Archive for the ‘Globalization’ Category
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
“The Story of Stuff,” a 20-minute video that covers environmental, psychological and social impacts of our consumption oriented society, will be shown on Wed. July 9 at 6 pm in Room 116 at Wheeler Art Center, 1035 Sanders, sponsored by Marion County Green Party, Campaign for Sustainable Economics, The Black and Latino Institute, and Simple Living Group of Indianapolis. Discussion afterwards will be lead by Greg Buck. For more info, contact Greg Buck at ecothink@yahoo.com or 917-1638.
Posted in Events, Democracy, Domestic politicking, Foreign policy, Crossing borders, Climate change, Environment, Energy politics, Human and civil rights, Film, Health & Medicine, Technology, Science, Business, Way we live, Empire, Education, Globalization, GLOCAL-ization, Philanthropy, Citizen Diplomacy, Living Green, Taking action, Morality & Ethics, Families and children, urban living | No Comments »
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is one of the few American scholars who can match the breadth of expertise and the passionate commitment to justice of W.E.B. Du Bois. That must be why he is the Director of W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard. In fact, his career parallels that of Du Bois in many ways, including efforts by both to create comprehensive encyclopedia of Africans and African Diaspora. Hear Gates discuss the Du Bois, the history of Africans in the world (and the impact of the world on Africans) … and his experiences with Oprah. (more…)
Posted in Events, Crossing borders, Race, Europe, Human and civil rights, Empire, Education, Globalization, GLOCAL-ization, Africa, Kenya, Egypt | No Comments »
Sunday, May 25th, 2008
We’ve come a long way since the xenophobic anxieties in the 1980s about Japan’s economic threat to America. Now Indiana communities that saw Japan as a threat are scrambling over themselves to attract Japanese investment … and the Japan American Society of Indiana is part of the reason why attitudes have shifted in the past 20 years. (more…)
Posted in Events, Hoosier history, Business, Globalization, Philanthropy, Inter-cultural communication, fundraiser, Japan | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
We assume that immigrants coming to the US with and without proper authorization are blessings to their home countirs: after all, remittances are one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Mexico and most Central American countries. But a closer look at villages and towns that now have almost no one of working age, that have most of their kids growing up in families whose parents are working up North … the blessing is mixed. Learn how this affacts us in Indiana. (more…)
Posted in Events, Foreign policy, Mexico, Crossing borders, Law & justice, Hoosier history, Human and civil rights, Business, Globalization, GLOCAL-ization, Poverty, Latinos, Latin America | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Having reached the 50th anniversary of the great experiment in European integration, it is time to take stock of the united Europe. Has the integration of new members been successful? What does the debate on Turkey’s membership say about the future of EU integration and its changing demographics? (more…)
Posted in Events, Foreign policy, Europe, Human and civil rights, Terrorism, Technology, War & peace, Empire, Globalization, Turkey, Russia | No Comments »
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Sometimes it seems that Barack Obama’s main constructive foreign policy message is: “I like Dick Lugar.” Come to Marian college to find out why this is not a bad argument when Senator Lugar delivers his first public speech to the renamed Richard G. Lugar Franciscan Center for Global Studies. (more…)
Posted in Events, Democracy, Domestic politicking, Foreign policy, Iraq, Mexico, Crossing borders, Islam & Muslims, Law & justice, Hoosier history, Europe, Spies & Intel, Climate change, Energy politics, Human and civil rights, Terrorism, China, Business, India, War & peace, Empire, Globalization, Africa, Poverty, Citizen Diplomacy, Middle East, Russia, Morality & Ethics, Inter-cultural communication, Pakistan, Darfur, Latin America | No Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Jewish answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
Posted in Events, Interfaith, Jews & Judaism, Islam & Muslims, Climate change, Environment, Energy politics, Way we live, Globalization, Living Green, Taking action, Inter-cultural communication | No Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Muslim answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
Posted in Uncategorized, Events, Religion, Interfaith, Jews & Judaism, Islam & Muslims, Christianity & Christians, Climate change, Environment, Energy politics, Way we live, Globalization, Living Green, Taking action, Inter-cultural communication | No Comments »
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Members of the three Abrahamic faiths comprise over half of the world’s population. With growing environmental challenges that threaten our planet, what is the theological mandate to care for the earth? What is currently being done to confront these challenges and reverse unsustainable trends? Is there benefit in working together? Discuss the Christian answer in this three-faith discussion. (more…)
Posted in Events, Religion, Jews & Judaism, Islam & Muslims, Christianity & Christians, Climate change, Environment, Energy politics, Health & Medicine, Way we live, Globalization, Living Green, Morality & Ethics, Inter-cultural communication | No Comments »
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Want to do business in China, but aren’t sure how? Or do you want to swap 21st century adventure stories about the fabulous riches waiting to be seized in China, and the terrible risks of seizing wrong? Maybe you are thinking about getting a job that would connect you to the an economy that keeps growing faster than seems possible. Or maybe you just want a chance to grab some powerful Chinese and American government officials and ask: “What should we do?” If so, this symposium at IUPUI is the place to be. (more…)
Posted in Events, Foreign policy, Technology, Science, China, Business, Globalization | No Comments »
