Global Awareness series continues

October 27, 2009

TRAVERSE CITY -- Speakers on social justice and the developing world will visit NMC in a three-part Global Awareness series in November.

All presentations are free and open to the public.:

LIVING IN JERUSALEM: BEYOND THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WALLS

Noon, Thursday, Nov. 5, Milliken Auditorium

Angele Khasho Larson, born and raised in East Jerusalem, will share her experiences as a woman in the Middle East, lessons learned from successful and failed policy and cultural program efforts, and discuss the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

IN SEARCH OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN THE WORLD OF COFFEE

7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, Dennos Museum Center - Janis Room
Chris Treter, co-founder of Higher Grounds Trading Company in Traverse City, will lead a tour around the world to meet some of the most amazing coffee farmers struggling to earn a fair wage. He will share inspiration stories and discuss what a coalition of innovative fair trade farmers and roasters are doing to combat fundamental flaws in the global coffee industry.

STREET CULTURE IN CHINA

7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24,  Dennos Museum Center - Janis Room
Gary Howe, photojournalist and NMC adjunct instructor of geography, will facilitate his discussion/presentation using a travelogue of images taken from a trip across the North China Plain this past May. Howe, a regular visitor to China, lived in China and Taiwan for five years and is fluent in Mandarin.

Sponsored by NMC's Center for Instructional Excellence. For more information contact:

Linda Rea
Center for Instructional Excellence
(231) 995-1155
lrea@nmc.edu

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