the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA), the last eight ( 1985 - 93 ) as President of the Association.  

A familiar speaker at colleges and universities, Dr. Schulz has delivered lectures at the Yale Political Union, Oxford University, McGill, Columbia, Penn, Northwestern and many others and taught a seminar on the role of religion in international social and political conflict at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (Institute of Politics) in the fall of 1993 . He is a frequent speaker at World Affairs Council meetings, before corporate groups and in international settings and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He has received the 2002 Human Rights Award from Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, the Harry S. Truman Award for International Leadership from the Kansas City, MO, United Nations Association, the Cranbrook Peace Award from the Cranbrook Peace Foundation, the Humanitarian Award from Marylhurst University in Portland, OR and been honored by those from one end of the religious spectrum to another, having been named one of the “World’s 365 Most Influential People” by the The Pray 365 Project and chosen “Humanist of the Year” by the American Humanist Association in 2000 .

Event Sponsors:

Department of Sociology, Lake Superior College

UMD Royal D. Alworth, Jr. Institute for International Studies

The Norshor Theatre

Amnesty International Film Festival & Artists for Amnesty

UMD Amnesty International Student Group

UWS Amnesty International Student Group

Amnesty International Duluth / Superior Local Group #642  

Special Thanks To:

WITNESS
Lourdes Portillo Films

Kimberlee Acquaro

Media Education Foundation

Women Make Movies

Ellen Bruno Films

Tagte/ Lasseur Productions

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