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.
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