also co-hosted a 2007 talk by U.S. Rep. Tom Lantos, who at the time was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Lantos told a capacity crowd at Rackham Auditorium that despite looming threats in the Middle East and North Korea, he was confident that peace would prevail “if we in this country again become united, and not be afraid of dialogue and diplomacy.” Seeking to expand the speaker series audience across campus, the Institute also partnered with the College of Literature, Science and the Arts to invite Dieter Zetsche, then-president and CEO of the Chrysler Group, to Ann Arbor, and with the School of Public Health to bring in Harvard researcher Jessica Cohen and Amy Lehman, who operates a floating medical ship in sub-Saharan Africa. Each speaker in the series has, in his or her own way, helped to give U-M students a wider world view and provide them with the perspective and tools they need to have an impact in their chosen careers. At the end of Farmer’s 2007 talk, he showed a photo of a Kenyan classroom with a map of Africa drawn on the chalkboard. Underneath the map, the teacher wrote “SAVE.” Farmer said he assumed the teacher meant “don’t erase.” “Of course, I saw something very different,” he said, “and I’m sure you will, too.” Global Impact Speakers Tom Lantos 25th Anniversary 69