Contact: Shirley Osterhaus, (360) 650-2309 or Shirley.osterhaus@wwu.edu
BELLINGHAM - Discussions of peace-making in East Timor and the conservation of "heritage foods" will kick off this year's World Issues Forums, an annual series of lectures that highlights social justice efforts around the globe.
Sponsored by Western Washington University's Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, along with other campus and community groups, the forums are free and open to the public and held Wednesdays from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Fairhaven College Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.
Jan. 14
For the Future: Teaching Peace, Making History in Timor-Leste
Presenter: Sierra James, Co-founder of Ba Futuru, a nonprofit organization in Timor-Leste (East Timor).
Jan. 15
Where Our Food Comes From: Conserving Heritage Foods Globally, Nationally and Locally
Presenter: Gary Paul Nabhan, ethnobotanist, author, and director of the Center for Sustainable Environments.
4 to 5:30 p.m., Fraser Hall 4
Jan. 21 (two events)
Presenter: Stephen Gloyd, associate chair, Global Health, UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine
The Promise of Health for All: Are U.S. Policies Making it Harder to Achieve Global Health?
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Fairhaven College Auditorium
Changing U.S. Policies for Global Health: Yes We Can!
7 p.m., St. Luke's Community Health Education Center, Room A, 3333 Squalicum Parkway.
Jan. 26
Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
Presenter: David Bacon, veteran photojournalist and associate editor of Pacific News Service.
3 to 4:30 p.m., Communications Facility 110
Jan. 28 (two events)
Presenter: Margaret Wilson, International Director of Bahia Street, and a Ph.D. in Anthropology.
Against the Concept of Charity: Gender, Dignity and the Sharing of Power
8:30 to 9:45 a.m., Science Lecture Hall 110
Developing Equality: Consciousness in the Creation of Infrastructures for Change
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Fairhaven College Auditorium
Feb. 3
Black/Brown Conflicts in Los Angeles: What are Unions Doing About It?
Presenter: Edna Bonacich, professor emerita of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.
7 to 8:30 p.m., Communications Facility 110
Feb. 4
Immigrants and African-Americans: The Dynamics of Job Competition
Presenter: Edna Bonacich, professor emerita of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.
Feb. 11
A Fragile Hope
Presenter: Barbara Rofkar, lecturer of Global Issues, Western Washington University.
Feb. 18
Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt
Presenter: John Gibler, Global Exchange Media Fellow who writes from Mexico.
Feb. 23
U.S. Immigration Policy and Human Rights
Presenter: Susan Gzech, director of the Human Rights Program, University of Chicago
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Fairhaven College Auditorium.
Feb. 25 (two events)
Presenter: Susan Owen, Distinguished Professor, Communication Studies, University of Puget Sound.
Constructing a Visual Grammar of Political Resistance: The 1935 ‘Art Commentary on Lynching' as Counter-Memory to Lynching Photography
Noon to 1:30 p.m., Fairhaven College Auditorium
Communities of Memory and Claims of the Past on the Present: Reading Race Trauma through ‘The Green Mile'
3 to 4:30 p.m.., Communications Facility 110
March 4 (two events)
The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry - and What We Must Do to Stop It.
Presenter: Antonia Juhasz, a fellow with Oil Change International and the Institute for Policy Studies.
Indigenous People: Human Rights, Dignity and Development with Identity
Presenter: Q'orianka Kilcher, a descendent of the Huachipaeri and Quechua people of Peru and an actress appearing the "The New World," 2005.
3 to 4:30 p.m., Communications Facility 110.
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