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
Special Guest: Scott Ritter, former United Nations Weapons Inspector in Iraq
Hofstra Guest: Julian Ku, Foreign Affairs Law, Hofstra School of Law

10:10 - 11:05

Drug Wars –North and South – Cultural Center Theater
Special Guest: Rafael Coicué, Assoc. of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca, Colombia
Hofstra Guest: Bill Schaefer, former organized crime prosecutor

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
Special Guest: Scott Ritter, former United Nations Weapons Inspector in Iraq
Hofstra Guest: Julian Ku, Foreign Affairs Law, Hofstra School of Law

12:50 - 1:45

Civil Rights, Surveillance and Terrorism – Axinn Library 246
Special Guest: Roger Newman, The Journalism School, Columbia University
Co-sponsored with The Hofstra Honors College

1:55 - 2:50

Which Way for Health Care in America? – Cultural Center Theater
Special Guests: Laura Boylan, MD, Physicians for a National Health Plan;
U.S. Congressional Representative Anthony Weiner, 9th District, NY
Hofstra Guest: Rachel Kreier, Economics Department

1:55 - 2:50

Are We Heading Toward World Government? – Axinn Library 246
Hofstra Guests: Paul Fritz, Department of Political Science; David Green, Department of Political Science

2 - 4

America’s Role in the World – NAB 3rd Floor
An invitation-only deliberative dialogue hosted by Prof. Mike D’Innocenzo
Co-sponsored with the Kettering Foundation

2:55 - 4:20

Social Justice Environmentalism – Student Center Plaza Rooms
Special Guests: Cece Carpio, UPROSE Justice Coordinator; Alissa Moody, The Greenman Alliance
Hofstra Guest: James Hickey, Hofstra School of Law

2:55 - 4:20

Civil Rights in the 21st Century – Axinn Library 246
Special Guest: Roger Newman, The Journalism School, Columbia University
Hofstra Guest: Akilah Folami, Hofstra School of Law
Co-sponsored with The Hofstra Honors College

2:55 - 4:20

Extremes of Incarceration in America – Cultural Center Theater
Special Guests: Colleen Erens, New Yorkers Against the Death Penalty;
Christine Barrow, Rutgers University
Hofstra Guest: Craig Cooley, Hofstra Law and The Innocence Project

2:55-4:20

The Impact of Affirmative Action – Student Center 142
Hofstra Guest: Ryan Greene, Director, MISPO
Co-sponsored by the Multicultural and International Student Programs Office

4:30 - 6

Youth and Obama – Axinn Library 246
Special Guest: Aaron Schiller, Regional Field Director, Organizing for America
Hofstra Guests: Emanuel Boussios, Department of Sociology; Anthony Lucci, Hofstra GOP

4:30 - 6

Climate Change Policy – Acting Locally, Nationally, Globally – Student Center Plaza Rooms
Special Guests: Peter Joseph, M.D., The Climate Change Project; Sarah Lansdale, Sustainable Long Island
Hofstra Guest: Laura Comer, Sustainus.org

4:30 - 6

Who Should Be Allowed to Marry? – Cultural Center Theater
Special Guests: Maggie Gallagher, National Organization for Marriage;
Joanna Solmonsohn, Empire State Pride Agenda
Co-sponsored with The Pride Network

6:30 - 8

The Climate Crisis: The Case for Emergency Action – Cultural Center Theater
Special Guest: Peter Joseph, M.D., The Climate Change Project
Co-sponsored with The Institute for the Development of Education in the Advanced Sciences(IDEAS)

FREE PIZZA & SANDWICHES

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
The remarkable story of the ordinary immigrant women who banded together to fight for food for their community.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC – ONE NIGHT ONLY
A Live Performance of music, movement and dance
by New York City’s “The Anthropologists”

Co-sponsored with The Women’s Studies Program

For more information about any of our events, call 516-463-5640