Tandem Friends School, an independent Quaker school for grades 5-12, has launched a new community event, TANDEM Speaks! featuring Dahlia Lithwick, a past Tandem parent, former Charlottesville resident, and current senior editor at Slate and Khizr Khan, a Muslim-American U.S. Gold Star Parent as well as a lawyer and constitutional rights advocate. Mr. Khan and Ms. Lithwick will offer their unique perspectives on the issues of social justice, human rights and constitutional interpretation. Their conversation will be moderated by Risa Goluboff, the Dean of UVA School of Law and a Tandem Friends School parent. The event will be held on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 7 pm at The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College.

“A Tandem Friends’ education, which emphasizes the Quaker values of Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship, is in perfect alignment with the work being done in Charlottesville, and throughout our country. Now more than ever, we must be vigilant in taking care of each other, speaking out against injustice, and integrating our values into the choices we make every single day,” says Deborah Arenstein, event co-Chair and Tandem Friends parent.

Tandem Friends School offers a rigorous college preparatory curriculum in an environment built on Quaker values. Our students receive an education in which intellectual, ethical, artistic, and athletic ideals are pursued. We foster capable students who value a spiritual, egalitarian, kind, and creative community; thrive on independent, imaginative thought; are fully engaged in learning; and seek the very best from both themselves and their community. All funds raised by TANDEM Speaks! will support financial aid at Tandem Friends School. Nearly 40% of Tandem students receive some form of financial aid, and we provide almost $1 million in financial aid each year, to support a student body that represents our community, regardless of their family’s ability to pay.