Events

Civic Engagement co-curricular lectures and programs during 2009 - 2010 will include:

September 25: Lecture by Kathy Eldon, award-winning, internationally acclaimed lecturer, writer, activist, journalist, TV and film producer, 7-9 p.m., Vukovich Center

October 7: Lecture by Greg Mortenson, humanitarian, international peacemaker and author of Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture, 8:30 p.m. book signing, Vukovich Center

October 26: Lecture by Vandana Shiva, physicist, environmental activist, ecofeminist, author and leader of the International Forum on Globalization, 6-7 p.m., Shafer Auditorium

November 3: Opening Reception and Artist's Talks for "Engineering Eden". 7 - 9 p.m. Bowman, Penelec and Megahan Galleries. National and regional artists explore our human relationships to the world's environments. The exhibit will be on view in the galleries from November 3 through December 1, 2009.

November 6: D4D on the Road - activism training workshop. 10 am Tippie Alumni Center, Tillotson Room. Contact ceed@allegheny.edu for details on how to register.

January 26: Opening Reception and Artist's Talks for "In Between". 7 - 9 p.m. Bowman, Penelec and Megahan Galleries. International and emerging artists visually deconstruct oversimplified notions of ethnicity, gender and sexuality. The exhibit will be on view in the galleries from January 26 - February 16, 2010.

February 23: Opening Reception and Artist's Talks for "The Art of Persuasion". 7 - 9 p.m. Bowman, Penelec and Megahan Galleries. Historic and contemporary political posters demonstrate the role of visual culture as a tool to influence public opinion on critical political issues. The exhibit will be on view in the galleries from February 23 - March 16, 2010.

February 25: Lecture by Michael Pollan, author, columnist, activist and professor of journalism and director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley, 6-7 p.m., Ford Chapel.

For more information on some of these events visit the Year of Social Change website.