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
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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
Honoring Life and Death in Balinese Culture
March 2021 Film: Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart (2019) Speaker: Ni Luh Gede Sri Pratiwi Resources: Elemental Productions
Russia-Ukraine: Perspectives from the East, West, and Global South
April 2022 Speaker: Rachel Oswald, Pulitzer Center Journalist
Using Persepolis to Teach About the Middle East
February 2021 Film: Persepolis (2008) Speaker: Professor Roozbeh Shirazi , University of Minnesota
Understanding Windrush and the Black Caribbean Diaspora in the U.K.
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! January 2021 Film: The Unwanted- The Secret Windrush Files Speaker: Professor Joan Anim-Addo, Goldsmiths, University of London Resources: Windrush Children and Broken Attachments Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies
Social Justice: Writing For, Writing Back
November 2021 Book: The Lines We Cross Speaker: Randa Abdel-Fattah Resources: Online Resources & Discussion Questions Teaching about Refugees
Go Big Read Book Discussion
This Event was Not Recorded, Sorry! October 2021 Book: Transcendent Kingdom Speaker: Carmen Pitz Resources: Discussion Guide Go Big Read toolkits
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 Voice Teaching Guide Serafina’s Promise …