Printable Social Forum Schedule

Theme I: Critical Education

1:00 p.m. --- Ian Quitadamo, Biology Department (Black Hall 203) "Critical Thinking as a Vehicle for Lifelong Learning and Societal Change"

2:00 p.m. --- J. Anthony Abbot, Department of Geography and Land Studies (Black Hall 203) "Free Speech and Academic Freedom Under Attack: History Ever Repeating"

3:00 p.m. --- Donald Easton-Brooks, Department of Education (Black Hall 203) "Global Impacts on US Educational Systems"

Theme II: Political Alternatives

1:00 p.m. --- Stefanie Wickstrom, Political Science Department (Black Hall 202) "Is Another World Possible: Global Citizenship or Ugly Americanism in the 21st Century"

2:00 p.m. --- Nathan Currit, Department of Geography and Land Studies (Black Hall 202) "Global-Local Links Along the Porous US/Mexico"

3:00 p.m. --- Michael Ervin, History Department (Black Hall 202) "Globalizing Latin American Left: Towards a Post-Dependency Paradigm"

Theme III: Ethical Business Practices

1:00 p.m. --- Gregory Cant, Business Administration & Management; Moderator Gary Heesacker, Accounting Department Jil Zilligen, Former VP, Environmental Initiatives, Patagonia; Executive Director 1% for the Planet "The Role for Any 'For-Profit' Business Is to Improve the Wealth of Those That Own It: A Debate"(Black Hall 152)

2:00 p.m. --- Robert Lupton, Information Technology and Administrative Management (Black Hall 134) "What is the True Cost of Global Consumerism and Consumption?"

Theme IV: Women and Globalization

2:00 p.m. --- Gina Popovic, Planned Parenthood of Central Washington (Black Hall 152) "Tie Their Knees Together and Gag Their Mouths: The United States' Approach to International Family Planning"

3:00 p.m. --- Megan Schmidt, CWU Student Counseling Center Ann Cotton, Puget Sound VA (Black Hall 152) "Prostitution as Human Rights Violation: Alternatives for Social Policy"

Theme V: Sustainable Development

1:00 p.m. --- James Huckabay, Department of Geography and Land Studies (Black Hall 134) "Alternative Energy Production in Your Future"

3:00 p.m. --- Roberta Soltz, Biology Department (Black Hall 134) "Integrated Resource Planning"

Featured Speaker

4:00 p.m. --- Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange and Code Pink: Women for Peace "How to Stop the Next War Now"

Conference Reception (Music Education Building, Choir Room 153)

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. --- Reception with Angela Davis and Medea Benjamin is open to all conference attendees and participants. The Reception is catered.

Keynote Speaker

7:00 p.m. --- Angela Davis, Author, Educator, and Activist, UC Santa Cruz "Global Resistance to Global Capitalism: Reformulating Race, Class, and Gender in the 21st Century"

FREE Registration: The Conference is free and open to the Public.
Register at http://www.cwu.edu/~cel/events/rewriteregistration.html