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Atlas Week: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Events

Published by Tynan Shevlin on March 23, 2012 in Atlas Week, BSC Activities, Event Announcements, Free Stuff, General News, International, On Campus, Presentations, Social Justice, Speaker and Student Group News. 0 Comments

Next week is the Sam and Marilyn Fox ATLAS Week 2012! Have you seen the list of events? It’s colossal. There’s going to be so much to do. Here’s just a few events from the first half of the week:

Monday, March 26th

12 PM – 3:30 PM - Cbabi: An African American Artist at Work – Cbabi Bayoc is a St. Louis artist whose artwork represents his African American heritage and outlook on life. Cbabi will create an art piece and field questions from students in the BSC North Lobby.

6:30 PM - Empowered for Their Own Liberation: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions Movement to End the Israeli Occupation – Speaker Sandra Tamari will discuss Palestine’s economic measures against Israel in BSC room 253 A. Sponsored by SLU Solidarity With Palestine.

7 PM – We Win Or We Die - This film about the Benghazi revolt against Moammer Gaddafi will be shown in the Kelly Auditorium.

8 PM – Education: The Key to Breaking the Cycle of Poverty - A presentation by Students United for Africa (SUFA) that details the efforts of educating children in a village in Ghana called Manyoro. SUFA will explain how the spread of education decreases poverty. Located in BSC room 251 A.

Tuesday, March 27th

2 PM – Things You Shouldn’t Have Learned at School: Life Behind the Soviet Looking Glass - Mr. Mikhail Palatnik of Washington University will speak in BSC room 251 B to share his experiences of education inside and outside of the Soviet school systems. His rebellion against Soviet censorship led to confrontations with the KGB and eventual emigration.

2:30 PM – Arab Spring: Empowering Citizens Through Information & New Collaborative Technologies - Stop by the AB Auditorium to attend this panel discussion regarding protests in the Middle East and North Africa that was been stimulated by collaborative technologies like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, et cetera.

7 PM – Fr. John Foley, SJ & the Education of the Cristo Rey Network – Rev. John P. Foley, S.J. is renown for collaborating in establishing the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, which has since become a national model of education. His achievements have gained him six honorary doctorates, the Presidential Citizen Medal from George W. Bush, and many other acknowledgements. His presentation is located in the AB Auditorium.

Wednesday, March 28th

11 AM – 2 PM - Ask. Listen. Refer. – Join Active Minds and SLU’s Counseling Center as they teach a suicide prevention training program, it takes about 20 minutes to complete and will make the campus safer for all individuals. They will be training and answering questions in room 251 AB of the BSC.

2 PM – 3 PM - Women’s & Minorities Underrepresentation in U.S. Electoral Politics – As the title suggests, this lecture will be discussing the electoral process and demonstrate underrepresentation of both these groups on state and national levels. The information is from Dr. Nadia Brown’s and Dr. Jason Windett’s own research and will take place in 253 A of the BSC.

5:30 PM – 7 PM - Film: These Streets Belong to Us – This is a documentary that will be shown in the International Lounge of Des Peres Hall. It is about a struggle in South Africa in which neighbors from disparate lives become empowered to stand up and take back their community.

 

These events are just a small slice of the giant international pie that is ATLAS Week 2012. Make sure you check out all the other events here. Also, check this page out for a list of locations where you can pick up a nifty little ATLAS Week Passport – a booklet with all the times and locations of each event.

 

Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week Program 2011

Published by Tynan Shevlin on April 4, 2011 in Atlas Week, General News, On Campus and Social Justice. 0 Comments

Atlas Week is here! Atlas Week is a one-week program designed to “increase awareness of the global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but to inspire and inform action.”

This year, there are over 100 events planned. The theme is “Global Justice: Meeting Basic Human Needs.” There is a special focus on the first United Nations Millennium Development Goal, to end extreme poverty and hunger, and the seventh goal, to ensure environmental sustainability. As such, many of the events deal with issues of food justice, water rights, and sustainable development.

This year’s keynote speaker is former Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan. Khan will be speaking on Thursday, April 7, 5:30PM in the Wool Ballroom.

There is tons of other stuff going on this week. Check out the full schedule on Atlas Week’s website.

