The Shoreline Community College Global Affairs Center will run two seminar series this winter - one in the evening and one during the day. All presentations are free and open to the public. There is a small fee for parking on campus. The campus is located at 16161 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline.
EVENING PROGRAMS
Please join us for this series of discussions about the cultures and worldviews of people in Jordan, India, Africa (with guests born in Nigeria and Uganda), and Indonesia. On January 30, we will be joined via Skype by a media consultant who works with UNICEF at the Syria refugee camps in Jordan!
All events take place on Thursday evening, 7-8:30pm, in Room 9208
Thursday, January 30, 7-8:30 p.m., Room 9208 PUB
Jordan and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Dr. Dima N. Malhas, Esq., Managing Partner, Chung, Malhas and Mantel, Seattle
Ms. Alaa Malhas, Communication Consultant at UNICEF Jordan Office (Jordanian citizen), via Skype
Thursday, February 6, 7-8:30pm, Room 9208 PUB
India: The History and Culture of an Aspiring Power
Mr. Jon Bensky, Pacific Northwest Advisors
Dr. Anand Yang, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Thursday, February 20, 7-8:30pm, Room 9208 PUB
African Identities and Worldviews*
Mr. Onum Abbey Esonu, Department of Planning and Development, City of Seattle
Dr. Omara Benjamin Abe, Department, North Seattle Community College, emeritus
*Cosponsor: ACCPNW logo African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific NW
Thursday, February 27, 7-8:30pm, Room 9208 PUB
The World’s Largest Archipelago: Indonesia’s Culture, History and Worldview
Ms. Anita Sulaiman, Consultant and Trainer, Inter-cultural Business Excellence; Founder and Board chair, Indonesia Business Council Greater Seattle; Board member, Indonesian Diaspora Network, Greater Seattle (Indonesian citizen)
Ms. Diah Satya Darmawaty, Co-Founder & Board member, Indonesian Diaspora Foundation Global; Founder & Board member, Indonesian Diaspora Network Greater Seattle (Indonesian citizen)
DAYTIME PROGRAMS (times and locations vary)
Wednesday, February 5, 12:30-1:30pm, 1010M (Boardroom)
Project Education Kenya
Daryl Campbell, Acting President, Shoreline Community College
Tuesday, February 18, 11:30-12:30pm, 9208 PUB
Volunteer Experience in Haiti and Africa
Lisa Libassi, Nursing faculty, Shoreline CC
Tuesday, February 25, 12:30-1:30pm, 1010M (Boardroom)
Arab-American Youth: Self-Identity and Worldviews
Mary Toutonighi, Arab Center of Washington
Thursday, March 5, 12:30-1:30pm, 1010M (Boardroom)
White People and Development Aid: Race and the History of Humanitarian Assistance
Michelle Kleisath, Multicultural Studies faculty, Shoreline CC
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