Date: Oct 22, 2007

Hofstra's Day of Dialogue V: Our World, Our Future

All-Day Multi-Event Discussion on Issues that Face Our World

Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Hofstra's Day of Dialogue V, a daylong event consisting of  panels, lectures, discussions and performances designed to inform students about and engage them in  the major issues of our time, will take place Wednesday, October 24, 2007 throughout the campus.

Highlights of the day, sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement at Hofstra University, include:

America's Wealth Gap - A Town Hall Meeting of students and other citizens
9:05 - 11:05 a.m. (with a break at 10 a.m.)
Facilitated by Prof. Michael D’Innocenzo, Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus

Presidential Power in the Age of Terror - A Law School Colloquium
11:10 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Room 308, Hofstra Law School, south campus

The Future of Israel and Palestine -A debate and discussion with Professor Richard Himelfarb, Hofstra University, and Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, Yale University.
12:50-1:45 p.m.
Moderated by Professor Arthur Dobrin, Hofstra University
Plaza Room Center, Davis S, Mack Student Center, north campus.

Windows to Guernica - Exploring the role of art, music, and memory in evaluating the aftermath of civil war. The program features excerpts from a five-movement trio for violin, cello and piano by Spanish composer Octavio Vazquez written to commemorate Guernica, played before testimonials and images from survivors of the Spanish Civil War as collected by Hofstra Honors College students Matthew Ferry and Michael LaFemina. Discussion to follow.
12:50-1:45 p.m. and 1:55-2:50 p.m.
Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Joan and Donald A. Axinn Library, south campus

Race, Class and the LGBT Community 12:50 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus

Health Concerns for the LGBT Community
2:55 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Studio A, Dempster Hall for Communications
South campus

Building Diversity in the Hofstra Community, the first of a series of sustained dialogues
2:55-4:20 p.m.
Plaza Room Center, Davis S, Mack Student Center, north campus.

Iraq and the Middle East/Which Way Iraq? - Two debates featuring Tom Basile, Hofstra alumnus and a former Bush administration senior press advisor, and Stony Brook Prof. Michael Schwartz, a sociologist and Iraq war commentator who has written for online sites TomDispatch, Common Dreams and HuffingtonPost.
2:55-4:20 p.m. and 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, south campus

The War Zone Is My Bed - Personal relationships and spiritual destruction in war-torn Sarajevo and Kabul, A one-woman performance by Yasmine Beverly Rana
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Lowenfeld Exhibition Hall, 10th floor, Joan and Donald A. Axinn Library, south campus

Visions for a Non-Violent Future; Two Exhibits
C.V Starr Hall, first floor lobbies, south campus
9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.

For a complete schedule of events for Day of Dialogue V go to www.hofstra.edu/dayofdialoguev , or call (516) 463-5643.

Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution offering more than 140 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied human services, and honors studies, as well as a School of Law. With a student-faculty ratio of 14-to-1, our professors teach small classes averaging 23 students that emphasize interaction, critical thinking and analysis. Hofstra offers a faculty whose highest priority is teaching excellence, cutting edge technology, extensive library resources, internships and special educational programs that appeal to their interests and abilities.  The Hofstra community is driven, dynamic and energetic, helping students find and focus their strengths to prepare them for a successful future.