Gergen calls for younger generations to pursue lives of service and public leadership and provides a practical playbook on how they can succeed
SUMMARY
- UCSB Arts & Lectures presents David Gergen, Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made
- Tuesday, October 11 | 7:30 p.m. | The Granada Theatre
- A former White House adviser to four U.S. presidents draws from his experiences to uncover the fundamental elements of effective leadership.
- Gergen traces the journeys of iconic leaders past and present, including pathbreakers like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, historic icons like Abraham Lincoln and contemporary game changers like Greta Thunberg.
- Free copies of Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Madewill be available through Arts & Lectures Thematic Learning Initiative starting Tuesday, September 20 while supplies last
- A related Leadership Roundtable facilitated by Leading From Within will take place on Thursday, October 13; register at www.leading-from-within.org/events
- $31-$46 General Public / $11 UCSB Students (Includes facility fee) (Current student ID required)
- Tickets & Info: www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu, (805) 893-3535; or the Granada Theatre, www.granadsb.org, (805) 899-2222
- Patrons can take advantage of discounts to see David Gergen by subscribing to the Word of Mouth series. For more info, visit: www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/subscribe-save/
“David Gergen knows power, and he understands leadership… An invaluable guide to making things – good things – happen.” – Jon Meacham
SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) presents David Gergen, former White House adviser to four U.S. presidents, CNN analyst and founder of the Harvard Center for Public Leadership. Gergen will draw from his experiences as a trusted voice on national issues to uncover the fundamental elements of effective leadership. In his new book, Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made, Gergen traces the journeys of iconic leaders past and present, including pathbreakers like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John Lewis, John McCain and Harvey Milk; historic icons like Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill and Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt; and contemporary game changers like Greta Thunberg, the Parkland students and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Related Thematic Learning Initiative Events:
- Book Giveaway: FREE copies of Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made will be available starting Tuesday, Sep 20 at Arts & Lectures’ Campbell Hall Box Office at UCSB, the Santa Barbara Public Library (40 E. Anapamu St.) and Goleta Valley Library (500 N. Fairview Ave.). Books available while supplies last.
- Free Event: Leadership Roundtable facilitated by Leading From Within: a guided conversation featuring select leaders from our community to share thoughts and reflections based on the Arts & Lectures’ event with David Gergen, Thu., Oct. 13 / Noon-1 PM / 21 E. Canon Perdido St., Suite 301. FREE; registration required (limited availability). Register> https://leading-from-within.org/events/leadership-roundtable/
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About David Gergen
A true public servant, David Gergen put his country above his personal politics, serving as an advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and then Clinton. Today he helps audiences break through ideological barriers to recognize simple and lasting political truths and to reflect on the practice of leadership. Gergen’s unique vantage point – serving as an Oval Office insider to presidents from different political parties – provides him with insights that few others can match. For more than 30 years, Gergen has been an active participant in American political life. Since leaving government, he has served as editor-at-large of U.S. News & World Report and as the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Now, he is a Professor of Public Service at the Kennedy School and a Senior Political Analyst for CNN.
Gergen’s New York Times best-seller Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton, offers an inside glimpse into the corridors of power and the leadership challenges presidents face, bringing clarity to the most complex international and domestic issues. In Hearts Touched with Fire: How Great Leaders are Made, which was released in May 2022, Gergen calls for younger generations to pursue lives of service and public leadership and provides a practical playbook on how they can succeed.
About UCSB Arts & Lectures
Founded in 1959, UCSB Arts & Lectures (A&L) is the largest and most influential arts and lectures organization between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A&L annually presents more than a hundred public events, from critically acclaimed concerts and dance performances by world-renowned artists to talks by groundbreaking authors and film series at UCSB and Santa Barbara-area venues. With a mission to “educate, entertain and inspire,” A&L also oversees an outreach program that brings visiting artists and speakers into local classrooms and other venues for master classes, open rehearsals, discussions and more, serving K-12 students, college students and the general public.
David Gergen is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures in association with Leading from Within, Santa Barbara Public Library and Goleta Valley Library. Tickets are $31-$46 General Public / $11 UCSB Students (Includes facility fee)(Current student ID required)
Event Sponsor: Sara Miller McCune
Media Sponsor: KCBX Central Coast Public Radio
For tickets and more information, call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535 or purchase online at www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu; or contact The Granada Theatre at www.GranadaSB.org, (805) 899-2222
UCSB Arts & Lectures gratefully acknowledges our Community Partners the Natalie Orfalea Foundation & Lou Buglioli for their generous support of the 2022-2023 season.