Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:15pm Rosenfield 101
"Me to We: Creating Positive Social Change"
Craig Kielburger, international children's rights activist and founder of "Free the Children"

Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:15pm ARH 102
"Creating a Women's Sewing Coop in Nicaragua"
Jamie Zwiebel '08, recipient of a "100 Projects for Peace" summer grant

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 noon JRC 209
"The Mess We're In: How U.S. Leaders Have Failed Us in the Middle East and What You Can Do"
James Zogby, founder and president of Arab American Institute

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 4:15pm ARH 102
Peace Studies Summer Interns Talk About Their Experiences
"Looking Past the Hijab: A New Perspective on Arab American Culture"
Emily Kugisaki '09
"Summer Leadership Program With The City School Boston"
Cat Pierro '09

Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:00pm ARH 302?
"Battle of Algiers" film showing and discussion following
Glenn Myrent '75 visiting film historian
Jan Gross, Professor of French

November 1-3, 2007
Prison Education Conference
      Thursday, November 1, 2007 8:30pm ARH 302
      "College-in-Prison: The Bard Prison Initiative and Prospects for Similar Programs Across the U.S."
      Max Kenner, founder and director of the Bard Prison Initiative

      Friday, November 2, 2007 JRC 101       9:00am    Department of Corrections Panel
      "Benefits and Challenges of Volunteer Education Programs In the Prisons"
      Betty Brown, Victim and Restorative Justice Programs, Iowa DOC
      John Fayram, Deputy Warden, Anamosa State Penitentiary
      Terry Mapes, Warden, Newton Correctional Facility
      Jamesa McKinney, Warden, North Central Correctional Facility
      Evelyn Oltmanns, Librarian, Newton Correctional Facility

      10:30am    Grinnell College Alumni Panel
      "How Teaching at the Newton Correctional Facility Has Influenced Us Personally and Professionally"
      Ursula Hill '05
      Dale Mackey '07
      Laura Matter '05

      4:15pm    Writers@Grinnell Reading
      Disguised As A Poem Reading by the Author
      Judith Tannenbaum, Former Artist-In-Residence at San Quentin Prison

      Saturday, November 3, 2007 9:00am JRC 101
      "A Restorative Partnership: Student-Teachers In Corrections"
      Chris Baker, Victim-Offender Services Coordinator, Iowa Eighth Judicial District

Monday, November 5, 2007 7:00pm Forum South Lounge
Cypriot Student Panel
"Conflict Resolution . . . Really?"
Mine Kanol '08
Hilmi Ulas '09