All events are in the ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Public Library β Main, ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Creek Room, 1:00 β 3:00pm
1001 Arapahoe Ave, ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ CO 80302
Thursday, March 21st β Venezuela
Details to follow.
Thursday, March 28thΒ - βTajikistan, the βStansβ and The Silk Road and Chinese plans.β
Resource person: Peter Kleinman.Β Peter and several ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ friends spent three weeks in Tajikistan this summer biking and visiting Dushanbe, the capital, which is a ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Sister City and the source of our famous tea house.Β Before and after the trip Peter has spent time studying this often ignored area of the world.
Thursday, April 18th - βColombia - Five years through the eyes of a reporter.β
Resource Person: Taran Volckhausen, Freelance Writer and Editor, has recently returned from five years in Colombia.Β While there his particular focus was environmental stories in the context of the peace dealβ
Thursday, April 25th - βWatson Scholarβs projects to help their native countries.β
Resource Persons: Several Watson Scholars will discuss the projects they are developing to implement in their home countries. They are working on these projects while studying here in ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ.Β There will also be comments on growing up in their homelands and their first perspectives on the US. Johanam Abdalla, Guatmala andΒ Yousra Kherkhache,Β Algeria, have already accepted and UNABC is talking to other students from Haiti and Rwanda and possibly others.