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Licata Lecture Series Presents Salem Communications Chair Stuart Epperson 

The Licata Lecture Series at the School of Public Policy will host Stuart Epperson of Salem Communications on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 12 noon in the Drescher Campus Auditorium. The lecture, titled "Freedom and the Fairness Doctrine," is open to the public and free of charge. 

Epperson is chair of Salem Communications Corporation, the leading U.S.
radio broadcaster focused primarily on religious and family-themed programming with 100 radio stations including 67 stations in 24 of the top 25 markets. He is the founder and the first president of the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, a shelter for the homeless; the founder of Salem Pregnancy Support Center; the founder of One Kid At A Time Mentoring organization; and serves on the board of the Piedmont Opera Theatre. In 1984 and 1986 he was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress (NC-5) and in 2005 was named one of the "Top 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America" by Time magazine.

The Licata Lecture Series was established through an endowment for the School of Public Policy by benefactors Charles and Rosemary Licata. The series unites students, alumni, and community leaders with leading academics and practitioners shaping policy matters in the new century.

For more information, please visit the School of Public Policy Web site or contact the School of Public Policy at (310) 506-7490.