The Art of Engagement: How Political Cartoons Stimulate Discourse on Serious Issues

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Marc Murphy does serious work. He is a Professor of Practice at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law. Mr. Murphy is a trial attorney with nearly 40 years of experience. He was a partner at Frost Brown Todd and Stites & Harbinson. Mr. Murphy was in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Cold War Europe and in Central America. In the wake of Breonna Taylor’s killing, he represented protesters arrested in Louisville. Furthermore, Mr. Murphy is an award-winning political cartoonist for the Louisville Courier-Journal. He is a member of the board of the Cartoonist Right Network International, an organization dedicated to defending human rights and free speech around the world. In his presentation, Mr. Murphy will discuss what lured him to cartooning, his creative process, the role of satire and imagery in social commentary, and the role that the free press plays in civic engagement.

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