Professors to talk about Iraq in Lunch Series As part of their Table Talk Lunch Series, the Office of the University Chaplain and Kay Spiritual Life Center will be sponsoring "Humanitarianism and U.S. occupied Iraq: A role for AU?" on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 12 p.m. in Kay.
Speakers at the event will include AU professors Mary Gray and Caleb Rossiter as well as Patricia Fagen of Georgetown University. Gray, from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has advocated for equity and fighting discrimination and injustice. Rossiter is a professor who has had a career as a practitioner of foreign and military policy in the School of International Service. Fagen is a senior associate for the study of intercultural migration.
A buffet lunch will be provided or you may bring your own. While lunch is free for students, faculty and staff are requested to donate $5 to help with the program.
To reserve a place, R.S.V.P. by calling x3320 or e-mail kslc@american.edu by noon on Sept. 30.
Human Rights film series, discussions to start at WCL next week The Washington College of Law and Center for Social Media will present the 4th annual Human Rights Film Series from Oct. 7 to Nov. 12.
Films will be shown on campus as well as at the Washington College of Law and are free. They include discussions afterward from filmmakers, human rights activists, lawyers, experts and panelists.
Movies include "The Day I Will Never Forget," "The Damned and The Sacred," "War Takes," "Drowned Out," "The New Americans" and "Bringing Down a Dictator." These films represent a different view of people from around the world and document their struggles and lives.
The film series is sponsored by the WCL Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the Center for Social Media, in collaboration with the Office of the University Chaplain, the Center for Global Peace, the Center for Democracy and Elections Management, the Media That Matters Film Festival and Human Rights Watch.
To look up more about the movies and schedules: visit www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/film.cfm.
KPU to host Latino activist in Mary Graydon The first Puerto Rican to anchor the news for WNBC in New York, Felipe Luciano, will be speaking tonight at 8:30 p.m. in the University Club in Mary Graydon Center.
Luciano has been a reporter, activist, poet and trailblazer for Latinos. He founded the Young Lords Party, which is a revolutionary political party that advocates for those individuals who are oppressed and for Latino empowerment. He is also one of the original Last Poets, who were a small group of rappers in the civil rights era.
As a two-time recipient of two Emmys and an Ace TV award, Luciano has had much success in the entertainment and media fields from radio, television, lectures, poetry, journalism and stage.
Currently, he is acting as a consultant on a film about the Young Lords in development by HBO.
The Latin and American Student Organization, KPU and Multicultural Affairs are all sponsoring the event.
