May 2021 Book: The Hmong Journey: Hmoob Txoj Kev Taug by Ger Thao Speaker: Ger Thao Resources: A Walk in My Shoes Activity Hmong Studies Internet Resource Center Hmong Language and Cultural Enrichment Program Hmong Educational Resources Publisher HmongABC …
Month: January 2022
Using Literature to Explore SDG 4: Quality Education
September 2021 Books: Malala’s Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai Serafina’s Promise by Ann E Burg The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare Speaker: Dr. Elisheva Cohen, Indiana University Resources: The Girl with the Louding …
Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters
March 2020 Book: Every Day We Live Is the Future: Surviving in a City of Disasters by Douglas Haynes Speaker: Douglas Haynes Resources: Discussion Questions
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
September 2020 Book: The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Speaker: Dr. Victor Jew Resources: Study Guide Curriculum Guide Discussion Questions
Discussion of Revolution is My Name
October 2020 Book: Revolution Is My Name: An Egyptian Woman’s Diary from Eighteen Days in Tahrir by Mona Prince, Samia Mehrez Speaker: Professor Nevine El Nossery Resources: Presentation Slides
Russia’s Strategies in Foreign Elections: What Does the Kremlin Want?
October 2020 Film: Operation InfeKtion: How Russia Perfected the Art of War (2018) Speaker: Dr. Anton Shirikov, Assistant Professor in Political Science at the University of Kansas
The Haitian Revolution: Impact on the World
September 2020 Film: PBS Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution (2009) Speaker: Dr. Brenda Gayle Plummer, Merze Tate Professor of History at UW-Madison Department of History
Talking About South Asian Culture and History through Earth
November 2020 Film: Earth (1998) Speaker: Professor Ria Banerjee, Guttman Community College Resources: India Partition lesson plans and documents Videos, discussion questions, suggested readings, and additional educational resources
From Local to Global: Promoting Community Immunity in the Time of COVID
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! December 2020 Film: Frontline: The Vaccine War (2017) and COVID’s Hidden Toll (2020) Speaker: Dr. James Conway
The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! June 2020 Film: The Lethal Soviet Legacy in Kazakhstan (2019) Speaker: Dr. Andy Bruno, Stephen F. Cohen Chair of Russian History and Professor, Department of History at IU Bloomington