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UCLA's Weisner to speak at WWU Feb. 10 on what's best for children
2.8.10
Campus news
On-campus events | World Issues Forum

Thomas Weisner, a professor of anthropology in the departments of psychiatry (NPI Semel Institute, Center for Culture and Health) and anthropology at UCLA, will present “What’s best for children – and what this means in an unequal world?” from noon to 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, in Fairhaven College Auditorium as part of the World Issues Forums.
Today on campus: 'A Broken Immigration System and its Talented Undocumented Youth'
1.13.10
Feature
lectures | World Issues Forum

[ Editor's note: Because of a last-minute delay of his train, Jorge-Alonso Chehade will not be able to appear at this event today. ]

Today's immigration debates have brought to the fore conflicting visions within the United States over how to address a population of 11 million to 12 million undocumented immigrants. However, contemporary debates have yet to catch up to the current realities and complexities of immigrant families, and thus do not account, for the most part, for a growing population of undocumented children in the United States.
WWU's Fairhaven College announces winter's World Issues Forum slate
1.11.10
In the spotlight
fairhaven | lectures | On-campus events | World Issues Forum

Western Washington University’s Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies has announced the upcoming winter slate of presenters for its annual World Issues Forum, with subjects ranging from immigration reform to reproductive health and the community effects of hate crime.

The following forums are free and open to the public, and are from noon to 1:30 p.m. every Wednesday in the Fairhaven College Auditorium, unless noted otherwise:
Margaret Stock: "Immigration and National Security: Reframing the post-9/11 debate"
12.18.09
Video
Margaret Stock | presentation | World Issues Forum

Margaret Stock is an attorney admitted in Alaska; a lieutenant colonel in the Military Police Corps, U.S. Army Reserve; and an associate professor assigned to the Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Stock spoke at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at WWU on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, as part of the World Issues Forum.
"Immigrant Youth's Contributions to Families and Society as Language and Culture Brokers"
12.11.09
Video
presentation | World Issues Forum

Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, professor and director of faculty for the Teacher Education Program at UCLA, presents "Immigrant Youth's Contributions to Families and Society as Language and Culture Brokers" from noon to 1:20 p.m. Nov. 4 in the Fairhaven College Auditorium as part of the World Issues Forum.

Orellana's description of her talk:
Malalai Joya: "A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of the Afghan Woman Who Dares to Speak Out"
12.2.09
Video
fairhaven | On-campus events | presentation | World Issues Forum

Did you miss this event in November? Check out the video online, courtesy of Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies and WWU Video Services.

Malalai Joya, Afghan woman activist and suspended parliamentarian, spoke at Western Washington University on Nov. 12, 2009.