Oglethorpe University students have been engaging with the Core curriculum’s theme of “crime and punishment” this academic year, and now they will have an opportunity during the 2024 Liberal Arts and Sciences Symposium (LASS) to hear from Hall-of-Fame basketball player and Arthur Ashe Award for Courage winner Maya Moore and her husband, Jonathan Irons, about their nonprofit work in criminal justice reform.
Moore and Irons will deliver the keynote address for this year’s symposium with the theme “Reasonable Doubts: Crime and Punishment in Society” from 1 to 2 p.m., April 24, in Lupton Auditorium. Co-founders of the social action non-profit Win With Justice, the couple’s unique story fits perfectly with the LASS theme.
“Maya and Jonathan are an amazing team, and their story inspires as much as it educates,” said Dr. Kendra King Momon, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs. “I am honored to call them friends in the social justice space, and I know Oglethorpe students will gain so much from hearing their story. There are no better speakers to talk about criminal justice reform in America than Maya and Jonathan.”