Clarke Forum October Events Focus on Conflict, Climate, Faith and More
Dickinson students rafting in the Arctic. Photo courtesy of Ben Edwards.
All Clarke Forum Events are Open to the Public
During the month of October, The Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues will welcome speakers to Dickinson to focus on global issues and matters closer to home. Clarke Forum events are open to the public, with most taking place in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. Many are also available as livestreams. Check the Clarke Forum website for the latest details.
Political Prisoners and Free Speech in Cuba
Jorge Olivera Castillo, City of Asylum
Nancy Alfaya Hernandez, Activist and Artist
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Livestream Link
Jorge Olivera Castillo is a well-known Cuban writer and dissident who will discuss censorship and his experiences in Cuba, including being a political prisoner. Nancy Alfaya Hernandez is an artist and a founder of the Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco) movement.
Part of the Let’s Talk Climate Series
Warming in the Arctic: Why Do We Need to Care?
Ben Edwards, Dickinson College
Kaufman Hall, Room 178, 1:30 p.m.
Professor of Earth Sciences and Moraine Chair in Arctic Studies Ben Edwards will discuss how the Arctic is a critical area to understand as a first glimpse of changes that will be coming as global warming starts having a larger impact on driving climate change.
Journalism in Conflict: Reporting from Ukraine and Beyond
Anthony Borden, Institute for War & Peace Reporting
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Livestream link
Founder and executive director of the Institute for War & Peace and Reporting (IWPR), Anthony Borden, will visit Dickinson to discuss his work as a journalist and editor of the IWPR, as well as reporting from conflict and crisis zones.
Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022
Keynote for Dickinson’s Multifaith Week
Public Engagement, Organizing, and the Role of Faith-Based Institutions
Michael Pappas ’83, San Francisco Interfaith Council
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Livestream link
Michael G. Pappas '83, executive director of the San Francisco Interfaith Council, will explore the importance of faith-based institutions in community organizing and addressing community needs in a lecture at Dickinson.
Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022
The Murder of Madam Bessie Jones in Carlisle
J. M. West, Author, Madam Bessie Jones
Carmen James, Local Historian
Pat LaMarche, Charles Bruce Foundation
Ron Turo, Cumberland County
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, 7 p.m.
This October marks the 50th anniversary of the murder of Bessie Jones, who ran a brothel in Carlisle in the mid-20th century. The murder remains unsolved, but Jones’s story is remarkable—she was a black entrepreneur whose clients were exclusively white men.
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Published October 5, 2022