Tweets, speeches and storytelling: Messages from the 2016 election
Obama speechwriter and adviser Jon Favreau to speak at Elmhurst College on March 9
As chief speechwriter and senior aide to President Barack Obama during the 2008 and 2012 elections, Jon Favreau was at the center of the storm for two successful presidential campaigns.
Drawing on his unique perspective and ability to “get behind the words we speak,” Favreau will present Tweets, Speeches and Storytelling: Messages from the 2016 Election on Thursday, March 9, at Elmhurst College. As part of the College’s Rudolf G. Schade Lecture Series, Favreau’s talk will explore the messages and moments that had the biggest impact on the 2016 presidential election, with insights into Donald Trump’s rise, Hillary Clinton’s challenges, and the effects of the media and the national mood following one of the most unusual races in American history.
Favreau began writing with President Obama in 2005, when Obama started his first term as a U.S. senator from Illinois, and had a hand in crafting nearly every major speech that the president delivered over the last eight years.
Tweets, Speeches and Storytelling will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel (190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, www.elmhurst.edu/campusmap).
Admission is $10 for the general public and free for Elmhurst College students, faculty, staff and alumni. Tickets are available by visiting www.elmhurst.edu/tix. For more information, call (630) 617-5186.
