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The Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policys will host a discussion with Cody Keenan, former White House director of speech writing when Barack Obama was president of the U.S. This event will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall in OHare Academic Building. To register, go here.

Cody Keenan will discuss the ten most dramatic days of Obamas presidency when a hate-fueled massacre happened at a Black church in 2015 and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of the country on the line and how a presidents words can bring a nation together or tear it apart. The discussion will be based on a book hes written entitled Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America.

Keenan wrote with Barack Obama for nearly fourteen years, rising from a campaign intern in Chicago to director of speechwriting at the White House and Obamas post-presidential collaborator. Hes been named the Springsteen of the Obama White House, Obama calls him Hemingway, and British GQ once listed him as one of the 35 Coolest Men under 38 (and a Half).

Keenan got his start in public service as a young aide to the legendary senator Edward M. Kennedy. He holds a masters degree from Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. from Northwestern University, where he teaches a course on speechwriting.

A sought-after expert on politics, messaging and current affairs, he is now a partner at leading speechwriting firm Fenway Strategies and teaches a popular course on political speechwriting to undergraduates at Northwestern University.

To register for the event on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m, go here.

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