FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 23, 1999
CONTACT: Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119
DRAKE FORUM TO FOCUS ON CENTRAL AMERICA
Drake University will hold a forum on "Facing the Challenges in Central America" from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Student Center, 1150 28th St. The event is free and open to the public.
The keynote speaker will be Larry Weiss, the labor, globalization and human rights coordinator for the Resource Center of the Americas, which is based in the Twin Cities.
In addition to speaking, Weiss will show a video titled "The Human Effect of Globalization in Central America." He also will join in a panel discussion with Drake students and alumni who have traveled to Nicaragua. The participating students will include Sam Brooke, Sheila McCoy, Brad Mason, Seth Harrington, Jennette Gallagher and Sara Barton.
The forum also will feature an art exhibit of watercolors depicting scenes from Nicaragua by Mark Horwedel, a Vermont resident who traveled to Nicaragua last May as part of a Drake travel seminar led by faculty members Daniel Spencer and Nancy Reincke. The travel seminar was titled Crossing Borders/Cruzando Fronteras: Nicaragua and the U.S. at the Close of the 20th Century."
Sponsoring the forum are the Drake's Department of Philosophy and Religion, Honors Program, La Fuerza Latina, Latin American Studies Program and Multicultural Studies Program as well as the Catholic Peace Ministry and the American Friends Service Committee. For more information, call the Honors Program Office at (515) 271-2999.