2015 Munro Seminar airing on TVW

The annual Ralph Munro Seminar for Civic Education brought elected officials, public policy experts and educators to Western Washington University's campus this past fall for conversations on race and criminal justice, earthquake preparedness and sustainability.

If you missed any of it, don't worry. The sessions are all being aired on TVW.

Below is the list of topics and panelists:

  • Tuesday, Oct. 27, from 1:30-3:15 p.m.: Race and Criminal Justice
    Moderated by Francisco Rios, dean of Western’s Woodring College of Education.
    Panel: Larry Gossett, King County Council; John Urquhart, King County Sheriff; Clifford Cook, Bellingham Chief of Police; Rep. Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland), and Vernon Johnson, director of the Munro Institute.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 9:15-10:30 a.m.: Sustainability and Economic Development
    Moderated by Craig Dunn, dean of Western’s College of Business and Economics.
    Panel: Rep. Vincent Buys (R-Lynden), Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon (D-Burien), Phil Thompson, professor of Economics at Western, Rob Fix, executive director of the Port of Bellingham, and Hilary Franz, executive director of Futurewise.
  • Wednesday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness and Response in Washington State
    Moderated by Steve Hollenhorst, dean of Western’s Huxley College of the Environment.
    Panel: Rebekah Paci-Green, director of Huxley’s Resilience Institute; David Sattler, professor of Psychology at Western; John Ufford, Washington State Emergency Management Division Preparedness Unit Manager; and Lynda Zambrano, Executive Director of the Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council.

The Institute offers students, teachers and community members an opportunity to work with professors, activists and political leaders to learn how local, state and national politics develop. The Institute was named in honor of Ralph Munro, a WWU alumnus and trustee. Munro was elected Washington’s Secretary of State in 1980 and continued in that position until his retirement in 2001.