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Repeats every week every Wednesday until Thu May 27 2010 .
04/07/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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04/14/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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04/21/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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04/28/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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05/05/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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05/12/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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05/19/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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05/26/2010 - 12:00pm - 1:20pm
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Fairhaven College Auditorium, WWU, Bellingham, WA

Full schedule of events

“Life and Stories of the Karen People in Burma”
Wednesday, April 7, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Oscar BaAye, retired engineer and resident of Bellingham, member of Karen Pwo Tribe in Burma Stephen Dun, Karen refugee of the Sgaw tribe from Burma, living in Federal Way

“Empowering People at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid: a case study in Ghana”
Wednesday, April 14, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Gifty Baaba Asmah, Founder and Executive Director of Daasgift Quality Foundation

"Reassessing Aquaculture: Risks of Factory Farms in Our Marine Environment”
Wednesday, April 21, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Anne Mosness is a former Alaska fisherwoman, president of the Women's Maritime Association, a Food and Society Policy Fellow and co-producer of the Bluefestival.

“China and the Pitfalls of Neoliberal Globalization: A Communication Perspective”
Wednesday, April 28, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Dr. Yuezhi Zhao is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Global Communication at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada

“Return of the Repressed? Communication and Class Politics in Post-Reform China” (Paths to Global Justice)
Wednesday, April 28, 1:30-2:30, Environmental Studies 413

“Violence on the Border: The Case of Tijuana”
Monday, May 3, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Victor Clark Alfaro, Founder and Director of the Binational Center for Human Rights in Tijuana and lecturer in the Latin American Studies Department at San Diego

“Crossing Borders: Coyotes & Migrants” (Paths to Global Justice)
Monday, May 3, 3:00-4:20pm, Communications 231

“About Afghanistan: or can we learn anything useful about History”
Wednesday, May 5, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
David Curley, Professor and Chair of Liberal Studies, WWU
Les Reardanz, Bellingham lawyer who recently returned from working in Afghanistan

“Where West Meets East: Cultural Fusion in the 21st Century"
Wednesday, May 12, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Theodore Bestor, Professor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Harvard

“Preventing Harm from Drug Use: Lessons from Thailand to Canada”
Wednesday, May 19, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Zarina Mulla , Drug Policy Planner City of Vancouver

“Conversations on Drug Use” - Paths to Global Justice
3:00 -4:00pm, Communications 231

“From Margins to Center: The Story Behind the Story to Close Down the School of the Americas"
Wednesday, May 26, Noon-1:20pm, Fairhaven College Auditorium
Ralph Armbruster –Assistant Professor, Sandoval Department of Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara

“Great Love Requires Great Risk: Hunger Strikes, Spirituality, Sacrifice, and the Struggle for Social Justice" - Paths to Global Justice
Tuesday, May 25, 4:00-6:00, Arntzen 225