This annual conference empowers young people ages 12-19 to make real change in their communities and teh world through the education and spiration Nobel Peace Prize winners provide. Includes skill-building workshops, direct interaction with the Nobel Laureate, and a service project involving construction of a mock refugee camp that will hlp raise funds to build a clinic in Rwanda

For complete information see: www. WilliamWoods.edu/PeaceJam

Date/Time: Saturday, November 14 & Sunday, November 15. Starting at 8 AM on both days.

Location: William Woods Univeristy- Fulton Campus

Contact: Scott Miniea, Heartland PeaceJam @ PeaceJamWilliamWoods.edu

A special meeting of the Brown Bag Seminar will be meeting to discuses “Gertrude Bell -The Creator Of Iraq.” The Noel P. Gist Seminars, named for the distinguished MU sociologist who founded them, explore the world beyond the borders of the United States and consider the relations of the United States with other countries and regions of the world. Unless otherwise noted, the seminars meet every Thursday when MU classes are in session, 12-1 p.m.

Attendees will find it useful to become familiar with this extraordinary Arabist and her role in creating Iraq and its first King. Useful information may be had by simply Googling her name or from one or more of the following references: “Desert Queen” by Janet Wallach “Gertrude Bell, Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell Book review of Howell’s book by Christopher Hitchens in the Atlantic June 2007 – available online. Don’t forget the new location for this meeting.

When: November 5th, 2009, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Where: Daniel Boone Regional Library

Location: Progressive Missionary Baptist Church- 702 Banks Ave.

Date/Time: Thursday, Novemeber 6, 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Contact: Please RSVP by October 29, 2009 to Bridget.Patton@ic.fbi.gov

Topics to be presented include: Civil Rights, changes and updates in criminal law pertaining to civil rights, human trafficking, and hate crimes.

*There is NO cost associated with this program. Cash and carry lunch will be available on premise. The FBI, Department of Justice Cummunity Relations Service, the Columbia Police Department, the NAACP and the Anti0Defamation League are sponsoring this event.

Immerse yourself in the Indian cinema and culture of Bollywood.

Watch and listen while enjoying free Shakespeare’s pizza and soda. Celebrate the films with activities including: belly dancing, henna tattoos, karaoke and film-inspired crafts.

Featuring performances by Mizzou student organizations including:

· Cultural Association of India

· South Asian Student Association

· Vedic Society

· MU Dance and Recreation Association

· Mizzou Masti

Free to MU students with a valid student ID only. No exceptions. There is a $5 admission charge for all guests and members of the general public

When: November 6th, 2009

Where: MU Campus- Memorial Union

Time: 8 pm- Midnight

Pink Hijab Day- Fighting Breast Cancer together

www. pinkhijabday.net

October 28th is Global Pink Hijab day. The day is inteded to shatter stereotypes of Muslim women, and raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. Muslims participate worldwide by wearing pink hijabs, ribbons, and caps and donating to to fight cancer. There will be a tablet at Memorial Union from 10 am to 3 pm with Baklava, henna tattoos, Breast Cancer information and we will be accepting donations for the Susan G. Komen foundation. On Wednesday night there will be a panel on activism and stereotypes of Muslim women at 7 pm in Mumford 133.

**Put on by MU’s Muslim Students’ Organization

Where: Outside Memorial Union

When: October 28th 10am – 3 pm

Dr. Larry G. Brown, an assistant professor of Geography at the University of Missouri, Columbia is presenting “Afghanistan, A Rugged Way to Go”.

This presentation will provide context to help us understand the geopolitics of Afghanistan, from the perspective of a Human Geographer.

Dr. Larry G. Brown has been teaching since 1990. Larry holds a Ph.D. in Policy Studies from the Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia.; a Bachelors in Sociology from the University of Nebraska; the Masters of Divinity from Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis; and the Masters of Arts in Geography from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has persued research concerning White Nationalism; as well as continuing to teach Reginal Political, and Human Geography courses. Sme of his courses are also cross-listed wth MU Peace Studies and Religious Studies.

* Tables are available for participants who bring and eat their lunches during the programs.

When: Thursday, October, 29th, 2009

Where: Memorial Union ( Room S304)

Time: 12:00 pm- 12:50 pm

Courageous Conversations about Race and Civility: Town Hall and Panel Discussion
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Join the Difficult Dialogues Interactive Theatre Troupe has they host a town hall and panel discussion on race and civility on Thursday, October 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center.
Single Day Event

Presented by Professor Emeritus, Wayne Anderson, PhD from the University of Missouri Department of Psychological Sciences. The Noel P. Gist Seminars (named for the distinguished MU sociologist who founded them), explore the world beyond the borders of the United States and consider the relations of the United States with other countries and regions of the world. [Read more…]

Friday, Nov. 6, 2009.

Directed by Norman Jewison Starring Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft (1985)

Originally a hit play on Broadway, Fonda plays a chain-smoking psychiatrist court-appointed to evaluate a novice (Meg Tilly). The young woman is charged with manslaughter after being discovered unconscious with a dead newborn baby in her room. Dr. Livingston engages in mutual feelings of hostility with the convent’s Mother Superior (Bancroft) as they battle over the soul and sanity of the nun.

Museum of Art and Archaeology Film Series; co-sponsored by the Center for Religion & the Professions. All films shown at 7:00 pm, 106 Pickard Hall. Free and open to the public.

Mormon Passage through Missouri (Lecture)