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Events
The Center for Civic Engagement and the Office of the Provost present:
Day of Dialogue VII: A New Direction for the US and the World?
October 28, 2009
A day devoted to dialogue, debate and discussion of the issues that face our nation and world.
All are free and open to the public.
| Schedule of Events | |
|---|---|
| 9:05 - 10 | Students’ Rights – Student Center Theater Special Guest: Frank LoMonte, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center Co-Sponsored by the Nassau County Civil Liberties Union and HU School of Education, Health and Human Services |
| 9:05 - 10 | America’s Military Budget – Cultural Center Theater Special Guest: Frida Berrigan, New American Foundation |
| 10:10 - 11:05 |
Iran and Conflict in the Middle East – Monroe Lecture Hall |
| 10:10 - 11:05 |
Drug Wars –North and South – Cultural Center Theater |
| 11:15 - 12:40 | The Future of Health Care in America: A Hofstra Student Debate – Axinn Library 246 Co-sponsored by Progressive Students Union, Hofstra GOP and College Democrats |
| 12:50 - 1:45 |
U.S. Involvement in Afghanistan – Cultural Center Theater |
| 12:50 - 1:45 |
Civil Rights, Surveillance and Terrorism – Axinn Library 246 |
| 1:55 - 2:50 |
Which Way for Health Care in America? – Cultural Center Theater |
| 1:55 - 2:50 |
Are We Heading Toward World Government? – Axinn Library 246 |
| 2 - 4 |
America’s Role in the World – NAB 3rd Floor |
| 2:55 - 4:20 |
Social Justice Environmentalism – Student Center Plaza Rooms |
| 2:55 - 4:20 |
Civil Rights in the 21st Century – Axinn Library 246 |
| 2:55 - 4:20 |
Extremes of Incarceration in America – Cultural Center Theater |
| 2:55-4:20 |
The Impact of Affirmative Action – Student Center 142 |
| 4:30 - 6 |
Youth and Obama – Axinn Library 246 |
| 4:30 - 6 |
Climate Change Policy – Acting Locally, Nationally, Globally – Student Center Plaza Rooms |
| 4:30 - 6 |
Who Should Be Allowed to Marry? – Cultural Center Theater |
| 6:30 - 8 |
The Climate Crisis: The Case for Emergency Action – Cultural Center Theater |
| 6:30 - 8 | World’s Children in Crisis – 246 Axinn Library Co-sponsored with The International Center for Everybody’s Child, Hofstra University |
| 8:00 |
Give Us Bread – Monroe Lecture Hall |
For more information about any of our events, call 516-463-5640