Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., Swarthmore Friends Meeting House
Join George Lakey (Lang Research Fellow and Visiting Professor), Gwen Snyder ’08, Sharon Gunther, Jonah Schwartz ’15, Jim MacMillan (Independent Journalist and Visiting Professor) as they reflect upon their involvement with the Occupy Movement. This event is sponsored by the Political Science Department, Peace and Conflict Studies and Quakers on Campus.
Monday February 20, 2012
7:00PM
Science Center 183
As part of Afro-Latino Series, Enlace presents Precious Knowledge: a documentary chronicling the fight for Ethnic Studies in Arizona. The film provides an insider’s perspective to a historic battle over civil rights as the student leaders in Tucson High fight to save their classes. Join filmmaker Erin McGinnis as she discusses various issues including the recent banning of Ethnic Studies in Arizona. This event is sponsored by the Departments of Education, Latin American Studies, Sociology and Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, as well as the Intercultural Center.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 4:30 pm, Science Ctr 101
Join Egyptian activist, Ahmed Salah, key planner of the January 2011 protests in Tahrir Square, to learn about his firsthand experiences and reflections about events in Egypt. Ahmed is the founder of the Activism Research Center and serves as Coordinator of the Egyptian Coalition of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. This event is organized by Peace and Conflict Studies and sponsored by The Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, the President’s Office, Intercultural Center, Islamic Studies, Arabic, and the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science, History and Religion, and the Swarthmore College Library.
The Department of Theater Announces Auditions for
THE SWARTHMORE FOLLIES 2012: AN EVENING OF FARCE SCENES & AN UNTITLED WORK-IN-PROGRESS
The Directing II Night of Scenes—Exact Plays still TBA
Performances Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, Frear Ensemble Theatre
Directors: Sebastián Bravo ’13, Regina Noto ’12, & Meryl Sands ‘13
Directing II Faculty: Allen Kuharski
Auditions will be held in 301 LPAC on Sunday, Feb. 12th from 7:30-9:00 pm. Please come prepared with a monologue (or a non-text-based movement, physical theater piece). Sign up for a 10-minute time slot on the Theater Department bulletin board outside of LPAC 113.
Farce projects will rehearse a scripted farce scene of 20-30 minutes in length.
Untitled Work-In-Progress will create a devised piece of 20-30 minutes in length.
Rehearsal Commitment: six hours/week starting the week of Feb.27 (exact schedule TBA based on the cast members’ schedules) through the performance dates of Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29 (no rehearsals over Spring Break, of course…)
Theater 002C credit is available to those cast that are in or have taken Acting I (THEA 002A).
For more information please email Allen Kuharski at akuhars1.
Join us for the Lori Barkin’s Honors Thesis in Solo Performance on Friday February 17th at 7PM & 10PM, Saturday February 18th at 4PM, and Sunday February 19th at 7PM in the Frear Ensemble Theatre. Ms. Barkin will present a humorous escapade into the life (and death) of Dr. Enerio José López Pardo as told by his closest female relatives.
Spring Lobby Weekend 2012 (March 17-20), sponsored by the Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://fcnl.org/issues/checkbook/), is a unique (and affordable!) opportunity for young people, to come to Washington, gain training in lobbying and policy issues, learn about FCNL, and lobby your representatives and senators. Interested in learning more? Join Quakers on Campus and their guest speaker, Matt Southworth, Legislative Associate Foreign Policy tonight, February 2, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m. at the Swarthmore Friends Meeting.
Hello,
My name is Kassandra Sparks and the Peace and Conflict Studies department recently sponsored my externship at Center for Resolutions. Jennifer Magee recommended I let you know about my experience, in case other students and alumni are interested in the opportunities the Peace and Conflict Studies department is presenting students here. Below, I have written up a small blurb outlining my experience thus far. If you have any more questions or would like any more information, please let me know! I have also attached a picture of myself with Bridget Caroll, the woman who spoke to my Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies class, in her office at the Center.
I became involved with Center for Resolutions in November thanks to taking Jennifer Magee’s Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies class. Jennifer invited Bridget Carroll from Center for Resolutions to speak to our class about the work the Center does in restorative justice, mediation, and dispute settlement. So inspired by the work she was doing, I contacted her and have been volunteering there since. The Center is an engaging, stimulating, fast-paced environment to work in, and as opened my eyes to the realities of non-profit organizations. Since there are only three paid staff members, I have the opportunity to (like them) take on multiple hats and truly make a difference in my community. A few of the responsibilities I have had are the following:
The skills I have learned from the short months I have been interning at the Center have been incredible, and I can only imagine how much more I will learn over the following years at Swarthmore. I feel so much more prepared both to apply for summer internships this summer as well as to apply these skills in my internship.
I am extremely grateful for both the Peace and Conflict Studies program and the Lang Center for exposing my to this opportunity, sponsoring my externship, and funding my transportation. 
Thank you again,
Kassandra Sparks