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Students invited to speak out on current issues at discussion series

Jackson Community College will host three upcoming lecture and discussion series events that will examine current events and the country"s political landscape. The events are made possible by three grants from Michigan Campus Compact and the United Nations Foundation as part of "The People Speak: America"s Role in the World" project for the 2005-06 academic year.

On Monday, Nov. 21, the College will host a discussion on "Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism," from 2-4 p.m. in Federer Room A, Potter Center. The discussion will look at the role of non-military means of dealing with the threat of terrorism, especially in the U.S. Facilitating the event will be JCC instructors Eric Crosley and Ted Miller.

On Monday, Nov. 28, discussion will look at "Global Education," at 3 p.m. in Bert Walker Hall Room 201. JCC Associate Professor Shirin Timms will be joined by adjunct Instructor Germain Bindika, a political refugee from the Congo who now resides in Lansing, to discuss America"s role in the global marketplace in education and discuss educational exchanges between nations. Bindika lost several members of his family to violence in the Congo before he escaped to the U.S. Today he teaches French at JCC.

The last event in this series will be Monday, Dec. 5, entitled "America and Economic Justice," from 2-4 p.m. in Federer Room A, Potter Center. Crosley and Associate Professor Mark Schopmeyer will facilitate a discussion of how to look at the U.S. role in helping to create a sense of economic justice in our clearly existing global marketplace.

Crosley applied for and received three $300 mini-grants to host these dialogues through The People Speak project. The People Speak was launched in 2003 by the United Nations Foundation to raise the level of national dialogue about America"s role in the world. All discussions are open to the public.