Race and Politics in the Age of Obama: Program, Oct. 17

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Race and Politics in the Age of Obama is the topic and Gwen Ifill is the speaker at the next News Literacy Project's Fall Forum event, Sunday, Oct. 17, 7:30 to 9 pm at Bethesda's Walt Whitman High School. Ifill, of “PBS NewsHour” and “Washington Week,” will be joined on stage by MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe, moderator.

The event, co-sponsored by the Washington Post, supports the News Literacy Project, now in its third year working with students at Whitman and seven others schools from New York to Chicago.

Tickets are $15 per adult and $10 per student per event. Senior group discounts are available. Whitman is located at at 7100 Whittier Boulevard, Bethesda MD 20817. To purchase, go to www.thenewsliteracyproject.org. For more information, call 301-525-7500.