WWU's Fairhaven College Announces Spring World Issues Forum Slate
Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies has announced the upcoming spring slate of presenters for its annual World Issues Forum, with subjects ranging from violence on the U.S./Mexico border to China and neoliberal globalization to preventing drug abuse.
The following forums are free and open to the public, and are from noon to 1:20 p.m. every Wednesday in the Fairhaven College Auditorium, unless noted otherwise:
Wednesday, April 7
“Life and Stories of the Karen People in Burma”
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
Wednesday, April 14
“Empowering People at the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid: A Case Study in Ghana”
Gifty Baaba Asmah, Founder and Executive Director of Daasgift Quality Foundation
Wednesday, April 21
“Reassessing Aquaculture: Risks of Factory Farms in Our Marine Environment”
Anne Mosness is a former commercial fisher in Alaska, president of the Women's Maritime Association, a Food and Society Policy Fellow and co-producer of the Bluefestival.
Wednesday, April 28
“China and the Pitfalls of Neoliberal Globalization: A Communication Perspective”
Yuezhi Zhao is professor and Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Global Communication at the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Wednesday, April 28: Paths to Global Justice lecture series
“Return of the Repressed? Communication and Class Politics in Post-Reform China”
Yuezhi Zhao
1:30-2:30 p.m., Environmental Studies 413 on the WWU campus
Monday, May 3
“Violence on the Border: The Case of Tijuana”
Victor Clark Alfaro, Founder and Director of the Binational Center for Human Rights in Tijuana, Mexico and lecturer in the Latin American Studies Department at the University of California at San Diego
Monday, May 3: Paths to Global Justice lecture series
“Crossing Borders: Coyotes and Migrants”
Victor Clark Alfaro
3-4:20 p.m., Communications Facility 231 on the WWU campus
Wednesday, May 5
“About Afghanistan: or Can we Learn Anything Useful About History?”
David Curley, professor and chair of Liberal Studies at WWU
Les Reardanz, Bellingham lawyer who recently returned from working in Afghanistan
Wednesday, May 12
“Where West Meets East: Cultural Fusion in the 21st Century"
Theodore Bestor, professor, chair of the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
Wednesday, May 19
“Preventing Harm from Drug Use: Lessons from Thailand to Canada”
Zarina Mulla , drug policy planner, City of Vancouver, B.C.
Wednesday, May 19: Paths to Global Justice lecture series
“Conversations on Drug Use”
Zarina Mulla
3-4 p.m., Communications Facility 231 on the WWU campus
Tuesday , May 25: Paths to Global Justice lecture series
“Great Love Requires Great Risk: Hunger Strikes, Spirituality, Sacrifice, and The Struggle for Social Justice"
Ralph Armbruster – assistant professor, Sandoval Department of Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara
4-6 p.m., Arntzen 225 on the WWU campus
Wednesday, May 26
“From Margins to Center: The Story Behind the Story to Close Down the School of the Americas"
Ralph Armbruster – assistant professor, Sandoval Department of Chicano Studies, UC Santa Barbara
For more information on the World Issues Forum speaker series presented by Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, call Shirley Osterhaus at (360) 650-2309 or visit the World Issues Forum Web site at http://www.wwu.edu/depts/fairhaven.
WWU's Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies, established in 1967, is nationally recognized for innovation in teaching and learning, intensive advising, student-designed majors, narrative assessment, experiential and independent learning and a commitment to social justice.