2012 Film Series: Dignity & Disgrace

Schedule and Speakers

All films except for the last film will be shown at 7:00 pm, 105 College Hall
Memory will be shown on 2/22 at 7:00 pm in the Power Center

 

Thursday, Jan. 19
Lost Angels

The plight of the homeless in the US

Speaker:

Dr. Jim Withers
Founder, Operation Safety Net
UPMC Mercy

Monday, Jan. 23
Bag It

The impact of plastic on our planet and human health

Speakers:

Dr. Stanley J. Kabala
Associate Director, Center for Environmental Research and Education Chair, University Academic Sustainability Committee

Dr. David Saiia
Associate Professor, Strategic Management & Sustainability
Duquesne University

Wednesday, Feb. 1
Inside Job

An inside look at the financial crisis of 2008
Speakers:

Dr. Jackie Smith
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh


Dr. Matt Ryan
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Duquesne University

Thursday, February 9
Blue Gold: World Water Wars

The global water crisis

Speaker:

Katie Baucco
Director of Operations, Amizade Global Service-Learning

Thursday, February 16
When We Leave

Honor killings in patriarchal societies

Speakers:

Dr. Aimee Light
Assistant Professor, Department of Theology, Duquesne University

Imam AbduSemih Tadese, LLB. MSUS
Director and Outreach Principal
Islamic Center of Pittsburgh

Wednesday, February 22
Memory: A Holocaust's Survivor's Story

World premiere showing, produced by Dr. Dennis Woytek, Duquesne University

Speakers:

Dr. Dennis Woytek
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Multimedia Arts, Duquesne University

Dr. Alan Rosen
Author of The Wonder of Their Voices: The 1946 Holocaust Interviews of David Boder (Oxford UP, 2010. Library Journal's European History Best Seller); Lecturer, Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Research