World Issues Forum
World Issues Forum Winter 2024
Wednesdays 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
Welcome to Fairhaven College’s Winter 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
Winter Quarter 2024 Forum Lineup
January 24 2024
World Issues 01/31/2024
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
World Issues 02/07/2024
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
Jeanine Ntihirageza, Northeastern Illinois University.
Commonalities and Differences between the Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda and the Genocide against Hutu in Burundi.
World Issues 02/21/2024
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
Vernon Damani Johnson, Retired Professor of Political Science (WWU)
South Africa Today: 30 Years after the end of Apartheid
World Issues 02/28/2024
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
*Unfortunately this talk has been postponed until the Fall 2024 World Issues Forum speaker series.*
Karam Dana, Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professor of Excellence and Transformative Research, University of Washington, Bothell.
Transnational Palestinian Solidarity in the United States/ The Power of Palestine: Transnationalism and the Evolution of Solidarity in the US
World Issues 03/06/2024
Wednesday 12:00 - 1:20, Fairhaven College Auditorium FA 300A&B
Brian McKenna, Global Health Consultant