Honors Symposium: "The Quest for Social Justice"
Dennis Beach, OSB

Social Justice Events: Report Expectations and Calendar

Basic Assignment

Attend 2 events in the semester that have something to do with our theme, "The Quest for Social Justice." You can use your own judgment in choosing events, whether they be talks, workshops, plays or films, actions by campus groups, etc. The idea is to expose ourselves to a variety of issues as well as the variety of approaches to those issues that are represented on the campuses.  (If you do a 3rd event, I will give extra credit).

1. Prepare to give a short, informal report on the event in class the next day. This need not be elaborate  but should include some basic information on the topic and how it was prsented, as well as what you found most beneficial or interesting in the event.
2. If several people attend an event, the in-class report can be shared, or even take the shape of a discussion. It might be best to let classmates know if you are planning to attend an event, so we can coordinate.
3. Turn in a short written report summarizing the same things in #1, with emphasis on the last part, what you found most beneficial.

Calendar

This is incomplete.  Check Campus Bulletin Board regularly for announcements that may contain new possibilties.

September

• S-M 24-5: Peace Studies Conference.  You can go to an extra talk or workshop session besides the one required.
• T Sept 26: Bread Not Stones Moneymobile Presentation: "Driving Home the Truth About the Bloated Pentagon Budget." Come see the Moneymobile Giant Puppets on Tuesday, September 26th. 4:15pm. Plaza in front of Sacred Heart Chapel. In a 30 minute presentation, the Giant Puppets tell us the facts. Consider this: $5 billion, the cost of one new aircraft carrier = the salaries of 65,000 new teachers for 2 years! Sponsored by: St. Benedict's Monastery & CSB Campus Ministry.
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October

• M Oct 2: The Schirber Lecture Series on Medical Ethics Presents: "Cross-Cultural Issues in Healthcare: Doubling the Responsibility of Health Care Providers," Elaine Fox, Ph.D, R.N.  Peter Engel Science Center Auditorium, SJU 7:30 PM.
• T Oct 3: The Global Awareness Lecture Series presents “Kosovo – Conversation with a War Criminal” a multi-media presentation by Steven Smith of the documentary production unit of National Public Radio. Tuesday, October 3rd, 7:30 p.m., Alumni Lounge, SJU. Stephen Smith describes a year-long investigation into war crimes in Kosovo conducted by Minnesota Public Radio’s documentary unit, American RadioWorks.
• W Oct 4: Speaker:  Diversity, Maura Cullin.  BAC Auditorium (CSB) 7:30 PM.
• W Oct 11: "Banking on Women" CSB BAC Forum.  (Times to be announced.)
• M Oct 23: Women's and Men's Lives Series student panel discussion: "Masculinities/Feminisms: What do they mean for St. Ben's/St. John's Students?" SJU Alumni Lounge 7:30
• W Oct 25: Jean Vanier, recipient of the Dignitas Humana Award, "Signs of Hope for the New Millennium." SBH Auditorium (SJU), 8 PM.

November

• W Nov 1: Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer, The School of the Americas at Fort Benning, Georgia: "New Name, Same Shame: The SOA and US Foreign Policy."  Sexton 200, 7:00 PM.  Sposored by Global Initiatives Group and Campus Ministry.  This is the school US military school for training counter-insurgency troops whose graduates have been linked to many human rights abuses and assassinations in Latin America.
• F Nov 3: Lecture:  Rev. J. Bryan Hehir and Rabbi David Saperstein, "Religious Faith and Public Health Policy." 9:40 AM Haehn Alumnae Hall.
• W Nov 8: Global Awareness Lecture Series: “U.S. - Cuban Relations After Elian,” with Esteban Morales, Director Emeritus, Center for the Study of the United States, University of Havana, Cuba.  Alcuin Library AV-1, 7:30 PM.
• W Nov 15: JEC Lecture, Frank Meeink:  A Former Skinhead's Fight Against Prejudice"   Haehn Center Alumnae Hall (CSB). 7:30 PM.

December