Loyola’s President’s Forums seek to explore and discuss some of the most compelling contemporary issues facing us today. Featuring internationally recognized scholars, the forum’s goal is to develop a dialogue with the larger community that helps us deepen our understanding and challenge us to move toward a more just and enlightened society.
2008 President’s Forum on Current Issues and Controversies
Sponsored by Loyola University’s president, Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J, these President’s Forums seek to explore and discuss some of the compelling contemporary issues facing society today.
APRIL 2, 2008, 7 p.m.
To Protect and Serve
How Police Departments Affect the Well-Being of Communities
DR. JOHN ALDERDICE, SPEAKER
Dr.John Lord Alderdice is a member of the House of Lords and of the International Monitoring Commission that oversees the actions of all parties involved in the Belfast peace agreement that has effectively ended thirty years of political violence in Northern Ireland. His work there included involvement in restructuring a police force that was not trusted by the minority community.
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