Updated Tuesday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m.:
APRIL 13 LECTURE POSTPONED
Featured Speaker Erin Brockovich will not speak April 13 as previously scheduled at Kent State University at Stark.
The consumer advocate and environmental activist canceled her presentation Tuesday after experiencing complications from an outpatient medical procedure, according to Dylan Kirkpatrick, an agent at All American Entertainment, who released the following statement:
“Unfortunately, Erin has experienced complications from this procedure and is unable to fly to Ohio for an event at Kent State that she was very much looking forward to. She is devastated to be missing the event and letting down the organizers who have worked so hard to pull the event together, as well as the students she was anxious to speak with. Once Erin is back on her feet, she hopes the event can be rescheduled.”
The campus plans to reschedule the event for a future date, but details are unavailable at this time.
Tickets will be available Monday, March 28, for the final speaker in a notable lineup headlining the 30th season of Kent State University at Stark’s Featured Speakers Series.
Erin Brockovich, consumer advocate and environmental activist, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Kent State University at Stark.
Beginning March 28, pick up tickets in the Office of Student Services, 132 Main Hall, during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
The Featured Speakers Series is free and open to the public, but tickets are required and limited to two per person.
Seating and tickets will be limited and ticket distribution is first-come, first-served. No phone or email reservations will be taken, nor will tickets be mailed. All tickets are general admission.
While it’s been over 20 years since Julia Roberts starred in the Oscar-winning film, “Erin Brockovich”, it turned an unknown legal researcher into a 20th century icon by showcasing how her dogged persistence was the impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history.
Today, Erin Brockovich is president of Brockovich Research & Consulting, and she is currently involved in numerous environmental projects worldwide. She has requests for her help in groundwater contamination complaints in every state within the country, Australia and other international hot spots. A best-selling author, Brockovich’s latest release, “Superman’s Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do About It”, drew wide media attention before its publication.
Brockvich's lecture will be held in Timken Great Hall at the Kent State University at Stark Conference Center. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
For disability accommodations, please email starkcmc@kent.edu.
For more information about the series, visit www.kent.edu/stark/featured-speakers-series.