Fall 2009
Global Social Responsibility Conference & Film Festival
Sponsor: Social Responsibility Masters Program
Tuesday, October 6th 2009
9:30AM FOOD SECURITY BANKS Sheila Lindstrom Voyageurs South
11AM- 12:10PM HOW DO YOUR ACTIONS AFFECT THE ENVIRONMENT? WHY SHOULD YOU CARE? Shaun S. Phillips Voyageurs South
12:15PM FILM: SCARRED LAND, WOUNDED LIVES: The Environmental Footprint of War Theater
2PM- 3:45PM – FILM: THE GARDEN Movimiento Estudantil Chicano de Aztlán (M.E.Ch.A.)
The plight of the farmers, immigrants from Latin America. Atwood Theater
4-5PM STOPPING SEXUAL ASSAULT Allison Goldade Students for Sexual Consent So. Voyageurs
5-6:45PM THE INSTITUTIONALIZED STEREOTYPE OF ASIAN-AMERICANS Asian Students in Action (ASIA) Atwood Voyageurs South
Wednesday, October 7th 2009
11AM FILM: WA’ANI Discussants: Nabila Bhatti & Lisa Boynton Atwood Theater Though illegal, certain misogynistic customs still plague women in Pakistan.
2PM Moving Beyond: A new LGBT Movement Beth Zemsky Atwood Theater Women on Wednesday, SCSU Women’s Center
1PM- 2:55PM FILM: SHARKWATER Atwood Theater Exposes how the shark-hunting industry is driving them to extinction.
3PM CANADIAN SEAL HUNTING AniMent Club Granite Room
4PM THE CIRCLE OF COMPASSION Animent Club Granite room
5PM GENDER BLINDNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM IN TANZANIA.
Priyam Chibber Granite Room
7PM C.C. CARTER LGBT Resource Center Atwood Theater Emotionally moving and hysterically funny, Carter challenges stereotypes on race, gender & size.
Thursday October 8th 2009
9:30AM -10:45AM GLOBAL FRESH WATER CRISIS Social Responsibility Club Dr. Charles Nelson, Hydrologist and Oceanographer Granite Room
11AM – 12:15PM OWNING YOURSELF Lwando Scott Social Responsibility Club Granite room
Motivating people to move away from conformity.
12:30PM-1:45PM FILM: RETHINK AFGHANISTAN National Release! Atwood Theater
2PM-3:50PM FILM: TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI Discussants: Camaya Wallace and Rebecca Matinda Atwood Theater
The simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement.
Co-sponsors: Environmental and Technological Studies, Multicultural Resource Center, Multicultural Student Services, Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center, Film Studies, Human Relations, Women’s Studies
These events are free and open to the public.
