The 2022 Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture: Congressman Jamie Raskin

You are cordially invited to the

2022 Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture
featuring

Congressman Jamie Raskin
author of Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy 

Saturday, May 28th, 5pm Eastern 

at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 

Watch the recording here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw_tTVc44VI&t=1s

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College, is honored to present Congressman Jamie Raskin as our 2022 Mona Sherman Memorial lecturer. Congressman Raskin is that author of the New York Times bestseller, Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth and the Trials of American Democracy. 

Congressman Jamie Raskin has represented Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017. Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term State Senator in Maryland and the Senate Majority Whip. He was also a professor of constitutional law at American University’s Washington College of Law for more than 25 years. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review.

In Unthinkable, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his family’s—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nation’s Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. 

Join us at the Mahaiwe as Congressman Raskin discusses this unimaginable convergence of personal and public trauma, detailing how the painful loss of his son and the power of Tommy’s convictions fueled the Congressman’s work in the aftermath of modern democracy’s darkest day.

Help Support the Mona Sherman Lecture series!

For every donation of $50 or more to the Mona Sherman Endowment, we will send you a complimentary copy of Unthinkable. Click here to donate online or for instructions on sending in your donation.

Your generous donation will ensure the Mona Sherman Lecture series continues to bring nationally known speakers to the Berkshires to inspire our community.

Congressman Raskin will be signing copies of his book after his talk at the Mahaiwe.

About Mona Sherman

The annual Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture was established to honor the memory of the late Mona Sherman, a dynamic businesswoman and volunteer leader who played a transformative role in the growth and expansion of OLLI at BCC. The lecture series, established through the generosity of her family and friends, honors both her love of the Berkshires community and of lifelong learning.

For over a decade, the Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture series has featured extraordinary nationally known writers and commentators: past speakers have included Cokie Roberts, Jim Acosta, Mika Brzezinski, Joe Klein, Katy Tur and others. The lectures have always been free and open to the public.

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College, provides over 120 diverse educational, social, and volunteer opportunities a year designed especially by and for people fifty years old and better. OLLI’s 1,400+ members organize courses, lectures, trips and special events online, throughout the Berkshires and beyond.  For more information visit www.berkshireolli.org.

Free, but reservations are required.

Priority registration opens for OLLI at BCC members only on Wednesday, April 13th at 9am Eastern online. Registration opens to Mahaiwe members Friday, April 29 at noon, and to the public, if any seats remain, on Friday, May 6th. General admission.

Please note that at this time masks and proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test along with ID are required to attend. Read more about the Mahaiwe's policies to keep audience members and speakers safe here.

We are grateful to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center for being our co-presenter, to Berkshire Gas for being our lead sponsor, and to the many friends and family of Mona Sherman for their continuing support.