October
The Chinese Experience in Tacoma
— From Expulsion to Reconciliation
Mr. David Jepsen, Pierce College and Tacoma Community College
Mr. Lihuang Wung, Project Manager, Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation
Park; Senior Urban Planner, Community & Economic Development
Department, City of Tacoma
Mr. George Lim, Interpretive Designer, Tangram Design LLC
November
China: From Global to Local
Professor Gregory Youtz, Pacific Lutheran University; Debbie
Bingham, Sister Cities Coordinator, City of Tacoma; and Panel
of teachers, Lincoln High School and School of the Arts.
March
Understanding Haiti
Dr. Dexter Gordon, University of Puget Sound
Dr. Grace Livingston, University of Puget Sound
February
Understanding and Teaching US Foreign Policy
Ambassador Darryl Johnson, retired
November
Emerging Democracy-Afghanistan and Pakistan
Mr. Richard Tait, consultant, retired Boeing executive
October
Emerging Democracy-Iraq
Patrick McDonald, Special Assistant to Secretary of State Sam
Reed; also Sgt. First Class, Civil Military Operations-Elections
Branch, Iraq;
Thomas Donovan, attorney, Iraq Law Alliance, Baghdad and Erbil
May
Beyond Sand, Samba and Soccer: The Emerging Potential
of Brazil
Dr. Amos Nascimento, University of Washington, Tacoma
Dr. Margaret Griesse, University of Washington, Seattle
April
Colombia Today
Sandra Forero Bush, Senior Client and Product Analyst, Russell
Investment Group, Master of Pacific International Affairs, University
of California, San Diego
March
Searching for Kenya
Dr. Neal Sobania, Executive Director, Wang Center for Global
Education, Pacific Lutheran University
February
West Africa in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. John Lucas, Pierce College
Ms. Carol Schillios, President and Founder, Schillios Consulting
Group
January
Ethiopia and Eritrea: Beyond Hunger, Poverty and War,
and the Move to Eradicate Polio
Dr. Neal Sobania, Executive Director, Wang Center for Global
Education, Pacific Lutheran University
Former Secretary of State Ralph Munro
December
From Tiananmen Square to the Bird's Nest: Personal Reflections
Sidney Rittenberg, scholar, author, founder and president of
Rittenberg Associates Inc.
October
Teaching Compassion through Social and Emotional Learning:
The Essential Link to Learning
Dr. Sheryl Harmer, Principal Partner, SLPH & Associates;
Director of Education for Seeds of Compassion, an initiative
including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
