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Center for Civic Engagement

Hofstra University's Center for Civic Engagement presents:

Day of Dialogue VI

Facing the Future TOGETHER

a day of discussion and dialogue about the most pressing issues facing the nation ... and world

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

All are free and open to the public.

Schedule of Events
9:05 - 10	The Food Crisis, featuring Bill Ayres of World Hunger Year [Cultural Center Theater]
10:10 - 11:05	Economic Meltdown? featuring economist Max Wolff [Cultural Center Theater]
10:10 - 11:05	Religion and the 2008 Presidential Election [Monroe Lecture Hall 142]
10:10 - 11:45	Supporters of Israel, Supporters of Palestine: Talking it Over [Plaza Rooms West] Featuring The Dialogue Project (led by two women – one from each perspective) featuring Marcia Kannry and Linda Sarsour For more information go to www.thedialogueproject.org
11:15 - 12:40	Access and Legacy: The Role of Presidential Libraries [246 Business Dev. Ctr] Dr. Allen Weinstein, National Archivist of the United States
12:50 - 1:45	What does the world think of us? (Africa, Latin America, Asia) [Plaza Rooms East]
12:50 - 1:45	Television Politics: The Nixon-Kennedy Debate [Cultural Center Theater] featuring Diana Carlin, founder of DebateWatch
1:55 - 2:50	The Politics of Cartoons – Immigrants and/in America [Cultural Center Theater] An Illustrated talk featuring Joe Szabo, political cartoonist
1:55 - 2:50	Is Iran a Threat to the U.S.? [Plaza Rooms East] featuring Professor Ervand Abrahamian, Baruch College
2:55 - 4:20	What does the World Think about the US? (Europe and the Mideast) [Plaza Rooms West]
2:55 - 4:20	Heritage or Hate? The Confederate Flag – a documentary film and discussion by Hofstra filmmaker Professor Gregory Smith [Cultural Center Theater]
2:55 - 4:20	The War in Iraq – a debate: with Michael Schwartz & Seth Forman [Plaza Rooms East]
4:30 - 6	Iraq Vets Speak about their War [Plaza Rooms East]
4:30 - 6	Globalization in the Caribbean: St. Lucia [CHPHB-Chem Bldg 117] sponsored by LACS
4:30 - 6 6 – 7:30	Color-Blind Racism and the 2008 Presidential Election [Cultural Center Theater] featuring Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke Univ. & David Dante Troutt, Rutgers Asylum Denied: A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America Featuring Philip Schrag & David Ngaruri Kenney [Room 205 Hofstra Law School]
6:30 - 8	Creating a Citizen Agenda in U.S. Political Campaigns: Lessons From DebateWatch, featuring Diana Carlin founder [Cultural Center Theater]
6:30 - 8	Gender Politics and the 2008 Election [Plaza Rooms East] Featuring Jaime Van Dyke Doran and Shelby Knox
8:15 - 9:30	Rap, Rhyme and (the) Race – rap and poetry slam [Monroe Lecture Hall 142]

For more info http://www.hofstra.edu/academics/educ8/educ8_events.html or call 516-463-5640.