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The World Issues Forum is a weekly speaker series dedicated to providing thought provoking educational opportunities to the campus and Bellingham community that support an informed and engaged global citizenry. Fairhaven College fairhaven.college@wwu.edu No http://vimeo.com/channels/worldissuesforum 19 Oct 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Please reset your bookmarks to the new location: http://vimeo.com/channels/worldissuesforum/videos/rss/ http://vimeo.com/channels/worldissuesforum 00:00:01 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/052009.mov 20 May 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Margaret C Lee, Associate Professor, African and Afro-American Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, discusses China-Uganda economic relations and development. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/052009.mov 01:38:13 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/050609.mov 14 May 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Alia Parker and Eric Vermeers, Adventure Learrning Grant Recipients in 2008, discuss their projects. Eric highlights development projects in two rural villages he visited while volunteering with the Tarayana Foundation, a pre-eminent indigenous NGO in Bhutan. Alia speaks of her year in Central and South America with a focus on women's reproductive health care. Over the course of her time in Latin America last year, she was inspired by the various forms of human rights activism she witnessed in Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador, Peru, and Argentina. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/050609.mov 01:08:38 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042909.mov 8 May 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Hiroshi Motomura, Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law, discusses 3 key issues in the debate about illegal and undocumented immigration: What it means for immigrants to be here unlawfully, the role of states and cities, and the integration of immigrants into U.S. society. He then explores how these issues are intertwined in ways that are essential to finding solutions. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042909.mov 01:21:02 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042209.mov 1 May 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Nidia Castellanos will address the role of Arauca Peasant Association (ACA) in defending the rights of small farmers and their families in the state of Arauca. Columbia, which involves facing a lot of risk in conflict with the Columbian Government. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042209.mov 01:00:03 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042009globalwarming.mov 28 Apr 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Elizabeth May, Chair of Canada's Green Party, an environmentalist, writer, activist and lawyer, tells about why US Leadership is urgently needed in the Climate Crisis. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/042009globalwarming.mov 01:27:51 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/041509.mov 28 Apr 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Julio Betancourt, Senior Scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey and Adjunct Professor at the University of Arizona, discusses the infiltration of exotic grasses into American deserts, influencing wildfires. What decisions must be made, and how do we make them? http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/041509.mov 01:27:51 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/040809.mov 24 Apr 2009 9:00:00 -0800 Baldemar Mendoza Jiménez, Agro-ecologist with the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca, looks at the affects of NAFTA in Oaxaca's indigenous communities. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/040809.mov 01:18:19 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/030409.mov 4 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Antonia Juhasz, a fellow with Oil Change International and the Institute for Policy Studies, argues that the oil industry’s grip on policy and government has never been stronger. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/030409.mov 01:12:27 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/022509.mov 25 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Susan Owen, Distinguished Professor in the Communication Studies Department, University of Puget Sound, speaks about the 1935 "Art Commentary on Lynching" as Counter-Memory to Lynching Photography. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/022509.mov 01:13:22 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/022309.mov 23 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Susan Gzech, Director of the Human Rights Program at the University of Chicago, discusses the inter-relationship between human rights and migration policy, the history of U.S. immigration policy and Mexico-U.S. relations http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/022309.mov 01:13:46 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/021809.mov 18 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800 John Gibler, author of "Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt" offers an evocative report on the epic powers of violence and corruption in Mexico and the struggle of the indigenous, farmers, and workers who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/021809.mov 46:01 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/021109.mov 11 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Barbara Rofkar, Lecturer of Global Issues, Western Washington University. Barbara Rofkar’s most recent trip to the Middle East revealed that although the joy of the Obama election was almost universal, the fears of a continued failed policy were evident. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/021109.mov 1:16:28 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/020409.mov 4 Feb 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Edna Bonacich, Professor Emerita of Sociology, University of California, speaks about how the Black community faces a crisis of high unemployment and criminalization. How are the unions dealing with this volatile situation? http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/020409.mov 1:12:44 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/012109.mov 21 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Stephen Gloyd, MD, MPH, Assistant Chair of UW Global Health Department and Executive Director of Health Alliance International. He has worked for over 20 years in countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia in clinical and public health practice. He currently is involved in projects with Ministries of Health in Mozambique, and Cote d'Ivoire. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/012109.mov 1:17:40 http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/011409.mov 14 Jan 2009 12:00:00 -0800 Sierra James, MA graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, speaks on her experiences living and working in Timor-Leste (East Timor) with her non-profit organization, Ba Futuru, over the last four years. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/011409.mov 1:54:52 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/ott.mov 3 Dec 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Riki Ott, PhD marine biologist, discusses the wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/120308.mov 1:15:52 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/robbins.mov 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Dr. Richard Robbins, anthorologist at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh; author of numerous books and recipient of distinguished awards, discusses contradictions in the future of globalization. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/111708.mov 1:10:06 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/bezruchka.mov 5 Nov 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Stephen Bezruchka, UW School of Public Health and Community Medicine, discusses relationship of health and politics in the U.S. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/health.mov 1:17:12 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/slack.mov 29 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Gordy Slack, a science writer focusing on evolutionary biology and the relationship of science and religion, discusses how both sides of the battle between evolution and intelligent design theories have adapted to the new legal environment and why each position believes there is so much at stake. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/gordyslack.mov 1:03:05 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/ricksteeves.mov 24 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0800 After spending a third of his adult life in Europe researching his guidebooks, Rick Steves has learned that Europe is fighting its drug abuse problems differently and more effectively than the USA. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/ricksteves.mov 1:12:46 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/lang.mov 22 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Rev. Rich Lang, Methodist pastor, addresses apocalyptic theology. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/102208.mov 42:16 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/jamail.mov 20 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Dahr Jamail, an independent journalist, tells about his experiences in Iraq. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/102008.mov 1:03:05 http://www.wwu.edu/fairhaven/digitaloutback/global/ackerman.mov 5 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Tom Ackerman discusses global warming as fact or fiction. http://media.wce.wwu.edu/worldissuesforum/100307.mov 1:02:34