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Events Calendar
Lunch programs are at 11:45 am in the first-floor Forum Room at The Center, 93 Main Street,
Waterville, and cost $10 (buffet lunch) unless otherwise noted.
Register, via the web: MMGF Reservation Form, or by contacting Beth Schiller at enschill@colby.edu or 859-4624. Deadline: 11:00 am, one day before the program, unless otherwise noted. Additional programs will be posted as details become available.
2011-2012 Season (reverse chronological):
Tuesday, December 6th at 7 pm, Railroad Square Cinema, "Mekong: Exploring the Mother of Waters". Hutch Brown's film about the historic first complete exploration and navigation of the Mekong River also builds awareness of the Mekong Cascade hydropower scheme and its environmental and social impact. Followed by Q & A with the filmmaker. Admission: $5 (students free with school ID).
Wednesday, December 7th, 11:45 (lunch at The Center), Hutch Brown on the "Mekong River Hydro Dams".
Thursday, October 20th, Waterville Public Library, 4th floor reading room (new venue!), Dr. Jane Hale, "Global Family Literacy".Professor Hale, Associate Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Brandeis University, will present her literacy projects to develop and distribute beautiful picture books for very young children to homes in Lesotho, Boston, and Haiti. She will speak particularly about the need for children to see themselves and hear their family language in early reading experiences.
Thursday, September 29th, Colby Oak Fellow, Fatima Burnad, "Untouchability and Human Rights: Fighting Poverty and the Caste System in India".
India's caste system was officially 'eradicated' in 1950, and yet it continues to undermine the economic well-being and human dignity of thousands of people - especially the Dalit or "untouchables." Colby's 2011 Oak Fellow, Fatima Burnad, will focus on the efforts being made by one organization in India to defend the human rights of the country's most oppressed peoples.
Past Seasons:
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
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