Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 7 p.m.
Panel, Personal Perspectives on Discrimination
 Plymouth
State University panelists:
- Michael Fischler, director of the Counseling
and Human Relations Center and professor of education
- Daryl Browne,
adjunct faculty member, Computer Science and Technology Department
- Terri
Lessard ’76, training coordinator, Information Technology
Services
At the height of the civil rights movement of the late
1960s, Michael Fischler was teaching in an all-black, segregated
southern
school.
Fischler will recount his experiences in the days following
the Reverend Martin
Luther King’s assassination, and reflect on the state of race
relations at PSU.
Daryl Browne had been a town resident and adjunct instructor at PSU
for several years when he found himself the prime suspect for a
rash of laptop thefts. Ironically, he had moved his family back to his
home
state so his sons could enjoy a greater sense of community and
independence. Browne will reflect on the impact that this experience
had on him and
his family.
For a decade, Terri Lessard lived the “American Dream” as
a wife and mother of two, all the while struggling with feelings
she had kept secret since college. Finally, in 1996, Lessard decided
to reveal
to her family, friends, and co-workers that she is gay. In her
presentation, Lessard will recount this experience and share stories
about her life
today.
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