Coca-Cola Leadership Lecture Series | Andrew Young Center for Global Leadership

Since 1997, this lecture series has brought to campus individuals who are recognized as world-class leaders in their field of endeavor. This special program, endowed by The Coca-Cola Foundation, provides an opportunity for the nation’s most renowned public leaders and leadership experts to share their experiences and insights on contemporary leadership issues and the challenges likely to confront tomorrow’s leaders. Currently, plans are underway for the sixteenth lecture to be held in spring 2011.

	Dr. Helene D. Gayle Philanthropic Leadership October 28, 2008
	General (Ret.) Eric K. Shinseki Leading Competent Organizations October 11, 2006
	Mr. David Gergen The Leadership Record: Eyewitness to Power November 4, 2005
	Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Ethical Leadership for the 21st Century: Science, Technology & Public Policy Development April 21, 2005
	Attorney Derrick Bell The Ethical Dilemma in Affirmative Action Status October 5, 2004
	Dr. Michael Eric Dyson Why We Can’t Wait: The Need for Ethical Leadership October 20, 2003
	Mr. Tavis Smiley The State of Black Leadership: Ethical Issues and Challenges April 11, 2003
	Mr. Douglas N. Daft Ethical Leadership in Global Corporate Organizations: Issues and Challenges October 8, 2002
	Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot Respect: A Challenge to Ethical Leadership April 2, 2002
	Ambassador James Joseph Ethics and Leadership: The Challenge of Globalization October 2, 2001
	Dr. Preston King The Decline of Friendship in Modernity: Issues and Challenges for Ethical Leadership April 3, 2001
	Dr. Ruth J. Simmons Ethical Leadership in Higher Education: Issues and Challenges October 3, 2000
	Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Leadership Strategies for International Diplomacy and Negotiation October 25, 1999
	James MacGregor Burns and Georgia L. Sorenson Presidential Leadership: Public Values vs. Private Virtues April 12, 1999
	Warren E. Buffet February 19, 1997

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Whatever you do, strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead, and no man yet to be born can do it any better."

Benjamin Elijah Mays

"A Dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope."

Howard Thurman

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"It is not what you keep, but what you give that makes you happy."

Benjamin Elijah Mays

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

Howard Thurman

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"As we face the unpredictable future, have faith that man and God will assist us all the way."

Benjamin Elijah Mays

"At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live."

Howard Thurman

"Ultimately a great nation is a compassionate nation. No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for the least of these."

Martin Luther King, Jr.