 

Deadline to Submit Atlas Week Events is This Friday

Published by Laura Thomson on February 16, 2011 in Atlas Week and On Campus. 0 Comments

The 2011 Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week program will be held the week of April 4-8. The theme for the 2011 Atlas Program is “Global Justice: Meeting Basic Human Needs.”

This year’s program seeks to highlight the first U.N. Millennium Development Goal, to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, and the seventh goal, to ensure environmental sustainability.

As such, the planning committee particularly welcomes events that focus on issues of food justice, water rights and sustainable development.
All faculty, staff and students are welcomed and encouraged to participate in the program and share their international knowledge, scholarship and service with the wider university community.

Past events have included special lectures, roundtable discussions, open classes, international films, cultural performances and special exhibits.
The deadline for signing up to host an event is Friday, Feb. 18.

Friday, April 8th, the Parade of Nations and the Billiken World Festival will be held. Both food and non-food booths will be available for departments and student groups who want to participate. The deadline to reserve a booth is Feb. 25.

If you are interested in planning an Atlas Week event or reserving a booth at the Billiken World Festival, the forms are available on the Atlas website.
If you have any questions, contact Michelle Lorenzini at lorenzms@slu.edu or 314-977-3243.

About the Atlas Program:
One of the main goals of the Atlas Program is to increase awareness of the global issues that confront us today in an effort not only to promote discussion, but to inspire and inform action. It focuses on what we as global citizens can do to contribute to a better life for all people now and in the future. The Atlas Program is unique in that for one week of the year, it brings together members of the University community to focus on the global challenges that confront us in the 21st century.

 

Ambassador of Haiti to the United States and SLU alumnus Jesse Sullivan Address the Crisis in Haiti

Published by Colin Shevlin on March 19, 2010 in Atlas Week and On Campus. 0 Comments

At last Atlas Week won’t wait one week longer. Which is to say, it’s next week!

Lauren Hashiguchi was kind enough to send us this information about His Excellency Mr. Raymond Joseph, Ambassador of Haiti to the United States and SLU alumnus Jesse Sullivan about their address:

Since the massive earthquake struck Haiti, the Ambassador and his wife, Mrs. Poisson-Joseph, have worked tirelessly coordinating volunteers and recovery and humanitarian relief efforts.

Mr. Joseph will discuss the current situation in Haiti, plans for the future, and how we might help.

Also speaking to SLU will be Jesse Sullivan, Founder of Live OneWorld, SLU alumnus, has been working as the Special Assistant to the Haitian Embassy for Relief and Reconstruction since the earthquake in January. He slept in a tent in DC for a month to raise awareness and solidarity for the people of Haiti who are displaced and was recently named CNN’s most interesting person of the day. Jesse will speak about how students can get involved with relief efforts for Haiti at SLU through the Task Force’s Live for Haiti campaign.

The event takes place Tuesday, March 23, at 7 PM. For more information, contact sluhaitirelief@gmail.com or click on the Atlas Week banner in the right column.

 

Atlas Week Invites Students to RSVP to the Reception Following the Keynote Speaker

Published by Colin Shevlin on March 4, 2010 in Atlas Week, Free Stuff and International. 0 Comments

The Tenth Annual Sam and Marilyn Fox Atlas Week Program will be held the week of March 22-26, with a keynote on Wednesday, March 24, at 5:30 in the Busch Student Center presented by Hauwa Ibrahim. The keynote will address the third United Nations Millenium Goal: “Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.”

The Atlas Week program will hold a private reception immediately following the symposium. If you would like to attend, RSVP to AtlasReception2010@gmail.com. Space is limited, so preference will be given in the order received. Please respond no later that Wednesday, March 17.

Atlas has more information about the keynote speaker below:

One of the top defenders of women’s rights in Nigeria, Hauwa Ibrahim has won a number of precedent-setting cases before Islamic Sharia courts. She first came to inter- national attention in 2003 when she won an appeal for Amina Lawal, a Nigerian woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. A firm proponent of the rule of law, she has argued that Sharia law requires the courts to respect the procedural and substantive rights guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution.

For more information, see atlas.slu.edu.