Joanna Slater, an award-winning journalist with Canada’s national newspaper, will deliver a firsthand account of Europe’s refugee crisis. Slater will discuss her travels through Hungary, Austria and Germany documenting the journeys of refugees, as well as the ongoing challenge that displaced people represent for Europe and the world.
Emily Wilson, MPH, MS, CHES, is Instructor of Public Health & Pre-Health Programs Advising Coordinator at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (MCPHS).
Exposure to traumatic events and adversity including violence, discrimination, and poverty can present major barriers to learning and achievement. This talk will explore some of these exposures in greater detail and context, and discuss some of the emerging practices in education to prevent, address, and respond using trauma-informed principles and ethical leadership strategies in education.
Live music with Carolyn McCrone, flute and Dustin Anthony Chung, clarinet.
Submitted by Peter Denison
The New York Times of Saturday, October 29, 2016, printed a story about a woman named Shifa al-Qudsi, a Palestinian so upset by the mistreatment of her people that she volunteered to become a suicide bomber. Fortunately, she was caught before she could detonate the bomb and was sentenced to six years in an Israeli prison. During her imprisonment, she learned about a group called “Combatants for Peace” which had been started by some Israeli veterans whose army careers had convinced them that there must be a better way than shooting and bombing the enemy. Shifa had come to the same conclusion while serving in prison. Thus she joined a group composed both of Israelis and Palestinians working for a peaceful solution.
Submitted by Marvin Miller
We can hardly see or hear a news report without encountering the word suspect, with the accent on the first syllable. My dictionary defines suspect as one who is suspected, especially of a crime. It doesn’t say suspected by whom. Usually, when the media use the term suspect, they don’t state who is doing the suspecting. They just call the person a suspect.
Submitted by Brian King
I need to preface this by saying that I am writing this one week after the election. I say this because my thoughts on the election have changed on a daily basis since then, and I don’t expect them to resolve completely for quite some time.
I could tell you why I think Trump was elected, but there are still millions of ballots yet to be counted, mostly provisional, so comparable numbers for 2008 and 2012 are still not available. Did more people vote for Trump or did fewer people vote for Hillary? We just don’t know yet. There are some reports that relatively more voters opted to leave their choice for president blank.
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Eloise Lawrence is Staff Attorney, Harvard Law School, Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. She is a clinical instructor in community lawyering and a Lecturer on Law. She has represented tenants and homeowners in post-foreclosure evictions and worked with community organizers as part of Project No One Leaves.
No meeting on November 13 due to road race in Cambridge.