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Ilens film: Not My Life

Presented by: Katharine Barcy, UNICEF Community Engagement Fellow for Nashville. Ghana, Senegal, India, Romania, Italy, U.S., Nepal, Guatemala, Uganda, & Sudan (2011) Dir: Robert Bilheimer. The first film to depict the cruel and dehumanizing practices of human trafficking and modern slavery on a global scale. It reveals a world where millions of children are exploited…

Posted by on February 12, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: Life Without Principle

Presented by: Jennifer Fay, Director of Cinema & Media Studies and Thomas McGrath, Class of 2016. Hong Kong (2011) Dir: Johnnie To. Three people – a criminal, a bank officer and a cop – end up in a catastrophic situation in the midst of a global economical crisis and are forced to betray any morals…

Posted by on February 12, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: The New Black

Presented by: Dr. Frank Dobson, Director of the Black Cultural Center, and Petey Peterson, Program Coordinator in the Office of LGBTQI Life. USA (2013) Dir: Yoruba Richen. A documentary that shows activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar –…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

Ilens Film: Still Walking

Presented by Yoshikuni Igarashi, Associate Professor of History. Japan (2008) Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda. A family drama about grown children visiting their elderly parents unfolds over one summer day when their son and daughter return for a rare family reunion, bringing their own families with them. They have gathered to commemorate the death of the eldest…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

The World in Our Neighborhoods: Nashville through the Lens of a Photographer Presented by Levon Mkrtchyan The photo-essay documents the beauty and color of the international community of Nashville. The essay explores Nashville as the multicultural center and a global hub, dealing with topics such as self-perception of nationality, changing cultural identity and the daily…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Dead Aid: How International Aid is Crippling African Development Presented by Forest Ogunyankin/African Student Union Despite trillions of dollars in supplies, thousands of annual relief efforts, and countless good intentions, international aid has failed to catalyze sustainable growth in many African nations. Join us as we examine the outcomes of aid endeavors in Botswana<Malwa, Nigeria…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Equity Issues in the Chinese Higher Education system Presented by Eric Wu-Peabody The modern Chines Higher Education has witnessed tremendous changes for the past three decades with the further of globalization and economic integration. Lots of issues and problems surfaced: equity issues for ethnic minorities and marginalized rural groups, the “diaspora” phenomenon and the internalization…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Rejecting the Return to Rural Lives: Urban relocated displaced people challenge the state compensation law in Cartagena, Colombia presented by Gloria Clemencia Perez-Rivera Colombia has about five million officially recognized Internally Displaced People (IDP), the largest number of IDPs worldwide. This number does not reflect by any means the millions that have moved from rural…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Students Bridging Medicine, Public Health and Global Populations Presented by VIGH The students from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine engage in global health work, locally and abroad, through the integrated science courses, research immersion clerkship, and MPH practica. Hear students discuss lessons learned as they connect their medicine and public health skills and knowledge with…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

World on Wednesdays

Microfinance and the Empowerment of Women Presented by Dr. Kathryn Anderson/Professor of Economics/Margaret Cumminggim Women’s Center The microfinance movement in developing countries began with a small loan from Mohammad Yunus to a women in Bangladesh. Most microfinance loans today are given to women in developing countries. Women are more likely to repay their loans than…

Posted by on February 5, 2015 in Activities Everyone

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