World Issues Forum

World Issues Forum Fall 2024

Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Welcome to Fairhaven College’s Fall 2024 World Issues Forum (WIF). World Issues is Western Washington University’s human rights and global justice speaker series. The WIF challenges students, faculty, staff, and community members to be active and engaged global citizens. Distinguished guest speakers address urgent global justice topics including planetary survival; decolonization and anti-racism; human rights; migrations; and the world economy.

You can access older World Issues Forums 2009-2020 on WWU Cedar

The views expressed in the World Issues Forum do not necessarily reflect those of Western Washington University.

Winter Quarter 2024 Forum Lineup

October 2nd 2024

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Karam Dana, Professor, University of Washington, Bothell

To Stand with Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States

October 9th 2024

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Mary Baker, Professor, Fairhaven College, Laural Ballew-Ses yehomia, Tribal Liaison to the President of WWU, Kyles Gemmell, Instructor, Fairhaven College, Karlie E. Kinley, Lummi Nation Business Council, Caskey Russell, Dean, Fairhaven College

WWU’s House of Healing Longhouse: An Act of Reparation and Reconciliation

October 16th 2024

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Silky Shah, Detention Watch Network

Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition

October 23 2024

Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B

Jerry Smith, Peace Corps Representative, Steve Bennet, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, WWU, Teresa Derr, Peace Corps Volunteer, Ashley Hollenbeck, Education Abroad Direction, WWU, Ella Morrison, Peace Corps Volunteer