The guests we invite don't use "canned" remarks. Their presentations are prepared for your ears only as they reflect on their own experiences and address how the values of faith, service and vocation have helped them to lead fruitful, passionate lives. Their examples will surely galvanize you and the entire Marquette community!
Raj Patel - Agricultural scholar and author of the book "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System ".
The World Food Crisis: How did it get so bad and why should we care?
Raj Patel is the author of "Stuffed and Starved", which examines why the world experiences both obesity and starvation, and the hidden battle of the world food system.
Half the world is malnourished, the other half obese - both symptoms of the corporate food monopoly. To show how a few powerful distributors control the health of the entire world, Raj Patel conducts a global investigation, traveling from the “green deserts” of Brazil and protester-packed streets of South Korea to bankrupt Ugandan coffee farms and barren fields of India.
What he uncovers is shocking -the real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa, an epidemic of farmer suicides, and the false choices and conveniences in supermarkets. Yet he also finds hope in international resistance movements working to create a more democratic, sustainable, and joyful food system.
For more information see: http://www.rajpatel.org.
Co-sponsored by the Manresa Project, Office of International Education and MUSG. Join the Facebook group.
Cost: Free
Day: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Location: Cudahy 001
Time: 7 p.m.
Another Opportunity to hear Raj Patel -
Raj Patel will also speak at the “Soup with Substance” lunch on Friday, October 24 at Noon in the AMU, sponsored by Campus Ministry. Lunch is free.
Jonathan Kozol - Award-Winning Author on Education and Urban Issues
Jonathan Kozol, author of The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid School in America and Savage Inequalities, will speak on Marquette's campus on:
Community Book Discussions Jonathan Kozol’s The Shame of the Nation
3:00 p.m., Lower Raynor Conference area
What is the legacy of “Brown v Board of Education”? Are our public schools returning to an era of segregation? Read Kozol’s best-selling book “The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid in America’s Schools” and discuss it with other Marquette students, faculty, and staff. Mr. Kozol will not be in attendance for the book discussion.
ON-CAMPUS RESOURCES
- Office of Student Development
- University Ministry
- University Mission & Identity
- Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality
- Mission Week
- Gesu Parish
OFF-CAMPUS RESOURCES
- Lilly Endowment Inc. (PTEV)
- Lilly Endowment Inc. (FTE)
- Catholics On Call (CTU)
- Making the Parts Whole
- Vocation
- Jesuit Retreat House (Oshkosh)
- Casa Romero Renewal Center
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