7:30 PM // Performance of A Tale of Two Cities
Post-Show Community Conversation in the Event Room – Second Floor

Panelists: Mahlet Solomon and Edward L. Queen

Moderated by Paul Root Wolpe

In this community conversation moderated by Paul Root Wolpe, Director of Emory Center for Ethics, we invite Mahlet Solomon, Development and Communication Director at Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition, and Edward Queen, Director of the Ethics and Servant Leadership Program at Emory University, to explore with the audience about the Nature of Justice. What questions about justice does A Tale of Two Cities raise that are relevant to our world today, what can “justice” do and not do in different contexts and communities?

Mahlet Solomon, Development and Communication Director, Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition

Mahlet Solomon is a remarkable individual, balancing her roles as a mother and wife with an impressive professional and community-oriented life. With an MBA under her belt, she founded a small nonprofit dedicated to helping children, having already provided a home for 34 children, with six currently living in the home. In addition to her nonprofit work, Mahlet serves as the Development and Communication Director for the Georgia Harm Reduction Coalition, an organization that has made a significant impact across 126 counties in Georgia. Her dedication to community service doesn’t stop there; Mahlet also holds the prestigious position of Chair for the Star Student Program, representing the midtown rotaries who is the sponsor for Fulton County. Furthermore, she is an active member of the Women and Children Task Force within the Ethiopian Community, contributing her expertise and passion to empower others. Additionally, Mahlet serves as the Chair for a Community Advisory Board regarding focusing on overdose prevention. With her multifaceted roles, Mahlet Solomon thrives to be an inspiring figure, making a positive impact on the lives of numerous individuals and communities.

Edward L. Queen, Director of the Ethics and Servant Leadership at the Emory University

Edward L. Queen is Associate Teaching Professor and Director of the D. Abbott Turner Program in Ethics and Servant Leadership at the Emory University Center for Ethics. He also serves as a co-director of Emory’s Institute of Human Rights. He received his B.A. from Birmingham-Southern College, his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Divinity School of The University of Chicago, and his J.D. from Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. While in law school, Queen led an Innocence Project team that freed a wrongly convicted man after 20 years in prison.

Paul Root Wolpe, Director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University

Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. is the Raymond F. Schinazi Distinguished Research Chair of Jewish Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Biological Behavior, and Sociology, and the Director of the Center for Ethics at Emory University. He publishes in medicine, technology, and ethics, and has contributed to many encyclopedias on ethical and bioethical issues. His work focuses on the social, religious, ethical, and ideological impact of medicine and technology on the human condition.

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