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Apr 13, 2005

Laura Washington To Interview Christie Hefner, April 19

Laura S. Washington, DePaul University’s Ida B. Wells-Barnett University Professor, welcomes Christie Hefner, chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises, to discuss her political activism, longtime leadership of Playboy Enterprises and how these facets of her life intersect, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 19 at DePaul’s Lincoln Park Campus, in the Schmitt Academic Center, 2320 N. Kenmore Ave., Room 154. The conversation is the latest event in Washington’s Media Roundtable Series and will focus on the role of women in the media, business and politics. The interview with Hefner will be followed by responses from a panel of DePaul students. “A Conversation with Christie Hefner” is sponsored by the university’s Humanities Center and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 773/325-4580.