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Vanderbilt Speakers Committee presents James J. Yee

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9/22/2008
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Contact:
Bridgette Kohnhorst
Location:
Student Life Center Ballroom 
Category:
Open to the Public

James J. Yee, Army captain and former Muslim chaplain at the United States military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brings his story to Vanderbilt. He was arrested and imprisoned in a Navy brig for 76 days in September 2003 after being accused of spying, espionage and aiding alleged Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners. He was held in solitary confinement and subjected to the same sensory deprivation techniques used on detainees in Cuba.

The criminal charges were later dropped and Yee was reinstated to full duty. He tendered his resignation from the Army and received an honorable discharge in 2005 as well as a second Army Commendation medal for "exceptionally meritorious service." Yee, a third-generation Chinese American who converted to Islam in 1991, chronicles his story in the book For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire.

Tickets for the lecture will be available beginning Friday, Sept. 12. General public tickets are available through Ticketmaster at 615-255-9600 or www.ticketmaster.com. General admission tickets are $10. Tickets are free to Vanderbilt students, faculty and staff and must be picked up in advance at the Sarratt Student Center box office. Only one free ticket may be picked up per person with Vanderbilt identification card. Tickets are $5 for non-Vanderbilt students with valid school or university identification – these tickets are available at the Sarratt Student Center box office and Ticketmaster outlets. For more information, call 615-322-2471.

Location: Student Life Center Ballroom (Google map of this location)

Video of his lecture will be posted online at www.vanderbilt.edu/news following the event.

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