JAMESTWON, NY -- “Correcting Civil Wrongs through Civil Rights in an Uncivil Time” is the topic for the February 11, 2012 meeting of the Jamestown Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Gregory Rabb, will be the speaker.

Gregory Rabb (Submitted photo)

Rabb is Associate Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of Global Education at Jamestown Community College where he has been a member of the faculty since 1986. Among his degrees is a Juris Doctor from SUNY Buffalo.

In May of 2011 he received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 1994 he received the T. Richard Parker Memorial Award for Social Justice from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Jamestown for his work in advancing the civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans.

Greg is a former member of the New York State Advisory Committee to the US Civil Rights Commission. He has done research and writing on both Robert Jackson and the Canadian approach to Individual Rights.

He is currently the President of the Jamestown City Council and will be the only Jamestown delegate from the NY 27th Congressional district at the Democratic National Convention in September.

The program will take place in the Carnahan Theater at Jamestown Community College. There will be a social hour at 10:30 a.m. and the program will begin at 11:00.

The Jamestown Branch of AAUW offers a reduced membership of $44.50 (from $69) to anyone who joins at a meeting. The public is welcome to attend.