World Issues Forum

Full schedule of events

"A Broken Immigration System and its Talented Undocumented Youth"
Jorge-Alonso Chehade, Peruvian and graduate of University of Washington Business School
Wednesday, January 13, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium 

"Irresistible Resistance: Artists Confronting Issues of Our Time"
Beverly Naidus, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma
Wednesday, January 20, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium

"The 2008 Economic Crisis and its Global Ramifications"
Marjolein van der Veen, Economics Instructor at Bellevue College and Shoreline Community College
Wednesday, January 27, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium

"Health Care Reform, American Style (what's not to like?)"
Aaron Katz, principal lecturer of Health Services and Global Health (adjunct), University of Washington School of Public Health.
Wednesday, February 3, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium

"What's best for children - and what this means in an unequal world?"
Thomas Weisner, Professor of Anthropology, Departments of Psychiatry (NPI Semel Institute, Center for Culture and Health) and Anthropology at UCLA.
Wednesday, February 10, Noon-1:20pm.

"Challenging Canadian Multiculturalism: The Community Effects of Hate Crime."
Barbara Perry, University of Ontario. Faculty of Criminology, Justice and Policy Studies
Wednesday, February 17, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium

"Reproductive Health: A Rights Based Approach in Nepal"
Sarmila Shrestha, Public Interest Lawyer, Human Rights and Social Justice, Nepal PILI Fellow, Columbia Law School, NYC, USA
Wednesday, February 24, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Paths to Global Justice 4:00-5:15 Communications 314

"Mining and Indigenous Rights: The Struggle for Self-Determination in Guatemala"
Pascual Bemabe Velasquez from San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Wednesday, March 3, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium